Environmental crack growth under variable amplitude loading of pipeline steel

Corrosion

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-103

  Williams, B W ^a   Lambert, S B ^a   Sutherby, R ^b   Plumtree, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constant amplitude loading; Crack propagation; Fatigue; Fracture mechanics; Pipeline; Stress corrosion cracking; Variable amplitude loading

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORROSION FATIGUE; GROUNDWATER; NATURAL GAS; PIPELINES; STEEL PIPE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

AMPLITUDE LOADING;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PIPELINE; STEEL; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 0842326731     PISSN: 00109312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5006/1.3299236     Document Type: Article

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