Structural integrity assessments of high pressure pipelines with axial flaws using a micromechanics model

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 761-770

  Dotta, Fernando ^a   Ruggieri, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Axial flaws; Bulging effect; Burst pressure; Computational cell; Ductile failure; Finite element analysis; Pipeline steel

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFECTS; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STEEL; STRAIN; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

DUCTILE CRACK EXTENSION; MICROMECHANICS MODEL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

HIGH PRESSURE PIPELINES;

CRACK; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIGH PRESSURE; PIPELINE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 10644240057     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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