Girth-weld defect qualification methods need to be rationalized

Pipe Line and Gas Industry

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 35-41

  Denys, Rudi M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 10944221779     PISSN: 10798765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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3. American Petroleum Institute, API Standard 1104, Appendix A, "Standard for Field Welding Pipe Lines and Related Facilities," Appendix A, 1995.
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