Effect of spatial correlation on the failure probability of pipelines under corrosion

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-128

  De Leon, David ^a,b   Macías, Oscar Flores ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b Copilco Universidad ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Monte Carlo simulation; Pipeline reliability; Probability of failure; Spatial correlation

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; CORROSION PREVENTION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY;

FAILURE PROBABILITY; INTERNAL PRESSURE; OPTIMAL MAINTENANCE; PIPELINE CORROSION;

PIPELINES;

CORROSION; FAILURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PIPELINE;

EID: 10944229040     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2004.07.018     Document Type: Article

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