Risk analysis of in-service pressure piping containing defects

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-20

  Lin, Y C ^a   Xie, Y J ^b   Wang, X H ^b   Luo, H ^c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LiaoningUnivPetroleum/ChemTechnol ^*  (China)

^c Fushun Petrochemical Company   (China)

Author keywords

Defects; Monte Carlo simulation; Pressure piping; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PLASTIC FLOW; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

IN-SERVICE PRESSURE PIPING; RISK ANALYSIS;

PIPING SYSTEMS;

DEFECT; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PIPELINE; PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 1542574922     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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