Relationship between defect shape resolution accuracy and calculated remaining strength of corroded pipelines

Proceedings of the Biennial International Pipeline Conference, IPC

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1175-1180

  Grant, Ritchard ^a   Chauhan, Vinod ^a   Sloterdijk, Wytze ^b  

^a Advantica Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b N V NEDERLANDSE GASUNIE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CORROSION; DEFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CORRODED PIPELINES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; IN-LINE INSPECTION (ILI); MAGNETIC FLUX LEAKAGE (MFL);

PIPELINES;

EID: 18144378417     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ipc2004-0547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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