Tensile strain limits of buried defects in pipeline girth welds

Proceedings of the Biennial International Pipeline Conference, IPC

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1607-1614

  Wang, Yong Yi ^a   Cheng, Wentao ^a   Horsley, David ^b  

^a ENGINEERING MECHANICS CORPORATION OF COLUMBUS   (United States)

^b TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buried defect; Defect acceptance criteria; ECA; Finite element analysis; Fitness for service; Girth weld; Pipeline; Strain limit; Strain based design

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; DUCTILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOUGHNESS; WELDS;

BURIED DEFECT; DEFECT ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA; ECA; FITNESS-FOR-SERVICE; GIRTH WELDS; STRAIN LIMIT; STRAIN-BASED DESIGN;

PIPELINES;

EID: 18144382596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ipc2004-0524     Document Type: Conference Paper

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