Environmental effect of crack growth rate of pipeline steel in near-neutral pH soil environments

Proceedings of the Biennial International Pipeline Conference, IPC

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 123-132

  Chen, Weixing ^a   Sutherby, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corrosion fatigue; Crack propagation; Mild steel (pipeline steel); Stress corrosion

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PH EFFECTS; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STEEL PIPE; TENSILE TESTING;

COMPACT TENSION; CORROSION RATE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ENVIRONMENTS;

PETROLEUM PIPELINES;

EID: 18144384765     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ipc2004-0449     Document Type: Conference Paper

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