The effect of dents in pipelines - Guidance in the pipeline defect assessment manual

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-139

  Cosham, Andrew ^a   Hopkins, Phil ^a  

^a Penspen Integrity ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment methods; Dents; Full scale tests; Pipeline defect assessment manual; Theoretical analyses

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); DEFECTS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CYCLIC STRENGTH; DEFECT ASSESSMENT;

PIPELINES;

DEFECT; FULL SCALE TEST; PIPELINE;

EID: 1942539818     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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