Weld crack assessments in API X65 pipeline: Failure assessment diagrams with variations in representative mechanical properties

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 122-130

  Lee, Jung Suk ^a   Ju, Jang Bog ^a   Jang, Jae il ^a   Kim, Woo Sik ^b   Kwon, Dongil ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Gas Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

API X65 steel; Crack assessment; Failure assessment diagram; Fitness for service; Heat affected zone; Natural gas pipeline

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; EVALUATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; TENSILE TESTING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CRACK-TIP-OPENING-DISPLACEMENT (CTOD) TESTS; FAILURE ASSESSMENT DIAGRAMS;

NATURAL GAS PIPELINES;

CRACKING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAS PIPELINE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WELDED STEEL;

EID: 2442502376     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2003.12.039     Document Type: Article

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