Concerns about seam-welded piping at elevated temperatures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2947, Issue , 1996, Pages 67-77

  Foulds, Jude R ^a   Viswanathan, R ^b   Tilley, Richard M ^b  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Creep damage; High energy steam piping; Hot reheat piping; Seam welds; UT weld inspection

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; CREEP; INCLUSIONS; INSPECTION; PIPE; PIPELINES; WELDS;

CREEP DAMAGE; HIGH ENERGY STEAM PIPING; HOT REHEAT PIPING; SEAM WELDS; UT WELD INSPECTION;

WELDING;

EID: 2442566513     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.259182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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