Burst tests on pipeline containing closely spaced corrosion defects

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Benjamin, Adilson C ^a   Freire, Jose Luiz F ^b   Vieira, Ronaldo D ^b   De Andrade, Edmundo Q ^a  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corroded pipeline; Interacting defects

Indexed keywords

CORRODED PIPELINES; INTERACTING DEFECTS;

CORROSION; DEFECTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

OFFSHORE PIPELINES;

EID: 33751324297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2006-92131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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