An investigation of the fatigue performance of riser girth welds

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

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Maddox, Stephen J ^a   Speck, Julian B ^a   Razmjoo, G Reza ^a  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copper backing; Design; Fatigue; Fatigue testing; Girth welds; Misalignment; Pipe; Steel; Welding position

Indexed keywords

COPPER BACKING; GIRTH WELDS; MISALIGNMENT; WELDING POSITION;

FATIGUE TESTING; PIPELINES; STEEL;

WELDS;

EID: 33751348474     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2006-92315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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