Intrinsic lifetime of polyethylene pipelines

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 477-480

  Brown, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

POLYETHYLENE PIPELINES; RANDOM DEFECTS; SLOW CRACK GROWTH (SCG) FAILURE;

GAS PIPELINES;

EID: 34247129471     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.20696     Document Type: Article

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