A study of pipe interacting corrosion defects using the FEM and neural networks

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 868-875

  Silva, R C C ^a   Guerreiro, J N C ^a   Loula, A F D ^a  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Corroded pipe assessment; Finite element analysis; Interacting defects; Interaction rules

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; CORROSION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DEFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NEURAL NETWORKS;

CORRODED PIPE ASSESSMENT; DET NORSKE VERITAS CODE; INTERACTING DEFECTS; INTERACTION RULES;

PIPE;

EID: 34447627661     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2006.08.047     Document Type: Article

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