Experimental determination of stress corrosion crack rates and service lives in a buried ERW pipeline

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 739-748

  Fazzini, Pablo Gabriel ^a   Otegui, Jose Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crack growth rate; ERW; Pipeline integrity; SCC test; Threshold stress

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; PIPE; PRESSURE; SEAM WELDING; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; STRESSES;

CRACK GROWTH RATE; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE WELD (ERW) PIPELINE; SEAM WELDED PIPES; STRESS CORROSION CRACK RATES; THRESHOLD PRESSURE; THRESHOLD STRESS;

PIPELINES;

CRACK PROPAGATION; PIPE; PIPELINES; PRESSURE; SEAM WELDING; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; STRESSES;

EID: 35549009724     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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