Crack driving force in pipelines subjected to large strain and biaxial stress conditions

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3129-3140

  Gordon, J R ^a   Zettlemoyer, N ^b   Mohr, W C ^c  

^a EWI Microalloying   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c EWI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi axial loading; Crack driving force; Pipelines; Pressure; Strain; Strain based design

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRAIN RATE; SUBMERGED ARC WELDING; YIELD STRESS;

CRACK DRIVING FORCE; GIRTH WELD GEOMETRIES; PIPELINE GIRTH WELDS; SPECIFIED MINIMUM YIELD STRESS (SMYS);

HIGH PRESSURE PIPELINES;

EID: 36448943239     PISSN: 10986189     EISSN: 15551792     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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