Comparison of crack driving force estimation schemes for weld defects in reeled pipelines

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3141-3149

  Tkaczyk, T ^a   O'Dowd, N P ^b   Howard, B P ^a  

^a TECHNIP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Crack driving force estimation schemes; ECA; Pipe reeling; Pipelines; Strain based design

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WELDING;

CRACK DRIVING FORCE ESTIMATION SCHEMES; PIPE REELING; STRAIN-BASED DESIGNS; SURFACE CRACKED PIPELINES;

OFFSHORE PIPELINES;

EID: 36448943937     PISSN: 10986189     EISSN: 15551792     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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