Corrosion fatigue behaviour of welded risers and pipelines

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 117-124

  Baxter, D P ^a   Maddox, S J ^a   Pargeter, R J ^a  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEPWATER; WELDED RISERS;

CORROSION FATIGUE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PIPELINES; THERMAL EFFECTS; WELDS;

MARINE RISERS;

EID: 37249057793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2007-29360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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