Reliability of pipelines with corrosion defects

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 228-237

  Teixeira, A P ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^a   Netto, T A ^b   Estefen, S F ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Burst pressure; Corrosion defects; Pipeline; Reliability assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORROSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BURST PRESSURE; CORROSION DEFECT; FIRST-ORDER RELIABILITY METHOD;

PIPELINES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORROSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PIPELINES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 40949096493     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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