Development of girth weld flaw assessment procedures for pipelines subjected to plastic straining

International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-187

  Pisarski, Henryk G ^a   Cheaitani, Mohamad J ^a  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flaw assessment; Girth welds; J driving force; Pipeline; Plastic straining; Reeling; Residual stress

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PINCH EFFECT; PIPELINES; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICS; STRAIN; WELDS;

FLAW ASSESSMENT; GIRTH WELDS; J DRIVING FORCE; PIPELINE; PLASTIC STRAINING; REELING; RESIDUAL STRESS;

WELDING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; PIPELINE; RESIDUAL STRESS; STRAIN;

EID: 54749133093     PISSN: 10535381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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