A failure analysis and remnant life assessment of boiler evaporator tubes in two 250 MW boilers

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 775-793

  Bulloch, J H ^a   Callagy, A G ^a   Scully, S ^a   Greene, A ^a  

^a Electricity Supply Board Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Evaporator tubes; Fatigue crack growth; Influence diagrams; Remnant life

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; CORROSION FATIGUE; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; EVAPORATORS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GAGES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY FACTOR; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

BOILER TUBES; DATA SHEETS; DEFECT POPULATIONS; FAILURE PROBABILITIES; FAILURE SURFACES; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; FLUX CALCULATIONS; FRACTOGRAPHIC FEATURES; HIGH STRESSES; INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS; MITSUBISHI; REMNANT LIFE; ROOT CAUSES; SEIMENS; START-UP; STRAIN GAUGES; TUBE MATERIALS; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTHS; UPPER BOUNDS; WATERWALL TUBES; ZERO DEFECTS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 58349115620     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2008.06.020     Document Type: Article

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