Predicting the mechanisms and crack growth rates of pipelines undergoing stress corrosion cracking at high pH

Corrosion Science

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2657-2674

  Song, F M ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Steel pipeline; B. Modeling studies; C. Crack growth rate; C. Life prediction; C. Stress corrosion cracking

Indexed keywords

A. STEEL PIPELINE; B. MODELING STUDIES; C. CRACK GROWTH RATE; C. LIFE PREDICTION; C. STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

CRACK DETECTION; CRACK TIPS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CURRENT DENSITY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PASSIVATION; PIPELINES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STEEL; STEEL PIPE; STRAIN RATE;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 70349428333     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2009.06.051     Document Type: Article

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