Stress-life fatigue assessment of pipelines with plain dents

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 961-974

  Cunha, S B ^a   Pasqualino, I P ^b   Pinheiro, B C ^b  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dented steel pipelines; Fatigue test on pipes; High cycle fatigue; Mean stress; Stress concentration factors

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE TEST ON PIPES; FATIGUE TESTS; HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE; MEAN STRESS; STEEL PIPELINE; STRESS CONCENTRATION FACTORS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; LAMINATES; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; METALLIC GLASS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PIPELINES; STATISTICAL TESTS; STEEL PIPE; TENSILE TESTING;

STRESS CONCENTRATION;

EID: 74349087371     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2009.01396.x     Document Type: Article

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