Development of a reference strain approach for assessment of fracture response of reeled pipelines

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2337-2353

  Nourpanah, Nikzad ^a   Taheri, Farid ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fracture; J integral; Plasticity; Reeled pipes; Strain Based Design

Indexed keywords

3D NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENTS; ABAQUS SOFTWARE; AXIAL STRAIN; FINITE ELEMENT; FRACTURE RESPONSE; HIGH STRAINS; HYDROCARBON RESOURCES; INSTALLATION TECHNIQUE; J INTEGRAL; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; MAXIMUM ERROR; PLASTIC BENDING; PLASTIC REGIMES; PLASTIC STRAIN; REFERENCE STRAINS; STRAIN RANGES; STRAIN-BASED DESIGN; THROUGH CRACKS;

DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PIPE; PIPELINES; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; PLASTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

STRAIN;

EID: 77954217474     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.04.030     Document Type: Article

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