High-cyle and low-cyle fatigue resistance of girth welds in sour service

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 365-372

  Buitrago, Jaime ^a   Hudak, Stephen ^b   Baxter, David ^c  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL PRODUCTION; DATA SUPPORT; DEGRADATION EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; EXXON MOBIL; FATIGUE DATA; FATIGUE DESIGN; FATIGUE LIFE; FATIGUE PERFORMANCE; FATIGUE RESISTANCE; GIRTH WELD; HIGH-CYCLE FATIGUES; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; LOW CYCLE FATIGUES; QUALIFICATION PROCESS; RISER DESIGN; S-N CURVE; STEEL CATENARY RISERS; TESTING METHODOLOGY; THERMAL RESPONSE;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FLOWLINES; HYDROCARBONS; MECHANICS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; WATER INJECTION;

FATIGUE TESTING;

EID: 77957975538     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2008-57545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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