System reliability of corroding pipelines

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 587-595

  Zhou, Wenxing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Failure modes; Metal loss corrosion; Pipeline; Spatial variability; Stochastic; System reliability

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS RESULTS; ANNUAL MAXIMA; CORROSION DEFECT; DEFECT GROWTH; IDENTICALLY DISTRIBUTED RANDOM VARIABLES; INITIAL DEFECTS; INTERNAL PRESSURE; METAL LOSS; PIPE PROPERTIES; PIPE RESISTANCE; PIPELINE SEGMENTS; PRESSURE LOADING; SERIES SYSTEM; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STOCHASTIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESS; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; TIME-DEPENDENT SYSTEMS;

CORROSION; DEFECTS; FAILURE MODES; PIPE; PIPELINES; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77958152749     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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