Probabilistic analysis of pipelines with corrosion defects by using FITNET FFS procedure

Corrosion Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 855-861

  Qian, Guian ^a   Niffenegger, Markus ^a   Li, Shuxin ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Steel; B. Modeling studies; C. Pitting corrosion

Indexed keywords

A. STEEL; C. PITTING CORROSION; CORROSION DEFECT; CORROSION DEPTH; DETERMINISTIC METHODS; FAILURE PRESSURE; INSPECTION INTERVALS; MODELING STUDIES; PIPELINE FAILURES; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ANALYSIS;

METAL ANALYSIS; PIPELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PITTING;

EID: 78751477594     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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