Failure analysis of stress corrosion cracking occurred in a gas transmission steel pipeline

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 963-970

  Sadeghi Meresht, E ^a   Shahrabi Farahani, T ^a   Neshati, J ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

Author keywords

API 5L X60; Intergranular; Pipeline; Stress corrosion cracking

Indexed keywords

API 5L X60; BURIED PIPELINES; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; CRACKS PROPAGATION; EXTERNAL SURFACES; FAILURE MECHANISM; GAS TRANSMISSION; HIGH PRESSURE GAS; INTERGRANULAR; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; NORTHERN REGIONS; OUTER SURFACE; PIPE WALLS; STEEL PIPELINE; WET SOIL;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); FAILURE ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; PIPELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STEEL PIPE; TAPE COATINGS; TEXTURES;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 79952452112     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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