Reliability assessment of underground pipelines under active corrosion defects

Damage and Fracture Mechanics: Failure Analysis of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 83-92

  Amirat, A ^a   Benmoussat, A ^b   Chaoui, K ^a  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TLEMCEN   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Reliability analysis; Underground pipelines

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; CORROSION RATE; DECISION MAKING; DEFECTS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INSPECTION; MAINTENANCE; PIPELINE CORROSION; PIPELINES; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; STEEL CORROSION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNDERGROUND CORROSION; WATER PIPELINES;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; RELIABILITY CALCULATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; UNDERGROUND PIPELINE;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79957668903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2669-9_9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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