Reliability and failure pressure prediction of various grades of pipeline steel in the presence of corrosion defects and pre-strain

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 89, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-84

  Xu, L Y ^a   Cheng, Y F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corrosion defects; Failure pressure; Pipelines; Pre strain; Reliability assessment

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRAIN; CORROSION DEFECT; CORROSION DEPTH; FAILURE PRESSURE; LOCAL STRESS; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; LOW GRADE; PIPELINE STEEL; PRE-STRAIN; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; STEEL GRADES;

CORROSION RATE; DEFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PIPELINES; RATING; STEEL PIPE; STRAIN;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 83955162883     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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