Evaluating fitness-for-service of corroded metal pipelines: Structural reliability bases

Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Naiyu ^a   Zarghamee, Mehdi S ^a  

^a Simpson Gumpertz and Heger   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil infrastructure; Corrosion; Fitness for service; Pipelines; Probability; Reliability; Structural engineering

Indexed keywords

CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURES; EXPOSURE ENVIRONMENT; FITNESS FOR SERVICE; MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES; NON-LINEAR FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; STRENGTH LIMIT STATE; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; TIME DEPENDENT RELIABILITY;

CORROSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PIPELINE LAYING; PIPELINES; PROBABILITY; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SLIP FORMING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 84892725783     PISSN: 19491190     EISSN: 19491204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)PS.1949-1204.0000148     Document Type: Article

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