Mechanical factors affecting stress corrosion crack growth rates in buried pipelines

Proceedings of the Biennial International Pipeline Conference, IPC

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 961-965

  Lambert, S B ^a   Beavers, J A ^b   Delanty, B ^c   Sutherby, R ^c   Plumtree, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CC Technologies   (Canada)

^c TransCanada Pipelines Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; CRACK PROPAGATION; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH RATE; PIPELINES; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; STRESSES;

BURIED PIPELINES; CONSTANT AMPLITUDE LOADING; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL DROP; GROUNDWATER ENVIRONMENT; MECHANICAL FACTORS; PRECRACKED SPECIMENS; SUPERPOSITION MODEL; TRANSGRANULAR CRACK;

CRACKS;

EID: 84994731748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IPC2000-219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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