Analysis of service stress corrosion cracking in a natural gas transmission pipeline, active or dormant?
Analysis of service stress corrosion cracking in a natural gas transmission pipeline, active or dormant?
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Stress corrosion cracks (SCC) had been found in a natural gas transmission pipeline during a dig-up and inspection program. The question was raised as to whether the SCC was active or dormant. This paper describes the resultant investigation to determine if a particular service crack was actively growing. The strategy adopted was to assess the appearance of the fracture surface of the service crack and to compare with expectations from laboratory specimens with active SCC. The conclusions from this study are as follows. To judge whether a crack in the service pipe is active or dormant, it is reasonable to compare the very crack tip of the service crack and a fresh crack in a laboratory sample. If the crack tip of the active laboratory sample is similar to that of the service pipe, it means the crack in the service pipe is likely to be active. From the comparison of the crack tip between the service pipe and the laboratory samples, it appears likely that the cracks in the samples extracted from service were most likely to have been active intergranular stress corrosion cracks.
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Analysis of service stress corrosion cracking in a natural gas transmission pipeline, active or dormant?
Analyse der Spannungsrisskorrosion beim Betrieb von Erdgasfernleitungen: aktiv oder ruhend?
Engineering Failure Analysis ; 11 , 1 ; 3-18
2004
16 Seiten, 15 Bilder, 3 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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