Crack Propagation and Burst Pressure of Pipeline with Restrained and Unrestrained Concentric Dent-Crack Defects Using Extended Finite Element Method
Mechanical damage in form of dents, cracks, gouges, and scratches are common in pipelines. Sometimes, these damages form in proximity of each other and act as one defect in the pipe wall. The combined defects have been found to be more injurious than individual defects. One of the combined defects i...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-10-01
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Series: | Applied Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/21/7554 |