Study on Interaction Relationship for Submarine Pipeline with Axial Corrosion Defects
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论文类型:期刊论文
发表时间:2008-09-01
发表刊物:CHINA OCEAN ENGINEERING
收录刊物:Scopus、CSCD、ISTIC、EI、SCIE
卷号:22
期号:3
页面范围:359-370
ISSN号:0890-5487
关键字:submarine pipeline; corrosion defects; interaction relationship; damage mechanism; failure pressure
摘要:Corrosion is one of the main reasons to cause the operation accident of submarine oil and gas transmission pipelines. As the major corrosion pattern in submarine pipelines, the effects of corrosion closters consisting of the adjacent corrosion defects on failure pressure are investigated through non-linear large-deformation finite element method. Typically, the failure behavior and limit strength of submarine pipeline with axial groove - groove corrosion defect pair exposed to internal pressure are analyzed. The effects of corrosion depth and axial spacing between a pair of corrosion defects on failure pressure are concluded. An interaction relationship for corrosion defects in pipelines, as well as prediction formuations for assessing the remaining strength of corroded pipelines are proposed. The expressions based on the proposed interaction relationship give more accurate results than the methods used in the existing design guidelines.
