Technical Publications

Fatigue Performance Characterization of a Manufacturing Seam Defect in High Frequency Electric Resistance Welded Pipe

Denowh, C., Alexander, C.R., Schott, T., Chapman, B.

ABSTRACT: The detection, characterization, and sizing of seam anomalies continues to be a challenge for both in-line and in-the-ditch inspection...
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Grade P110 Tubing Shredded by Downhole Detonation

Burns, M.G., Malloy, K.P.

ABSTRACT: A failure analysis was performed on a length of API 5CT Grade P110 tubing that failed while being used in a drilling operation....
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The Challenges of Coiled Tubing Failure Analysis

Burns, M.G., Elliott, K., Kumar, P., Graham-Wright, T., Sutch, A.

ABSTRACT Although coiled tubing provides many commercial advantages to oil and gas operators, the severe cyclic plastic strain experienced by it...
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Experimental Response of Steel Pipelines to Close Trench Blasting

Matta, L.

ABSTRACT: When protecting pipelines from third party activities, it is beneficial for operators to apply very conservative criteria for safe...
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Finite Element Analysis of Composite Repairs with Full-Scale Validation Testing

Sheets, C., Alexander, C., Iyer, A., Rettew, R.

ABSTRACT: Composite repair systems for pipelines are continuing to be used for increasingly difficult and complex applications which can have a...
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Full-Scale Elevated Temperature Testing of Composite Repairs in Bending and Compression

Sheets, C., Alexander, C., Rettew, R., Axenova, T.

ABSTRACT: The increasing use of composite repair systems in critical and complex applications has brought greater scrutiny to their design and...
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Experimental Study of Elevated Temperature Composite Repair Materials to Guide Integrity Decisions

Sheets, C., Rettew, R., Alexander, C., Harrell, P., Baranov, D.

ABSTRACT: Over the past two decades, a significant amount of research has been conducted on the use of composite materials for the repair and...
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Simplified Computation of Creep Damage Propagation

Marriott, D., Stumph III, H., Sreeranganathan, A., Matice, C.

ABSTRACT: The commonly accepted approach to dealing with material damage as the cause of structural failure is to treat the most highly distressed...
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Fitness for Service Assessment of Piping Subject to Random Vibration

Breaux, L., McNeill, S. and Szasz, G.

ABSTRACT: A methodology is presented for Level 1 and 2 Fitness-for-Service (FFS) assessments of process and power piping subject to random...
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Cracking the Code: How Measured Data Coupled with Engineering Analysis can Increase Asset Utilization

McNeill, S., Bhalla, K

ABSTRACT: To date, the oil and gas industry has struggled to employ structural monitoring data in meaningful way. The missing link has been the...
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A Highly Corrosion Resistant Titanium Alloy For Use In the Chemical Process Industry

Divi, S., Grauman, J.

ABSTRACT: A new titanium alloy was developed for the chemical process industry (CPI).  This alloy is targeted for use in very aggressive...
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Electrochemical Corrosion Properties of TIMETAL®54M

Divi, S., Grauman, J.

ABSTRACT: A new titanium alloy, TIMETAL® 54M (Ti-5Al-4V-0.75Mo-0.5Fe) has been developed to replace the widely used Ti-6Al-4V alloy where extensive...
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