Drilling Riser Fatigue Monitored in Real Time Aboard Drillship
ABSTRACT: A riser-fatigue monitoring system (RFMS) has been developed to provide field measurements of drilling riser stress and fatigue in...Go To Paper
Developments in High Temperature Assessment
ABSTRACT: Two new assessment methods are suggested for high temperature components. First, in addition to creep damage, the calculation of the...Go To Paper
Metallurgical Examination of Impulsively Loaded Vessels
ABSTRACT: Establishing design and inspection criteria for impulsively loaded vessels requires a precise understanding of the damage mechanisms and...Go To Paper
Analysis of Unburied Pipeline Spans
ABSTRACT: Support requirements for unburied spans on existing pipelines can be difficult to assess. An approach for investigating the adequacy of...Go To Paper
Rational Stress Limits and Load Factors for Finite Element Analyses in Pipeline Applications Part II – Limit State Load Factor Development
ABSTRACT: In this paper, a load factor for use in a limit-load analysis of a pipeline and its components is...Go To Paper
Elevated Temperature Primary Load Design Method Using Pseudo Elastic-Perfectly Plastic Model
ABSTRACT: A new primary load design method for elevated temperature service has been developed. Codification of the procedure in an ASME Boiler...Go To Paper
One Power Plant’s Experience in Setting Up, Performing and Acting on a Pipe Hanger Surveillance Program
ABSTRACT: The ASME B31.1 Power Piping Code, Chapter VII, has stated that Operating Companies shall establish a program to assess and document...Go To Paper
Application of Elastic-Perfectly Plastic Analysis to Assessment of Creep Strain
ABSTRACT: A cyclic elastic-perfectly plastic analysis method is proposed which provides a conservative estimate to cyclic creep strain...Go To Paper
Application of Shakedown Analysis to Evaluation of Creep-Fatigue Limits
ABSTRACT: Shakedown analysis may be used to provide a conservative estimate of local rupture and hence cyclic creep damage for use in a...Go To Paper
Effects of Thermal Cycling on Offshore Pipeline Repair Tool Seal Systems
ABSTRACT This paper summarizes results from both coupon testing and full-scale testing directed at developing sealing systems to retrofit in...Go To Paper
High Energy Piping Assessment Methods and Case Study
ABSTRACT: A comparison between analysis for piping design and analysis for piping assessment is given. Assessment requires consideration of high...Go To Paper
Continuous Acoustic Emission (AE) Monitoring of a Known Flaw Site Behind a Nozzle Repad at Elevated Temperature
ABSTRACT: This paper discusses the application of AE as a method which provided an operator the feedback required to safely continue operation of...Go To Paper
