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- Title
Tensile Strain Capacity Prediction Model of an X80 Pipeline with Improper Transitioning and Undermatched Girth Weld.
- Authors
Chen, Hongyuan; Dai, Lianshuang; Xuan, Heng; Gao, Xiongxiong; Yang, Kun; Wang, Lei; Chi, Qiang; Huo, Chunyong
- Abstract
As an important component of strain-based design, the tensile strain capacity (TSC) concept has been extensively used for pipelines that experience expectable plastic strain for both installation and service. However, some stress-based designed pipelines have experienced unforeseen plastic strain in the past decade that resulted in failure. It seems that the tensile strain capacity has gradually become an important requirement for geohazard risk management and pipeline maintenance of stress-based design pipelines. The tensile strain capacity of an X80 pipeline is investigated. The assessment in this work was based on the fracture initiation–control-based limit state. This limit state corresponds to the onset of stable tearing and generally provides a reasonably conservative estimate. Besides that, factors such as wall thickness, material's strain hardening capacity, toughness, weld strength mismatch, HAZ (heat-affected zone) softening, pipe wall thickness, high–low misalignment, and internal pressure were also investigated to construct a prediction model of the X80 vintage pipeline.
- Subjects
WELDED joints; PREDICTION models; PIPELINE maintenance &; repair; WELDING; STRAIN hardening
- Publication
Materials (1996-1944), 2022, Vol 15, Issue 20, p7134
- ISSN
1996-1944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ma15207134