Numerical Failure Analysis of Corroded Pipeline Elbow with Longitudinally Aligned Interacting Corrosion Defects

• Main Authors: Arumugam, T., Karuppanan, S., Ovinis, M.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2023
• Online Access: http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/34188/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85140787567&doi=10.1007%2f978-981-19-1939-8_67&partnerID=40&md5=55c52ba81d4525faefca5a3decf99ffb
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

This paper describes the application of finite element method (FEM) to predict the failure pressure of pipeline elbow with longitudinally aligned interacting corrosion defects subjected to internal pressure.The FEM incorporated material nonlinearity and utilized the true UTS to determine the point o...