Residual ultimate strength of seamless metallic pipelines with structural damage

This thesis deals with the structural damage and its corresponding effect on the residual ultimate strength of seamless metallic pipes. The structural damage is here characterized as the type of damage produced by external mechanical interference, considerably undermining the strength and/or stability of the pipes. Not only the aesthetic...

Residual ultimate strength of damaged seamless metallic pipelines with metal loss

On the basis of an experimental investigation [1], numerical investigation is conducted in this paper on damaged seamless metallic pipelines with metal loss (diameter-to-thickness ratio D/t around 21) through nonlinear finite element method (FEM). Numerical models are developed and validated through test results by using the measured material...