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WRC 296 Fitness-For-Service Criteria For Pipeline Girth-Weld Quality

Bulletin / Circular by Welding Research Council, 1984

R. P. Reed, M. B. Kasen, H. I. McHenry, C. M. Fortunko, D. T. Read

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Criteria have been developed for applying fitness-for-service analyses to flaws in girth welds. A critical crack-opening-displacement elastic-plastic fracture mechanics model was developed and experimentally verified. Procedures for constructing flaw acceptance curves based on this model are provided. A significantly improved ultrasonic method for detecting and dimensioning significant weld flaws was developed.

The probability of crack initiation from blunt flaws was shown to be very low under severe low-cycle fatigue. Suggestions are offered for technical implementation of field inspection procedures and for practical implementation of the flaw acceptance criteria.