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Technical
Areas: Materials
2002
Program & Project List...
Mission
"To improve
the performance and integrity of new and existing pipelines
and lower the costs of pipeline construction, operation, and
maintenance through the development and implementation of
material, joining, and inspection technologies."
Technical
Areas
- Welding
on Pressurized Lines
- Joining
High-Strength Materials
- New,
Improved Joining Processes
- Joining
for Severe Services
- Structural
Integrity
- Stress
Corrosion Cracking
- Materials
Technology
- In-Line
Inspection Technology
- Non-Intrusive
Technology
- Coating
Adherence
- Weld
Discontinuities
Recent
Accomplishments
- Procedure
for repair of pipeline corrosion defects by weld metal deposition.
- Effect
of weld metal yield strength on fracture behavior of high-strength
materials.
- Development
of a computer program for evaluation of potential cracking
and burn-through on in-service welds.
- Prediction
of weld cooling rates to aid in the process of welding on
in-service pipelines.
- RSTRENG
and enhancement of former guidelines for evaluating corrosion
defects in pipelines.
- Development
of a comprehensive model for SCC crack growth rates.
- Establishment
of standardized data collection methods for SCC finds to
promote improved analysis.
- Development
and validation of a ductile-flow growth model for optimized
hydrotest strategies.
- Development
of criteria for assessing integrity of corroded girth welds.
- Ultrasonic
inspection techniques for girth welds.
- Laser
tool for accurate mapping of external corrosion defects.
- Development
of EMAT technology for in-line detection of SCC.
- Ultrasonic
tool for limited distance detection of external defects
from bellhole digs.
- Development
of NDT pipeline simulation facility with GRI at Battelle.
Materials
Committee Publication List
For
a complete listing of the documents in our "In Print"
inventory, please click
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