Experimental work has been undertaken to quantify the failure characteristics and defect tolerance levels of a series of girth welds made by SMAW and GMAW welding in large diameter API 5L X 65 / X 70 linepipes. This objective was achieved by tensile testing of curved wide plates provided with artificial surface breaking root defects. In addition, the tensile and notch and fracture toughness properties of the welds have been determined by small-scale testing. The experimental data have been compared with the predictions of current ECA methodologies. The experiments and subsequent analysis of the data have shown that current ECA codes yield, in general, safe predictions of tolerable defect sizes for surface defects in pipeline girth welds provided weld metal yield strength overmatching is guaranteed. The degree of conservatism of the predictions is, however, variable. API 1104 - App. A incorporates the lowest, and EPRG Tier 2 the highest level of safety against girth weld failure.


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    Title :

    Failure characteristics and defect tolerance levels of girth welds in large diameter X65 / X70 steel linepipes: experimental verification through wide plate testing and comparison with ECA prediction models


    Additional title:

    Schadenscharakteristik und Fehlertoleranzpegel von Rundschweißnähten in X65/X70-Fernleitung-Stahlrohren grossen Umfangs: Experimentelle Untersuchung durch Breitplattenprüfung und Vergleich mit ECA-Prädiktionsmodellen


    Contributors:
    Denys, R.M. (author) / Lefevre, A.A. (author) / Jaeger C. De (author) / Claessens, S. (author)


    Publication date :

    2000


    Size :

    17 Seiten, 2 Bilder, 11 Tabellen, 17 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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