Investigation of fracture behaviour of pipelines containing flaws subjected to plastic straining in the presence of yield discontinuity

• Main Author: Wang, Longjie
• Other Authors: Wang, B, Wu, G
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Brunel University London 2020
• Subjects: Strain-based; Luders plateau; Structural integrity; Fracture assessment; Localisation; Arctic; Luders
• Online Access: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/21642

This thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University London An increase in the demand of fossil resources has driven the construction and operation of oil and gas pipelines in remote and harsh environments, such as seismically-active, Arctic and deep-w...