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Factors controlling cost of Pipeline construction Engineering Critical analyses of pipeline introduction and importance Acceptance criteria obtained from an Engineering Critical Analysis Evaluation of Fracture Toughness data
ECA enables the significance of flaws to be assessed in terms of structural integrity during installation and operational phases of the pipeline.
Used for calculating the defect acceptance criteria for fabrication. Replaces arbitrary 'workmanship' standards normally used as acceptance criteria for NDT of welds. Essential when replacing volumetric based NDT methods by Automated Ultrasonic Testing (AUT) which require defect height as part of an acceptance criteria.
Critical Safe
3.5 59 Tolerable Defect Sizes for Installation and Operational conditions Mainline welds including AUT uncertainty of measurement H=1 mm, length = 3mm Height (mm) 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 42OD x 14.1mm WT Pipe Length (mm) 524 278 151 86 56
Fracture toughness test results on project material are vital input parameters of an ECA. It is essential to measure the Fracture Toughness properties of a structure properly in order to perform ECA of a pipeline.
Fracture Toughness express in terms of KIC, CTOD, JIC, CTOD-R Curves, J-R Curves
Specimen configurations include Single-Edge Notched Bend (SENB) Single-Edge Notched Tension (SENT)