Engineering Critical Assessment of nickel-based clad pipeline girth welds in a wet H2S-containing environment
2016
Abstract Specimens from nickel-based clad pipeline girth welds were tested in H 2 S solution. The results of the fatigue crack growth rate curve at higher Δ K values were about 4 times higher than the in-air values. The rate at 180 °C was generally higher than the in-air data for flaw assessments found in the British Standard BS7910 by a factor of up to 3 times. From the analyses of the diffusible hydrogen, the backing steel of such pipelines are predominantly protected from the sour environment by the corrosion-resistant alloy clad layer. The results from this study are relevant for desktop Engineering Critical Assessment of girth welds of such pipelines.
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