Failure analysis of the conical gaskets in ultra-high pressure pipeline sealing devices: Experiment and numerical simulation

Author(s):  
Dong Xin-liang ◽  
Zhou Fan ◽  
Jiang Wen-chun ◽  
Xie Yu-tong ◽  
Zhang Yi-peng ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 912-914 ◽  
pp. 890-894
Author(s):  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Jin Zhou Zhang ◽  
Xiao Ming Li

Welded stress has an important impact on quality and life of of high-pressure pipeline. Based on pipeline material performance, considered welding arc force and its mining action, selected double ellipsoidal heat source model, simulated welding process of of high-pressure pipeline, analysised welding temperature field and stress field, determined the distribution disciplines of welding stress, provides useful help on exploring the disciplines of pipeline welding.


Author(s):  
Christopher S. Hitchcock ◽  
Richard W. Gailing ◽  
Scott C. Lindvall

Landslides are often a hazard to high-pressure gas transmission pipelines operating in hilly and mountainous terrain. Typical mitigation options include pipeline rerouting or removing the landslide from the pipeline, if possible. When rerouting or hazard removal is not a viable option due to terrain conditions or the size of the landslide loading the pipeline, directional bores can be used to place the pipeline beneath the active portion of the slope failure. As part of our study of the geotechnical viability of mitigation options for a pipeline impacted by coastal landslides, rerouting and landslide mitigation alternatives were fully investigated. Geologic interpretation of high-resolution, publicly available IfSAR and privately-flown LiDAR data were used to evaluate alternative routes around active and potentially active landslides. Geotechnical borings through the landslides ultimately provided sufficient information supporting directional drilling beneath the active landslides as the most efficient alternative, returning the pipeline to full service.


Author(s):  
Graham Stewart ◽  
Caroline Roberts ◽  
Ian Matheson ◽  
Malcolm Carr

The design philosophy of a pressure-protected subsea pipeline is intimately linked to the reliability of the Pressure Protection System (PPS) and to the probability of burst of the pipeline if it is exposed to full wellhead shut-in pressure. A reliability based design approach is presented that allows the pipeline wall thickness (and cost) to be reduced under the philosophy that the pipeline will “not burst” in the event of PPS failure. This paper describes how uncertainties in the pipeline design parameters may be initially modelled statistically to allow structural reliability techniques to be adopted at the design stage (before the pipe is manufactured). It further addresses how correlation of these parameters can be included and their extreme value distributions developed, which is particularly relevant as the length of the tieback increases. A method to incorporate inspection inaccuracy is also presented. The initial estimates of the design parameters necessarily err on the conservative side. These can be later updated when manufacturing data is available.


Author(s):  
M. Popescu ◽  
W. Shyy

This paper presents a computational model for describing the behavior of the fluid dynamics in a fractured ductile pipe under high pressure. The pressure profile in front of the crack tip, which is the main source of the crack driving source, is computed by using nonlinear wave equation. The solution is coupled with one dimensional gas flow analysis behind the crack, choked flow. The simulation utilizes a high order optimized prefactored compact–finite volume method for space discretization, and low dispersion and dissipation Runge-Kutta for time discretization. As the pipe fractures the rapid depressurization take place inside the pipe and the propagation of the crack induce waves which strongly influence the nature of the outflow dynamics. Consistent with the experimental observation, the model predicts the expansion wave inside the pipe, and the reflection and outflow of the wave. The model also helps characterize the propagation of the crack dynamics and fluid flows around the tip of the crack.


Author(s):  
G. Demofonti ◽  
G. Mannucci ◽  
L. Barsanti ◽  
C. M. Spinelli ◽  
H. G. Hillenbrand

Actually, the increase in natural gas needs in the European market, foreseen for the beginning of the next century, compels to develop new solutions for the exploitation of gas fields in remote areas. For natural gas transportation over long distances the hypothesis of a large diameter high-pressure pipeline, up to 150 bar (doubling of the actual one) has been found economically attractive, resulting in significant reduction of the transportation cost of the hydrocarbon. In this contest the interest amongst gas companies in the possible applications of high-grade steels (up to API X100) is growing. A research program, partially financed by E.C.S.C. (European Community for Coal and Steel), by a joint co-operation among Centro Sviluppo Materiali (CSM), S.N.A.M. and Europipe in order to investigate the fracture behaviour of large diameter, API X100 grade pipes at very high pressure (up to 150 bar) has been carried out. This paper presents: the current status of technology of API X100 steel with respect to the combination of chemical composition, rolling variables and mechanical properties the results obtained from West Jefferson tests, in order to confirm the ductile-brittle transition behaviour stated from laboratory tests (DWTT), the results obtained concerning the control of long shear propagating fracture and in particular the results of a full scale crack propagation test on line operating at very high hoop stress (470 MPa). Besides, in order to investigate the defect tolerance behaviour of the pipe with respect to axial surface defect, burst tests with water as pressurising medium have been carried out and the relative results are presented and discussed.


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