Engineering Solutions

Articles

Crack Growth following Hydrostatic Testing

"A Finite Element Procedure to Model the Effect of Hydrostatic Testing on Subsequent Fatigue Crack Growth." 2016 International Pipeline Conference (IPC2016).

Residual Forming Stresses

"Effect of Residual Forming Stresses on Fracture in ERW Pipe." 2016 International Pipeline Conference (IPC2016).

Optimizing Hydrostatic Test Pressures

"A Predictive Model for Optimizing Hydrostatic Test Pressures in Seam-Welded Pipelines." 2016 Pipeline Pigging and Integrity Management Conference (PPIM 2016).

Integrity Management of Seam Welds

"Innovations in the Integrity Management of Seam Welds in Cyclic Service." 2015 Pipeline Pigging and Integrity Management Conference (PPIM 2015).

Pipeline Flaw Assessment

"Case Studies in the Application of Advanced Technology to Pipeline Flaw Assessment." 2014 Pipeline Pigging and Integrity Management Conference (PPIM 2014).

Excel Tools

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Simple Fatigue Example

A spreadsheet that performs constant-amplitude fatigue cracks growth analysis with numerical integration. A simplified trapezoid method is used that does not require iterative calculations.

Level 2 FAD

Macro-enabled spreadsheet (Excel + VBA) that performs fracture calculations with the API Level 2 failure assessment diagram (FAD) method. This tool is restricted to axial surface cracks in pressurized pipes.

Rainflow Calculator

Macro-enabled spreadsheet (Excel + VBA) that performs rainflow cycle counting on load versus time data. Data filtering, as illustrated in Figure 10.21 (4th Edition) is included. The output is the raw rainflow results, which consist of half cycles and full cycles. This tool does not create binned histograms.

API 579 Effective Area

Macro-enabled spreadsheet (Excel + VBA) that performs effective area calculations using the API 579 Level 2 metal loss assessment. The user input is a thickness grid. A remaining life calculator is included.