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Risk Based Lifetime Assessment of Piping under Creep-Fatigue Conditions

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Most of current stress analyses and lifetime assessments are based on the extreme values method. These extreme values are so defined that it is highly improbable that they could be exceeded. However, accumulation of these extreme values (minimal wall thickness, minimal material properties and maximal load) in every part of the pipeline seems to be
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