Failure analysis of a leaked oil pipeline

2015-10-18_11h39_48A new paper in « Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis« .

An oil pipeline embedded in an underground trench had failed. Through the accident investigation they found that there was a perforation at the leak point of the pipeline. After careful analysis it is concluded that the leakage of the pipeline was mainly caused by the liquid impingement erosion.

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