Thanks all for your valuable contributions on this subject.We have finally put some thing across to our managers under the theory of failure equations.
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I would like to ask a basic question on materials. We are a pipe line operating company. Our gas pipe line material is API X52 with a maximum operating pressure of 7332 Mpa. In general one can hydrotest pipe lines to 100% or even 110%SMYS.I have made to understand that 100% SMYS is the...