NATIVES
Petroleum
- Dec 5, 2010
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A pipeline has lost approx 50% of all thickness. Original wall thickness was 0.625-inch. Barlow's or B31G gives MAOP much lower than desired MAOP. [Desire MAOP 5,000 psi, computed MAOP based upon Barlow's 3200 psi].
Company hired a high flying engineering consulting company with top brain to show that the pipeline is still good for 5,000 psi based uon their Finite Element Analysis [FEA]. Is FEA acceptable for pipeline design, specially corroded ones?
Company hired a high flying engineering consulting company with top brain to show that the pipeline is still good for 5,000 psi based uon their Finite Element Analysis [FEA]. Is FEA acceptable for pipeline design, specially corroded ones?