Experimental Evaluation of

This work presents an investigation of the ductile tearing properties for an API 5L X60 pipeline steel using experimentally measured crack growth resistance curves (J-R curves). Use of these materials are motivated by the increasing demand in the number of applications for manufacturing high strength pipes for the Brazilian oil and gas industry including marine applications and steel catenary risers. Testing of the pipeline steels employed side-grooved SE(T) specimen with varying crack size to determine the J-R curves based upon the unloading compliance method using a single specimen technique. Recent developed compliance functions and eta-factors applicable for SE(T) fracture specimens are introduced to determine crack growth resistance data from laboratory measurements of load-displacement records. This experimental characterization provides additional toughness data which serve to evaluate crack growth resistance properties of pipeline steels using SE(T) specimens with varying geometries.Copyright © 2007 by ASME

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