A Review of Fracture Assessment Procedures and Their Applicability to Welded Structures

AbstractThis paper reviews several of the more popular fitness-for-service assessment methodologies and discusses their applicability and limitations with regard to welded structures. The paper also reviews several of the major pipeline codes which have incorporated fracture mechanics based fitness-for-service concepts. Resume Cet article est une revue des methodologies les plus populaires associees aux evaluations de mise en service. Leur applicabilite ainsi que leurs limites sont discutees au niveau des structures soudees. La revue porte egalement sur les principaux codes de pipeline qui incluent des concepts de mecanique de rupture pour la mise en service.