Fracture propagation and arrest in high-pressure gas pipelines: an overview of this Special Issue

Published

January 1, 2001

Author(s)

Timothy Weeks, Su Xu, William Tyson

Abstract

ARREST OF FAST DUCTILE fractures in gas pipelines is critical for safety and environmental protection and is an active R&D area. In order economically to design gas pipelines and select materials, a suitable method to predict arrest toughness, and the availability of test methods to measure this toughness, are vital to pipe manufacturers, pipeline operators, and regulators. This has become a pressing issue, as many new pipelines will operate in challenging environments (for example remote, Arctic, and offshore), and will be designed for stringent conditions (high operating pressures with large-diameter, thick-wall, high-strength steel pipe). The intent of this Special Issue is to survey the state-of-the-art in the development of methods to arrest fast ductile fractures in gas pipelines.

Citation

Journal of Pipeline Engineering

Volume

15

Issue

4

Pub Type

Journals

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Weeks, T. , Xu, S. and Tyson, W. (2001), Fracture propagation and arrest in high-pressure gas pipelines: an overview of this Special Issue, Journal of Pipeline Engineering, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=922596 (Accessed October 12, 2025)