Handbook of materials failure analysis : with case studies from the oil and gas industry

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Front Matter,Copyright,Contributors,PrefaceEntitled to full textChapter 1 - Failure analysis of oil and gas transmission pipelines, Pages 1-38, Brad James, Alexander Hudgins
Chapter 2 - Modern analytical techniques in failure analysis of aerospace, chemical, and oil and gas industries, Pages 39-54, Seifollah Nasrazadani, Shokrollah Hassani
Chapter 3 - Methods for assessing defects leading to gas pipe failure, Pages 55-89, Guy Pluvinage, Julien Capelle, Christian Schmitt
Chapter 4 - Failure of glass fiber-reinforced epoxy pipes in oil fields, Pages 91-103, Guillermina Capiel, Pablo Fayó, Antonela Orofino, Pablo E. Montemartini
Chapter 5 - Failures and integrity of pipelines subjected to soil movements, Pages 105-122, Hernán G. Kunert, Anibal A. Marquez, Pablo Fazzini, José L. Otegui
Chapter 6 - Oil field drill pipes failure, Pages 123-152, Gudimella V.S. Murthy
Chapter 7 - Failure analysis and solution studies on drill pipe thread gluing at the exit side of horizontal directional drilling, Pages 153-173, Xiao-Hua Zhu
Chapter 8 - Causes and conditions for reamer blade balling during hole enlargement while drilling, Pages 175-198, Zhu Xiao-Hua
Chapter 9 - Analysis of reamer failure based on vibration analysis of the rock breaking in horizontal directional drilling, Pages 199-214, Xiao-Hua Zhu
Chapter 10 - Effect of artificial accelerated salt weathering on physical and mechanical behavior of sandstone samples from surface reservoirs, Pages 215-233, Marco Ludovico-Marques, Carlos Chastre
Chapter 11 - Stochastic failure analysis of defected oil and gas pipelines, Pages 235-255, Mojtaba Mahmoodian, Chun Q. Li
Chapter 12 - Determining the cause of a carbon steel joint failure in a gas flow pipeline production facility, Pages 257-266, Abdel S.H. Makhlouf, Ahmed Z. Farahat
Chapter 13 - Experimental and numerical investigation of high-pressure water jetting effect toward NPS8 natural gas pipeline integrity—Establishing safety distance perimeter, Pages 267-290, Zulkifli A. Majid, Rahmat Mohsin, Tan F. Long
Chapter 14 - Graphitization in pressure vessels and piping, Pages 291-304, Heloisa C. Furtado, Iván U. Pérez, Tito L. da Silveira, Iain L. May
Chapter 15 - Cases of failure analysis in petrochemical industry, Pages 305-328, Juan M. Salgado-López, Carlos Rubio-González
Chapter 16 - Failure analysis of heat exchanger tubes in petrochemical industry: Microscopic analysis approach, Pages 329-352, Zhen-Guo Yang, Yi Gong
Chapter 17 - Failure of 17-4 PH stainless steel components in offshore platforms, Pages 353-370, Sérgio S.M. Tavares, Joaquim S. Corte, Juan M. Pardal
Chapter 18 - Fracture representation and assessment for tubular offshore structures, Pages 371-392, Xudong Qian
Chapter 19 - Manufacturing, testing, and operational techniques to prevent sour service damages, Pages 393-410, Mohammed A. Al-Anezi, Tariq A. Al-Ghamdi, Waleed L. Al-Otaibi, Saad M. Al-Muaili
Chapter 20 - The role of microfractography in failure analysis of machine components and structures, Pages 411-422, Ryuichiro Ebara
Index, Pages 423-430