{"title":"Failure analysis of a leaked oil pipeline","authors":"En-Na Yang, Chang-Ming Fu, Chen Dong, Shen Qu, Ji-Feng Tian, Zhe-Feng Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.csefa.2015.09.004","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An oil pipeline embedded in an underground trench had failed. Through the accident investigation we found that there was a perforation at the leak point of the pipeline. Macroscopic observation revealed that some pits collectively located at the exterior surface of the failed pipeline. In addition, raised ridges and circumferential cracks were observed inside the large pits with stereoscope and scanning electron microscope. After careful analysis it is concluded that the leakage of the pipeline was mainly caused by the liquid impingement erosion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91224,"journal":{"name":"Case studies in engineering failure analysis","volume":"4 ","pages":"Pages 88-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.csefa.2015.09.004","citationCount":"10","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Case studies in engineering failure analysis","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221329021500022X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
An oil pipeline embedded in an underground trench had failed. Through the accident investigation we found that there was a perforation at the leak point of the pipeline. Macroscopic observation revealed that some pits collectively located at the exterior surface of the failed pipeline. In addition, raised ridges and circumferential cracks were observed inside the large pits with stereoscope and scanning electron microscope. After careful analysis it is concluded that the leakage of the pipeline was mainly caused by the liquid impingement erosion.