External corrosion of oil and gas pipelines: A review of failure mechanisms and predictive preventions

M Wasim, MB Djukic - Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents an updated review of the external corrosion and failure mechanisms of
buried natural gas and oil pipelines. Various forms of external corrosion and failure …

A review on current understanding of pipeline circumferential stress corrosion cracking in near-neutral PH environment

H Shirazi, R Eadie, W Chen - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, pipeline failures attributed to circumferential stress corrosion cracking (C-
SCC) in near-neutral pH environments were reported. The environmental conditions that led …

Pipeline circumferential corrosion fatigue failure under the influence of bending residual stress in the near-neutral pH environment

H Shirazi, S Wang, W Chen, R Eadie - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2024 - Elsevier
Circumferential near-neutral pH corrosion fatigue (C-NNpH-CF) occurs when the external
surface of a buried pipeline is simultaneously subjected to both axial residual stresses and …

Stress corrosion crack initiation and propagation before proceeding to Stage 2 for hydrostatically tested pipeline steels

S Wang, L Lamborn, W Chen - Journal of Materials Science, 2022 - Springer
The influence of hydrostatic simulation on early-stage high-pH stress corrosion crack growth
of X65 pipeline steel was investigated. Results revealed that the initiation of microcracks in …

Strain-shock-induced early stage high pH stress corrosion crack initiation and growth of pipeline steels

S Wang, H Niazi, L Lamborn, W Chen - Corrosion Science, 2021 - Elsevier
This investigation demonstrated the occurrence of strain-shock associated with steels
having discontinuous yielding and its effect on high pH stress corrosion cracking (SCC) …

Pre-cyclic-loading-enhanced Stage-1b stress corrosion crack growth of pipeline steels

S Wang, L Lamborn, W Chen - Corrosion Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The influence of prior cyclic loading on Stage-1b stress corrosion cracking (SCC) growth of
X52 pipeline steels was investigated. Results showed that Stage-1b SCC growth was …

Model of stress corrosion cracking and practical guidelines for pipelines operation

IV Ryakhovskikh, RI Bogdanov - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2021 - Elsevier
The article considers stress corrosion cracking (SCC) prediction models for pipes steels
describing main stages of the process, their rates and implementation conditions. A number …

Modeling and prediction of stress corrosion cracking of pipeline steels

W Chen - Trends in oil and gas corrosion research and …, 2017 - Elsevier
This chapter presents the latest progress made in modeling and prediction of stress
corrosion cracking (SCC) of pipeline steels. The chapter starts first by defining field …

On the formation of stress corrosion crack colonies with different crack population

S Wang, L Lamborn, K Chevil, E Gamboa, W Chen - Corrosion Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this research was to understand why the cracks in a stress corrosion cracking
(SCC) colony developed in the pipeline steels exposed to near-neutral pH environments …

Pipeline Circumferential Cracking in Near-Neutral pH Environment Under the Influence of Residual Stress: Crack Growth

H Shirazi, S Wang, R Eadie, W Chen - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2024 - Springer
Circumferential near-neutral pH corrosion fatigue (C-NNpH-CF) is the result of the
simultaneous impact of axial residual and applied stresses along with the near-neutral pH …