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Fraser King, Miroslav Kolàr, Scott Briggs, Mehran Behazin, Peter Keech and Nikitas Diomidis
The disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) and spent nuclear fuel (SF) presents a unique challenge for the prediction of the long-term performance of corrodible structures since HLW/SF containers are expected, in some cases, to have lifetimes of ...
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Digby D. Macdonald
This paper explores the roles of empiricism and determinism in science and concludes that the intellectual exercise that we call ?science? is best described as the transition from empiricism (i.e., observation) to determinism, which is the philosophy tha...
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Wen-Shen Ran, Li Niu, Yang Wang, Nan Lin, Guo-Wei Feng and Hui-Qing Lan
In recent years, polyethylene (PE) pipes have been widely utilized for urban natural gas transmission. However, as the use of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes increases, their service life and long-term performance assessment have become one of the...
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Weifeng Liu, Feihong Yun, Gang Wang, Liquan Wang and Shaoming Yao
As a key piece of equipment in underwater production system, a reliability study of deep-sea connectors has important theoretical significance and engineering value for increasing fault-free operation time, improving engineering safety, and reducing main...
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Ahmad Ali Imran Mohd Ali, Shahrizan Jamaludin, Md Mahadi Hasan Imran, Ahmad Faisal Mohamad Ayob, Sayyid Zainal Abidin Syed Ahmad, Mohd Faizal Ali Akhbar, Mohammed Ismail Russtam Suhrab and Mohamad Riduan Ramli
Corrosion is an undesirable phenomenon resulting in material deterioration and degradation through electrochemical or chemical reactions with the surrounding environment. Additionally, corrosion presents considerable threats in both the short and long te...
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Utkarsh Bhardwaj, Angelo Palos Teixeira and C. Guedes Soares
This paper assesses the uncertainty of the partial safety factors for the design of corroded pipelines against burst failure due to the variability associated with the strength model selection. First, 10 calibrated burst pressure prediction models for co...
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Amrita Das, Eberechi Ichi and Sattar Dorafshan
Ancillary structures are essential for highways? safe operationality but are mainly prone to environmental corrosion. The traditional way of inspecting ancillary structures is manned inspection, which is laborious, time-consuming, and unsafe for inspecto...
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Simone Castelli and Andrea Belleri
In recent years, structural health monitoring, starting from accelerometric data, is a method which has become widely adopted. Among the available techniques, machine learning is one of the most innovative and promising, supported by the continuously inc...
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Muhammad Zahid Jiwa, Young Tae Kim, Zahiraniza Mustaffa, Seungjun Kim and Do Kyun Kim
Traditionally, subsea pipelines designed for the transportation of oil, gas, and water are constructed using carbon steel due to its strength, toughness, and ability to operate at temperatures up to 427 °C. However, polyethylene (PE), especially its high...
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Feng Jiang and Mikihito Hirohata
The deterioration and damage of aging steel structures have caused huge safety concerns. Corrosion has been identified as a big reason for the deterioration and damage, which causes steel members to lose materials. As a result, the structures? stiffness ...
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