Residual stress measurements of tension leg platform tendon welds
Book
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OSTI ID:27916
- Shell Development Co., Houston, TX (United States)
- Shell Offshore, Inc., Houston, TX (United States)
Results of fatigue test of prototype welded tendons showed that fatigue life was greatly reduced for the weld repaired joint. Since tensile residual stresses near the fusion boundary were suspected to cause the fatigue life reduction, these residual stresses were measured. Residual stresses of girth welded tendon pipes for a tension leg platform (TLP) were obtained for various fabrication conditions. The stresses were measured experimentally using the blind hole drilling (BHD) technique, X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique and Barkhausen Noise (BHN) method. The results of these measurements illustrate the reliability of each measurement technique. Effects of joint configuration, weld repair, weld cap grinding, and pre-fatigue test on residual stresses were discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 27916
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940230--; ISBN 0-7918-1266-9
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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