The PRCI Technical Committees have carried many research projects related to the subject of cracks in pipe and, more specifically, the failure mechanisms associated with pipe that contains cracks. This document presents a summary of past PRCI funded studies related to the reasons and mechanisms as to how pipe and pipe components that contain cracks fail. Since not all studies sponsored by other industry groups (e.g., API, EPRG, APIA, etc.) or by individual pipelines companies are not included, this report does not represent a review of the topic in the broader industry-wide sense. Instead, it ...
The PRCI Technical Committees have carried many research projects related to the subject of cracks in pipe and, more specifically, the failure mechanisms associated with pipe that contains cracks. This document presents a summary of past PRCI funded studies related to the reasons and mechanisms as to how pipe and pipe components that contain cracks fail. Since not all studies sponsored by other industry groups (e.g., API, EPRG, APIA, etc.) or by individual pipelines companies are not included, this report does not represent a review of the topic in the broader industry-wide sense. Instead, it is designed to pro-vide a guide to past work so that current PRCI members and its research contractors can identify and locate project reports that might be of use in understanding the processes involved with failures of pipes that contain cracks.