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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 13, 2017
4th Scientific and Technical Conference on Modern Technologies and Energy Systems, WTiUE 2016
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Article Number | 04001 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Mathematical modeling in the energy and industrial processes | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20171304001 | |
Published online | 10 February 2017 |
Reference diameter in calculations of creep strain for steam pipelines
Cracow University of Technology, al. Jana Pawła II 37, 31864 Kraków, Poland
* Corresponding author: lopata@mech.pk.edu.pl
Recommended methods of the operational safety assessment of high-pressure steam pipelines include periodic testing that enables determination of creep strain and the creep rate. The accuracy with which the two quantities are determined depends, among others, on the control of the testing conditions and on the assumed reference diameter. The analysis conducted herein concerns the impact of the reference diameter on the results characterizing the creep phenomenon in the pipeline elements (straight sections and bends). In this respect, the initial ovality of the pipeline cross-section is an important parameter. The calculations are made using own results obtained from many years of the steam pipeline creep testing, including tests performed after the expiry of the computational service life.
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