@inproceedings{2f35ce7c8281494992f1aa500b48c9d0,
title = "Pipeline safety assessment at inspection time",
abstract = "This work presents a reliability model for determining the pipeline safety after obtaining information on the corrosion damage of the piping system by non-destructive inspection. The model is used to estimate pipeline system reliability in every region containing detected corrosion defects and the probability of either global system failure or of a given pipeline segment. The global failure probability incorporates the contribution of defects that are undetectable by the inspection tool. For this, the probability density functions of maximum depths and the number of undetected corrosion defects by the inspection tool are also determined. The failure associated to each corrosion defect is determined from the pipeline resistance and fluid pressure. The model is applied to a pipeline segment of a given length showing that defect measurement errors and the contribution of corrosion defects, undetected by inspection tool, can significantly influence the value of failure probability of the system. To calculate the failure probability of the system the directional simulation technique is utilized.",
keywords = "Corrosion defect, Detected and undetected defect, Inspection, Pipeline, Reliability",
author = "J. Alamilla and J. Garc{\'i}a-Vargas and J. Oliveros",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1115/OMAE2006-92044",
language = "Ingl{\'e}s",
isbn = "0791837777",
series = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE",
booktitle = "Proceedings of 25TH International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2006",
note = "25TH International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2006 ; Conference date: 04-06-2006 Through 09-06-2006",
}