Type | Crack confined inside the pipe body. |
Location | 12 technical hours from the pipe, at 16 mm of field weldand at 0.220” of the external pipe surface. |
Dimensions | 23.36 mm of circumferential length and 0.143” of radial length, Figure 12. |
Evaluation | Crack mechanics: Crack located at the “no failure zone”. The failure stress is 74% of the applied stress. |
Recomendation | Pipe replacement. |
Performed action | Pipe replacement. |