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01.06.2011 | Case History---Peer-Reviewed
Pipeline Failure Results from Lightning Strike: Act of Mother Nature?
Erschienen in: Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention | Ausgabe 3/2011
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Abstract
There are more than 2.5 million miles of oil and gas pipelines in the United States. Approximately 900 failures occurred on hazardous liquid pipelines from 2002 to 2003, and 9% of these failures were attributed to damages due to natural force, which included lightning strikes, among other naturally occurring events. This paper provides a case history in which failure analysis was applied to determine the metallurgical cause of a failure involving a polyethylene-coated hydrocarbon pipeline that leaked as a result of a lightning strike.