The Companhia Siderúrgica Paulista – COSIPA is an integrated steel plant of the Usiminas System located in the municipality of Cubatão, in the coastal region of the São Paulo state, Brazil. This works produces 4.5 millions tons of steel per year; 1.0 million tons of this output are delivered as rolled plates, which meet a wide range of uses, such as those in agricultural implements, industrial ...

Buried or inaccessible piping systems within Nuclear Power plants present a challenge in terms of overall inspection. Limited access and complex piping configurations restrict the type of indirect or direct NDE methodologies which can be applied by inspectors. Due to the complexity of buried and above-grade piping systems routed in and around these facilities, many plants have been forced to lo...

The backfill quality of a pipeline has an important influence on operation. When loose is used, the may be damaged after short term In this study, numerical simulation analysis buried pipes was carried out under three conditions: around pipe, dense backfill, and controlled low strength materials (CLSM) backfill. effects narrow trench backfilling using CLSM force deformation pipelines were studi...

This paper assesses the uncertainty of partial safety factors for design corroded pipelines against burst failure due to variability associated with strength model selection. First, 10 calibrated pressure prediction models are adopted and duly categorised under low-, medium- high-grade steel classes. The probabilistic characteristics pipe studied using Monte Carlo simulation selected models. Mo...