Sleeve End Fillet Weld Introduction Full encirclement repair sleeves with fillet-welded ends are often used as permanent repairs on pipelines to reinforce and develop pressure...
Overview of Sleeve End Fillet Weld SIF Equations The following section presents an overview of the SIF equations that were developed as part of the previous PRCI project....
Software Workflow The initial steps to using the Sleeve End Fillet Weld (SEFW) consist of creating a New Case and selecting the...
Using the Results The output of a single scenario analysis consists of the stress intensity factors at the deepest point and the surface...
Software Validation The validation of the software calculations was carried out by comparing the SIFs calculated by the software with those calculated...