Development of a ductile damage-based fracture initiation model for natural gas and hydrogen transmission pipelines

R&D Focus Areas:
Pipeline materials and performance, Pipeline design and integrity management

Lead Organisation:
University of Wollongong

Funding:
Future Fuels CRC

Status:
Active

Start date:
January 2022

Project summary description:
This industry PhD project aims to develop a validated ductile damage model for prediction of fracture initiation and defect assessment in natural gas and hydrogen pipelines.

Further information:
RP3.10-03: A ductile damage-based fracture initiation model for natural gas and hydrogen pipelines

 

Reviewed: May 2024