Pipeline Webinar Series Episode 7: Don't Wear Your Pipe Out

Recorded: March 7, 2023 Presenter: Urso Campos, PE, PhD, Pipeline Engineer Moderator: Jon Robison, PE, Principal Engineer/Pipelines Discipline Leader Urso Campos presented on the risks of hammer-induced fatigue in steel pipe, highlighting in particular how the duration of hammer use (cyclic loading) is directly correlated to potential fatigue failure at the girth welds. Urso also shared a simple procedure that can be used to conduct fatigue analysis to evaluate the maximum recommended time of pneumatic hammer operation to prevent fatigue leading to steel pipe failure.