Failure of corrosion affected buried cast iron pipes subject to water hammer

• Published in: Engineering failure analysis Vol. 120; p. 104993
• Main Authors: Firouzi, Afshin, Yang, Wei, Shi, Wenhai, Li, Chun-Qing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2021
• Subjects: Fracture mechanics; Gamma process; Method of characteristics; Pitting corrosion; Poisson process; Reliability; Water hammer; Method of characteristics; Pitting corrosion; Water hammer; Fracture mechanics; Gamma process; Reliability; Poisson process

•Pitting corrosion has been modelled as a monotonically increasing gamma process.•The maximum water hammer pressure is modeled as a Poisson process.•Method of Characteristics is used to solve partial differential equations of water hammer.•The combined stochastic effects of water hammer and corrosio...