A leak of nearly 13,000 barrels of crude oil from the Keystone Pipeline near the Kansas-Nebraska border last year was caused by a flawed weld and stress on the pipe from being bent, the operator said.
TC Energy said last week that the Dec. 7, 2022, leak from its Keystone crude oil pipeline was due to a combination of factors, including bending stress on the pipe and a weld flaw at a pipe-to-fitting ...
Maximum wire stress in helically wound pressurized elastomeric spiraled hose subjected to large flexural bending is mathematically analyzed. Solution approach is to superimpose the state of stress of ...