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Search Publications by: Timothy "Dash" Weeks (Fed)

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CURVED-WIDE PLATE TESTING OF X100 GIRTH WELDS

September 29, 2014
Author(s)
Timothy S. Weeks, Joseph D. McColskey, Mark D. Richards, Yong-Yi Wang, Marie A. Quintana
The curved-wide plate (CWP) tests are frequently used for assessing the quality of pipeline girth welds. Despite a large number of CWP tests having been conducted at great expense over many decades, an industry consensus standard remains unavailable

The effect of Acetobacter sp. and a sulfate-reducing bacterial consortium from ethanol fuel environments on fatigue crack propagation in pipeline and storage tank steels

February 1, 2014
Author(s)
Jeffrey W. Sowards, Charles H. Williamson, Timothy S. Weeks, Joseph D. McColskey, John R. Spear
This study evaluated the effects of microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) on fatigue crack growth of candidate materials useful in expanding bioethanol usage including: a storage tank steel (ASTM A36) and two pipeline steels (API 5L X52 and X70)

Fatigue Flaw NDE Reference Standard Development - Phase I Feasibility Study

November 1, 2012
Author(s)
Mark D. Richards, Joseph D. McColskey, Dash Weeks
A feasibility study was performed to evaluate a novel method of accurately fatigue cracking steel plates to generate fatigue proposed fatigue crack reference standards. Fatigue cracks were introduced into low carbon steel reference plates in which the

EFFECT OF ETHANOL FUEL AND MICROBIOLOGICALLY INFLUENCED CORROSION ON THE FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH BEHAVIOR OF PIPELINE STEELS

January 25, 2012
Author(s)
Jeffrey W. Sowards, Timothy S. Weeks, Joseph D. McColskey, James R. Fekete, Jain Luke, Charles H. Williamson
Ethanol fuel production and consumption is expected to increase significantly in the near future. Existing pipeline infrastructure could be repurposed to transport ethanol and other biofuels from production sources, such as those located in the Midwest, to