Forecasting and preventing pipe fractures

Monday, August 15, 2011 - 09:30 in Physics & Chemistry

A computer model that tests automobile components for crashworthiness could also be of use to the oil and gas industry, according to researchers, who are now using their simulations of material deformation in car crashes to predict how pipes may fracture in offshore drilling accidents.

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