2001 年 41 巻 4 号 p. 381-388
Prevention of shear fracture in the natural gas pipelines is one of the most important problems for the safety of the natural gas transportation. The present paper gives a prediction method for the crack propagation and arrest in the ultra-high pressure pipelines which is the recent trend of the pipeline design and the toughness requirements for the high-grade line pipes to avoid the fracture.