Oil & Gas Pipelines

• Accurate Determination of the Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure (MAOP) of Oil and Gas Pipelines
• Qualify the Operation of Steel Flanges using In-Situ ABI Testing
• "In-Situ ABI Testing to Determine Yield Strength, Pipe Grade, and Fracture Toughness of In-Service Oil and Gas Pipelines," Russian Oil and Gas Technology, April 2011, pp. 22-29
• Comments on PHMSA’s Proposed Integrity Verification Process (IVP) for Oil and Gas Pipelines
• Standard Test Methods for: “Nondestructive and Localized Determination of Stress-Strain Curve and Initiation Fracture Toughness of Ferritic Steel Samples and Structures Using Haggag Tensile and Toughness Method (HTTM)” November 2015
• Background of the Stress-Strain Microprobe® (SSM™) Technology and its Haggag Test Method (HTM) known as Automated Ball Indentation® (ABI®) Technique
• In-Situ Automated Ball Indentation® (ABI®) Testing of A350 Steel Flanges at Ambient Temperature for Offshore Qualifications at -46°C (-50°F)
• "In-Situ Measurement of Tensile and Fracture Toughness Properties and Determination of Pipe Grade Using the Innovative ABI Test," Gas Technology Institute Project 20568, Final Report, November 2008
• "In-Situ Monitoring of Hydrogen Embrittlement in Ferritic Steel Pipelines," International Conference on Fracture, ICF12, Ottawa, July 12-17, 2009.
• "Indentation technique provides pipeline integrity monitoring," Oil & Gas Journal, Pennwell, Aug. 14, 2006, pp. 58-62. (2.5MB)
• "Nondestructive Determination of Yield Strength and Stress-Strain Curves of In-Service Transmission Pipelines Using Innovative Stress-Strain Microprobe (SSM™) Technology," Final report to Office of Pipeline Safety / Department of Transportation, ATC/DOT/990901, September 1999.
• "Innovative SSM Technology Determines Structural Integrity of Metallic Structures: Example Applications for Pressure Vessels and Oil and Gas Pipelines," Proceedings from The Arab International Conference in Recent Advances in Physics and Materials Science, Alexandria, Egypt, Sept. 18-20, 2005.
• "In-Service Nondestructive Measurements of Stress-Strain Curves and Fracture Toughness of Oil and Gas Pipelines: Examples of Fitness-for-Purpose Applications." 5th International Conference on Pipeline Rehabilitation & Maintenance, Bahrain, 2002.
• Microprobe (SSM™) Technology,""In-Situ Nondestructive Measurements of Key Mechanical Properties of Pressure Vessels Using Innovative Stress-Strain Final report No. DOE/ER/82115-1, Award no. DE-FG02-96ER82115, 1997.
• Why the Hardness Test Can Not Determine Yield Strength

Welds

• "Welding Procedure Qualification and In-Service Weld Integrity Assessment Using Innovative Nondestructive Technology": Proceedings of the International Conference on The Joining of Metals, JOM-11," Helsingor, Denmark, May 25-28, 2003.
• Nondestructive Determination of Fracture Toughness of Alloy 718 Welded Structures Using Novel Stress-Strain Microprobe Technology," Final Report No. DOE/ER/82316-1; Award No. DE-FG02-97ER82316, 1998.
• "The Use of Field Indentation Microprobe in Measuring Mechanical Properties of Welds," Recent Trends in Welding Science and Technology, TWR'89, ASM, 1990, pp. 843-849.
• "Measurement of Yield Strength and Flow Properties in Spot Welds and Their HAZs at Various Strain Rates," International Trends in Welding Sciences and Technology, ASM, 1993, pp. 637-642. (1075K)
• "Application of Flow Properties Microprobe to Evaluate Gradients in Weldment Properties", International Trends in Welding Sciences and Technology, ASM, 1993, pp. 629-635.
  

Aircraft

• "Nondestructive Detection and Assessment of Damage in Aging Aircraft Using a Novel Stress-Strain Microprobe System," SPIE Proceedings on "Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Aircraft, Airports, and Aerospace Hardware," Vol. 2945, 1996, pp. 217-228.

Nuclear Pressure Vessels

• "Effects of Irradiation Temperature on Embrittlement of Nuclear Pressure Vessel Steels," Effects of Radiation on Materials: 16th International Symposium, ASTM STP 1175, A. S. Kumar, D. S. Gelles, R. K. Nanstad, and E. A. Little, Eds., Philadelphia, 1993, pp. 172-185.