Research Article
A Theoretical Approach to Predict the Fatigue Life of Flexible Pipes
Table 3
Fatigue life: effect of different friction coefficients.
| Friction coefficient | Fatigue life (years) | Inner armor | Outer armor | Flexible riser |
| 0.00 (no friction) | 77387 | 109173 | 77387 | 0.05 | 1054 | 15384 | 1054 | 0.10 | 135 | 3511 | 135 | 0.20 | 19 | 503 | 19 | Infinite (bonded) | 19 | 19 | 19 |
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