A Theoretical Approach to Predict the Fatigue Life of Flexible Pipes

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left" rowspan="2">Number of wires</td><td align="center" colspan="3">Fatigue life (years)</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center">Inner armor</td><td align="center">Outer armor</td><td align="center">Flexible riser</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">All</td><td align="center">135</td><td align="center">3511</td><td align="center">135</td></tr><tr><td align="left">28</td><td align="center">135</td><td align="center">3535</td><td align="center">135</td></tr><tr><td align="left">14</td><td align="center">138</td><td align="center">3536</td><td align="center">138</td></tr><tr><td align="left">8</td><td align="center">146</td><td align="center">3881</td><td align="center">146</td></tr><tr><td align="left">4</td><td align="center">194</td><td align="center">3881</td><td align="center">194</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Fatigue life: effect of the number of wires analyzed.

Journal of Applied Mathematics

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Table 4: A Theoretical Approach to Predict the Fatigue Life of Flexible Pipes 