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Final <strong>Report</strong> – 813 8385 1<br />

Metallurgical Analysis <strong>of</strong> 24-Inch Houstonia 200 Service <strong>Failure</strong> at MP 21.6 (8/25/08)<br />

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47<br />

46<br />

Approximate<br />

fracture path<br />

Fracture<br />

Face Region<br />

0.25-0.3<br />

0.2-0.25<br />

0.15-0.2<br />

0.1-0.15<br />

0.05-0.1<br />

0-0.05<br />

Deepest<br />

region<br />

measured<br />

45<br />

44<br />

43<br />

42<br />

41<br />

40<br />

39<br />

38<br />

37<br />

36<br />

35<br />

Distance Clockwise <strong>of</strong> Seam Weld Looking D/S<br />

Remaining Wall (in)<br />

34<br />

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25<br />

Distance from U/S Girth Weld (in)<br />

Figure 7.<br />

Remaining wall in the region <strong>of</strong> the probable failure origin.<br />

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