Publications and Presentations

RSI’s skilled staff have given hundreds of workshops and presentations as well as writing well over one hundred published papers relating to pipeline safety, fracture mechanics, risk analysis, stress analysis, surface loading above pipelines, pressure testing, material testing, as well as scholarly papers on topics unrelated to pipelines.

Presentations

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A Method for Identifying Steel Line Pipe Vintage Nathan Switzner,

Publications

An Approach to Establishing Manufacturing Process and Vintage of Line Pipe Using In-Situ Nondestructive Examination and Historical Manufacturing Data Switzner, N., Veloo, P., Rosenfeld, M., Rovella, T., Gibbs, J., “An approach to establishing manufacturing process and vintage of line pipe using in-situ nondestructive examination and historical manufacturing data,” International Pipeline Conference (IPC 2020), Calgary, Canada, September 28-October 2, 2020. Proceedings from: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Nathan Switzner,

Influence of Line Pipe Steel Microstructure on NDE Yield Strength Predictive Capabilities · Switzner, N., Liong, M., Veloo, P., Gould, M., Rovella, T., “Influence of line pipe steel microstructure on NDE yield strength predictive capabilities,” Pipeline Pigging and Integrity Management (PPIM), Paper #66, Houston, TX, February 19-21, 2020. Nathan Switzner,

Nondestructive Testing of Pipeline Materials: Further Evaluation of Portable OES, XRF, LIBS, and Filings to Estimate Chemical Composition Switzner, N., Liong, M., Veloo, P., Gould, M., Rovella, T., “Nondestructive Testing of Pipeline Materials: Further Evaluation of Portable OES, XRF, LIBS, and Filings to Estimate Chemical Composition,” Pipeline Pigging and Integrity Management (PPIM), Paper #67, Houston, TX, February 19-21, 2020. Nathan Switzner,

A Methodology to Determine the Grade for a Vintage Gas Transmission Pipe Switzner, N., N Switzner, P Veloo, B Amend, M Gould, M Rosenfeld, J Ma, T Rovella, “A Methodology to Determine the Grade for a Vintage Gas Transmission Pipe,” AISTech, Pittsburgh, PA, May 7, 2019. Nathan Switzner,

Nondestructive Testing of Pipeline Materials: Analysis of Chemical Composition from Metal Filings Louie, M., Switzner, N., Veloo, P., Amend, B., Liong, M., Gould, M., Rovella, T., Martin, P., “Nondestructive Testing of Pipeline Materials: Analysis of Chemical Composition from Metal Filings” Pipeline Pigging and Integrity Management (PPIM), Paper #50, Houston, TX, February 20-22, 2019. Nathan Switzner,

Austenitic Stainless Steel Cladding Interface Microstructures Evaluated for Petrochemical Applications Switzner, N., Yu, Z., “Austenitic Stainless Steel Cladding Interface Microstructures Evaluated for Petrochemical Applications,” Welding Journal, Vol. 98 (2), 2019, pp S50-S61. Nathan Switzner,

Predicting Microstructure and Strength for AISI 304L Stainless Steel Forgings Switzner, N.T., Sawyer, E.T., Everhart, W.A., Hanlin, R.L., “Predicting microstructure and strength for AISI 304L stainless steel forgings,” Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 745, 2019, pp 474-483. Nathan Switzner,

Si-Bronze to 304 Stainless Steel GTA Weld Fusion Zone Microstructure and Mechanical Properties Switzner, N., Queiroz, H., Duerst, J., Yu, Z., “Si-bronze to 304 stainless steel GTA weld fusion zone microstructure and mechanical properties,” Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 709, 2018, pp 55-64. Nathan Switzner,

Forging Strain Rate and Deformation Temperature Effects on the Fracture Toughness Properties of Type 304L Stainless Steel Precharged with Tritium Morgan, M.J., Switzner, N.T., San Marchi, C.W., Balch, D.K., “Forging strain rate and deformation temperature effects on the fracture toughness properties of type 304L stainless steel precharged with tritium.” Report SAND2017-5637C. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM, 2017. (available at osti.gov) Nathan Switzner,

Friction Welding for Cladding Applications: Processing, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Inertia Friction Welds of stainless steel to low carbon steel and evaluation of wrought and welded austenitic stainless steels for cladding applications in acid-chloride environment Switzner, N., Friction welding for cladding applications: processing, microstructure and mechanical properties of inertia friction welds of stainless steel to low carbon steel and evaluation of wrought and welded austenitic stainless steels for cladding applications in acid-chloride service. (PhD Dissertation) George S. Ansel Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines. 2017. Nathan Switzner,

Residual Stresses in 21-6-9 Stainless Steel Warm Forgings Everhart, W.A., Lee, J.D., Broecker, D.J., Bartow, J.P., McQueen, J.M., Switzner, N.T., Neidt, T.M., Sisneros, T.A., Brown, D.W., “Residual Stresses in 21-6-9 Steel Warm Forgings.” Report KCP-613-9282. Kansas City Plant (KCP), Kansas City, MO, 2012. (available at osti.gov) Nathan Switzner,

29 Hydrogen-Assisted Fracture in Forged Type 304L Austenitic Stainless Steel Switzner, N., Neidt, T., Hollenbeck, J., Kuntson, J., Everhart, W., Hanlin, R., Balch, R., San Marchi, C., “Hydrogen-Assisted Fracture in Forged Type 304L Austenitic Stainless Steel,” International Hydrogen Conference 2012. Proceedings published by ASME Press in 2014. Nathan Switzner,

Stainless Steel Microstructure and Mechanical Properties Evaluation Switzner, N.T., “Stainless steel microstructure and mechanical properties evaluation for spinformed plates.” Report KCP-613-8779. Kansas City Plant (KCP), Kansas City, MO, 2010. (available at osti.gov) Nathan Switzner,

Spin-Forming Project Report Switzner, N.T., “Spin-forming Project Report.” Report KCP-613-8550. Kansas City Plant (KCP), Kansas City, MO, 2009. (available at osti.gov) Nathan Switzner,

Comparison of Forging Processes for 304L Stainless Steel Switzner, N.T., Comparison of Forging Processes for 304L Stainless Steel. (Masters Thesis). George S. Ansel Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines.2007. Nathan Switzner,

Vehicle Load Distribution Under Timber Mats and Flexible Slabs IPC2020-9599, 13th International Pipeline Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 28 to October 2, 2020. Benjamin Zand,

Effect of Room Temperature Creep on Hydrostatic Leak Test IPC2018-78360, 12th International Pipeline Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2018. Adam Steiner, Benjamin Zand,

Geotechnical Instrumentation: Monitoring Longitudinal Stress of a High Pressure Pipeline During Longwall Mining Operations – A Case Study in West Virginia IPC2016-64065, Proceeding of the 2016 11th International Pipeline Conference, Sept 26-30, 2016 Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Benjamin Zand,

A New Approach to Determine the Stresses in Buried Pipes Under Surface Loading IPC2016-64050, Proceeding of the 2016 11th International Pipeline Conference, Sept 26-30, 2016 Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Benjamin Zand,

Strain Energy Based Failure Criterion: Comparison of Numerical Predictions and Experimental Observation for Symmetric Laminates Subjected to Triaxial Loading Journal of Composite Material, Vol 46, No 19 &20, pp 2515-2537, September 2012. Benjamin Zand,

Modeling of Composite Laminates Subjected to Multi-Axial Loading PhD Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 2007. Benjamin Zand,

An Experimental Investigation on Liquefaction Potential and Post-Liquefaction Shear Strength of Impounded Fly Ash Fuel, Vol 88, No 7, 2009, pp1160-1166. Benjamin Zand,

Constant Rate of Strain Consolidation of Resedimented Class F Fly Ash Fuel, Vol 88, No 7, 2009, pp1154-1159. Benjamin Zand,

Surface Runoff from Coal Combustion Product Pavement During Accelerated Loading Journal of Environmental Engineering ASCE, Vol 134, No 8, 2008, pp 591-599. Benjamin Zand,

Beneficial Reuse of FGD Material in the Construction of Low Permeability Liner: Impact on Inorganic Water Quality Constituent Journal of Environmental Engineering ASCE, Vol 133, No 5, 2007, pp 523-531. Benjamin Zand,

Characterization and Re-Use Potential of By-Products Generated from the Ohio State Carbonation and Ash Reactivation (OSCAR) Process Fuel, Vol 86, No 4, 2007, pp 541-553. Benjamin Zand,

Full-Scale Accelerated Testing of Flexible Pavements Constructed of Coal Combustion Products Transportation Research Record, No 1952, 2006, pp 110-117. Benjamin Zand,

Full-Scale Accelerated Testing of Flexible Pavements Constructed of Coal Combustion Products 85th TRB (Transportation Research Board) Annual Meeting at Washington DC, January 2006. Benjamin Zand,

Flowable Fill Using Flue Gas Desulfurization Material ASTM STP 1459: Innovations in Controlled Low-Strength Material (Flowable Fill), American Society of Testing and Material, Technical editors: Hitch, J. L., Howard, A. K., Bass, W. P., 2004, pp 3-14. Benjamin Zand,

Flowable Fill Using Flue Gas Desulfurization Material Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 1, No 6, 2004, pp 1-12. Benjamin Zand,

Nonlinear Strain Energy-Based Failure Criterion for Triaxial Loading of Composite Laminates SAMPE 2011, Long Beach, CA, May 23-26, 2011. Benjamin Zand,

An Improved Strain Energy-Based Failure Theory for Composite ASC 2010, Dayton OH, September 20-23, 2010. Benjamin Zand,

Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential of Impounded Fly Ash 2007 World of Coal Ash (WOCA), Covington, Kentucky, May 7-10, 2007. Benjamin Zand,

Accelerated Load Testing of Full-Scale Flexible Pavement Constructed of CCPs Under Adverse Environmental Condition 2007 World of Coal Ash (WOCA), Covington, Kentucky, May 7-10, 2007. Benjamin Zand,

The Consolidation Characteristics of Impounded Class F Fly Ash – A Case History 2007 World of Coal Ash (WOCA), Covington, Kentucky, May 7-10, 2007. Benjamin Zand,

Full Depth Reclamation of Asphalt Pavements Using Class F Fly Ash 2007 World of Coal Ash (WOCA), Covington, Kentucky, May 7-10, 2007. Benjamin Zand,

Accelerated Load Testing Response of Full-Scale Pavement Constructed of Coal Combustion Products 22nd Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 12-15, 2005. Benjamin Zand,

Accelerated Load Testing on Full-Scale CCP Sections – Part A (Laboratory Experiments, Mix and Pavement Design) 2005 World of Coal Ash (WOCA), Lexington, Kentucky, April 11-15, 2005. Benjamin Zand,

Accelerated Load Testing on Full-Scale CCP Sections – Part B (Construction, Instrumentation, and Monitoring) 2005 World of Coal Ash (WOCA), Lexington, Kentucky, April 11-15, 2005. Benjamin Zand,

Accelerated Load Testing on Full-Scale Pavement Sections 1st International Road and Traffic Conference (IRTC), Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX), Ilsan New Town,Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea., July 7-8, 2005. Benjamin Zand,

Design of Pavements Construction of Coal Combustion By-Products, 20th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 15-19, 2003. Benjamin Zand,

Peer Review of the Plausible Profiles Corrosion Assessment Model John Kiefner,

Estimating Toughness for LF and DC Welded ERW Seams John Kiefner, Michael Rosenfeld,

Are you Safer than 15 Years Ago? PPIM 2019 Joel Anderson,

RunComs and Randomness, When is a Change Really a Change PPIM 2020 Joel Anderson,

Analysis of ILI Vendor Performance On Enable Midstream’s Pipeline System Journal of Pipeline Engineering, December 2018 Joel Anderson,

Pig and Dig: How Much is Enough, How Much is Too Much PPIM 2020 Joel Anderson,

Risk Management Tools for a Modern IM Program PPIM 2021 Joel Anderson,

Bayesian Inference Approach to Establish Sample Size for Material Verification PPIM 2019 Joel Anderson,

Assessing Steel Pipe Toughness Using In-Situ Chemical Composition and Field Metallography Data PPIM 2021 Joel Anderson, Michael Rosenfeld, Nathan Switzner,

Influence of Composition on Non-Destructive Yield Strength Estimates 2021 Pipeline, Control Room and Cybernetics Conference Joel Anderson, Nathan Switzner,

Exploratory Data Analysis 2020 Pipeline Risk Management Forum Joel Anderson,

Dancing with the Swans, Considerations for Catastrophic Risk 2021 Pipeline Risk Management Forum Joel Anderson,

Property Damage vs. Release Volume Joel Anderson,

Pipeline Hazardous Liquid Spills Analyses Joel Anderson,

Consequence of Failure Data Analyses Joel Anderson,

Consequence of Failure vs. Potential Impact Radius Joel Anderson,

Decision Trees and Risk Assessment Joel Anderson,

Pneumatic Testing Safety, AGA Operations Conference, May 4, 2017, Orlando, Florida Adam Steiner,

Variability and Mitigative Measures for Estimating Yield Strength in Line Pipe by Instrumented Indentation Testing (2023) L.P. Martin,

Quantitative Evaluation of Microstructure to Support Verification of Material Properties in Line-Pipe Steels International Pipeline Conference, vol. 86588, p. V003T05A013. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2022 L.P. Martin,

Fracture Toughness testing and its Implications to Engineering Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Energy Pipelines Paper No. IPC2018-78723 in Proceedings of the 2018 11th International Pipeline Conference, IPC2018, September 26-30, Calgary, Alberta, Canada L.P. Martin,

Evaluation of additive friction stir deposition of AISI 316L for repairing surface material loss in AISI 4340 The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 121, no. 3-4 (2022): 2365-2381 L.P. Martin,

Investigation of mechanical properties of twin wire arc repair of cast iron components Journal of Thermal Spray Technology 31, no. 1-2 (2022): 315-328 L.P. Martin,

Evaluation of additive friction stir deposition for the repair of cast Al-1.4 Si-1.1 Cu-1.5 Mg-2.1 Zn Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering 144, no. 6 (2022) L.P. Martin,

Repair of aluminum 6061 plate by additive friction stir deposition The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (2022): 1-15 L.P. Martin,

Compaction behavior and mechanical properties of uniaxially pressed Bi-W composites Metall. Mater. Trans. A, 40A, 2124 (2009) L.P. Martin,

Compaction behavior of uniaxially cold-pressed Bi-Ta composites Scripta Materialia, 57, 229-232 (2007) L.P. Martin,

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