As reliable service in offshore application has become more critical and component failure has become more costly, various experimental methods have been employed to “predict” service life of elastomers and elastomeric components. This paper, whilst not intending to be a critique, profiles and compares two of these techniques, which vary by procedure and principle, as they have been applied to a particular subsea application.

Subject
Test methods, Fixtures, Materials, Compression, Gaskets, Gas pressure, Activation energy, Extrapolation, Wellheads, Expected service life, Mechanical failure, Elastomers, Damage
Keywords:
Subsea, Seal, Life prediction
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2001
Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)
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