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Burn, S., Davis, P., Gould, S. (2009). Risk Analysis for Pipeline Assets—The Use of Models for Failure Prediction in Plastics Pipelines. In: Martin, J.W., Ryntz, R.A., Chin, J., Dickie, R.A. (eds) Service Life Prediction of Polymeric Materials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84876-1_12
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