Abstract: There are several simplified methods, known as notch stressstrain conversion (NSSC) rules that provide an approximate formula to relate local elasticplastic stresses and strains at the notch root to those estimated ...

Abstract: Several methods were proposed in recent years that allow the efficient calculation of elastic and elasticplastic shakedown limits. This paper establishes a uniform framework for such methods that are based on perfectlyplastic ...

Abstract: When significant cyclic loading is applied, the evaluation of fatigue and ratcheting effects becomes necessary. Fatigue analysis is concerned with avoiding the initiation and propagation of cracks that could eventually ...

Abstract: The classical approaches in shakedown analysis are based the assumption that the stresses are eventually within the elastic range of the material everywhere in a component (elastic shakedown). Therefore, these approaches ...

Abstract: This paper presents an analytical study of spherical autofrettage-treated pressure vessels, considering the Bauschinger effect. A general analytical solution for stress and strain distributions is ...

Abstract: Several upper-bound limit-load multipliers based on elastic modulus adjustment procedures converge to the lowest upper-bound value after several linear elastic iterations. However, pressure component ...

Abstract: Notch stress-strain conversion (NSSC) rules are widely used to estimate nonlinear and history-dependent stress-strain behavior of the notch components or structures. This paper focuses on the ...

Abstract: The load carrying capacity of a component or structure with varying material properties (inhomogeneous) is investigated using various lower- and upper-bound limit load multipliers in the context ...

Abstract: A simple and systematic procedure is proposed for shakedown analysis using a combination of linear and nonlinear finite element analysis (FEA). The method can identify the boundary between the ...

Abstract: Cracks and flaws occur in mechanical components and structures, and can lead to catastrophic failures. Therefore, integrity assessment of components with defects is carried out. This paper describes ...