Abstract: In this paper, the recent advances in weld residual stress modeling procedures are first reviewed within the context of pressure vessel and piping applications. A typical pipe girth weld was ...

Abstract: This paper presents an analytical method for predicting the J -integral for tubular members subjected to combined tension and bending loads. The estimation method is capable of predicting J in ...

Abstract: This paper studies intergranular creep failure of high-temperature service material under a stress-controlled unbalanced cyclic loading condition. The experimentally verified Murakami–Ohno strain-hardening ...

Abstract: The growth of initially spherical periodic grain boundary voids in an elastic-nonlinear viscous material is investigated. Large geometry changes are taken into account to correctly capture the ...

Abstract: Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking (IGSCC) has been a problem in Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) piping systems. One method for retarding IGSCC is to eliminate tensile residual stresses at the ...

Abstract: In this study, thermal cycling response of quasi-isotropic metal-matrix composite (MMC) with a stacking sequence of [0/ ± 45/90]s was investigated. The thermal cycles were imposed between ...

Abstract: In the spirit of GE/EPRI fracture mechanics procedure, estimation schemes for the crack driving force for circumferentially and axially surface-cracked pressurized elbows subjected to bending are ...

Abstract: The effect of elastic accommodation on the grain boundary diffusion-controlled void growth was analyzed using an axisymmetric unit cell model. An incremental form of the virtual work principle ...

Abstract: A study of ductile crack growth characteristics in stainless steel welds is reported in this paper. A hybrid-type analysis of combined experimental, analytical, and predictive procedures on the ...