Abstract: A maximum postulated surface flaw in the beltline region of a PWR pressure vessel has been analyzed under elastic-plastic conditions. The analysis was performed using 3-D finite element methods, ...

Abstract: Unique design techniques are required to successfully take advantage of the superior high temperature structural strength of ceramic materials. The design methodology described here combines the ...

Abstract: The influence of cladding residual stresses on the crack driving force for shallow cracks in the wall of a nuclear pressure vessel is investigated. Thermo-elastic-plastic analyses were carried ...

Abstract: Elastic-plastic analyses have been performed for the ASME Maximum Postulated Flaw and for three other semielliptical surface flaws in the beltline region of a nuclear reactor pressure vessel, ...

Abstract: This paper describes a combined numerical and experimental approach to the development of a software package for simulating the thermoforming process. In this process thin polymer sheets are ...

Abstract: The calculation of the energy release rate, G , by the virtual crack extension method has been used extensively in the literature over the last few years. A formulation and implementation of ...