Abstract: New explicit weldment strength criteria in the form of creep and fatigue strength-reduction factors were recently introduced into the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code Case N-47, which ...

Abstract: A mature design methodology, consisting of inelastic analysis methods provided in U.S. Department of Energy guidelines and failure criteria contained in ASME Code Case N-47, exists in the United ...

Abstract: The results of a long-term (approximately 2-1/2 yr), high-temperature failure test of a pressurized nozzle-to-spherical-shell model made of a well-characterized heat of type 304 stainless steel ...

Abstract: Compact reinforcement for a series of models having single nozzles radially attached to spherical shells was examined by means of finite element analyses. Parameters studied were diameter-to-thickness ...

Abstract: The effect of varying the radii of circumferential fillets in the transition region of cylindrical shells with a step change in outside diameter and loaded with internal pressure has been ...

Abstract: Four carefully machined cylinder-to-cylinder shell models were tested, and the experimentally determined stresses were compared with theoretical predictions obtained from a thin-shell finite-element ...