Abstract: Failure assessment of a pipe with local wall thinning draws increasing attention in the nuclear power plant industry. Although many guidelines have been developed and are used for assessing the ...

Abstract: The American Petroleum Institute guideline provides a methodology for calculating the risks of equipments installed in refineries or petrochemical plants. However, especially in connection with ...

Abstract: Pressurized gas pipelines are subject to harmful effects from both the surrounding environments and the materials passing through them. Reliable assessment procedures, including fracture mechanics ...

Abstract: One important element of the Leak-Before-Break analysis of nuclear piping is how to determine relevant fracture toughness (or the J-resistance curve) for nonlinear fracture mechanics analysis. The ...

Abstract: The reactor pressure vessel is usually clad with stainless steel to prevent corrosion and radiation embrittlement, and thus, the population of subclad cracks is higher than that of surface ...