Abstract: Engineering personnel in industries which use pressurized containment vessels having attached nozzles are required not only to design portions of the lifting mechanism, but also to estimate the ...

Abstract: Two interferometric techniques are proposed that can readily be applied to the measurement of stresses in thin plates. A point-by-point method is presented that allows the analyst to determine ...

Abstract: A baseline study has been carried out to assess the accuracy of the engineering approach for J -integral determination when applied to various standard specimens. Detailed finite element ...

Abstract: Three-dimensional residual stress mapping of an aluminum 2024-T3 arcan specimen, butt-welded by the friction stir technique, was performed by neutron diffraction. Results indicate that the residual ...

Abstract: Welding is the primary joining process used in the construction and repair of railroad tank cars. Since recent federal regulations have emphasized the need for fatigue life analyses, and since ...

Abstract: Figure 2 on p. 216 of the article does not have the correct dimensions for the Arcan test specimens. The discrepancy can be seen by comparing Fig. 2 to Fig. 6 in the article. The properly ...