Abstract: Trends in pressure vessel applications involving higher pressures, lower service temperatures, thicker walls, new materials, and cyclic loading require the development of new bases in the supporting ...

Abstract: Public safety agencies in many large metroplitan cities need a mobile system which is capable of safely transporting “terrorist-type” bombs from a discovery point to a disposal area. In view ...

Abstract: The fracture behavior of thick-walled nuclear vessels is considered for the case of a radiation-induced toughness gradient through the wall which characteristically results from neutron attenuation ...