Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology: Recent submissions
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Experiment on the Excitation of Vapor Behavior and the Vibration by Thermal Flow Under C-Tube Pool Boiling Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)As an important safety equipment in nuclear system, the passive residual heat removal heat exchanger (PRHR HX) with C-tube is responsible for timely removing heat from the reactor core in accident. A C-tube heating device ... -
Experimental and Numerical Investigations on the Relaxation Behavior of Power Plant Flange Connections Under Steady State and Transient Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)An essential part of today's power plants are flanges, for example, as connection between turbine housings and pipes. They allow for revisions, inspections, and maintenance measures. Ongoing changes toward higher amounts ... -
Analytical Study on the Buckling of Cylindrical Shells With Circumferential Thickness Variation Under Varying External Pressure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)In this article, the analytical buckling load coefficient formula for a cylinder with circumferential thickness variation subjected to varying external pressure is established for the first time by developing a quadratic ... -
Experimental and Numerical Study on the Protection Efficiency of a Diamond-Shaped Thermal Jacket for Gun Barrels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Experimental and numerical investigations on the protection efficiency of a diamond-shaped thermal jacket made of the certain braided composites with anisotropic material properties for gun barrels were carried out to gain ... -
Experimental Study and Creep-Fatigue Life Prediction of Turbine Blade Material DZ125 Considering the Nonholding Effect and Coupling Effect of Stress and High Temperature
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)In response to the problem of creep-fatigue interaction damage failure of aero-engine turbine blade material, based on the modified damage evolution model of Kachanov-Rabotnov and Chaboche, a creep-fatigue life prediction ... -
Effect of Pitch Ratio and Tube Support Conditions on the Dynamic Behavior of a Low Mass-Damping Parameter Parallel Triangular Array
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)To better explain the basic aspects of fluidelastic instability (FEI) in tube arrays, a rigorous research program has been initiated. In this research, the authors executed a series of water-flow experiments utilizing a ... -
Investigation of Fluidelastic Instability in Normal Triangular Tube Arrays Subjected to Air Flow
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This work presents the results of an experimental investigation of fluidelastic instability (FEI) in a normal triangular array. Several tube array configurations were considered, including a single flexible tube, a row of ... -
Comparative Analysis of Bursting Pressure Prediction Methods for Steam Generator Tube With Volume Defect
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper compares the difference and accuracy of bursting pressure prediction based on the flow stress σf prediction method, plastic collapse prediction method, and ductile damage model prediction method in Inconel 690 ... -
Failure Pressure Evaluation of Corroded Pipeline Using Semi-Empirical and Finite Element Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Computational simulation using the finite element method (FEM) has proven to be one of the most efficient methods for the correct evaluation of the structural integrity of pipelines with corrosion-induced defects. In this ... -
Analytical Formulation to Predict Residual Stresses in Thick-Walled Cylinders Subjected to Hoop Winding, Shrink-Fit, and Conventional and Reverse Autofrettages
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Shrink-fit, wire-winding, and autofrettage processes and their combinations can be effectively used to increase the strength and fatigue life of metallic thick-walled cylinders for a given volume. While several numerical ... -
Thermo-Fluid-Coupled Analysis of Double Fillet Welds on Tube Membrane Panels During Submerged Arc Welding
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The purpose of this research is to understand the formation of double fillet welds using finite element modeling. This computational study is intended to be an advanced way to predict heat transfer mechanisms in the melt ... -
Mechanical Properties of Buried Steel Pipe With Polyurethane Isolation Layer Under Strike-Slip Fault
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)Long-distance buried pipelines are one of the most common and economical transportation methods for oil and gas, but the fault movement will pose a threat to the safety of pipelines. The main challenge of pipeline under ... -
A Re-Evaluation of Rupture Data for CF8C-Plus Austenitic Stainless Steel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)Models of creep rupture data for CF8C-Plus Austenitic steel are presented and compared to recently published models of the same data. Metrics for the accuracy of these models are compared and the reliability of extrapolations ... -
An Improved Fixture to Quantify Corrosion in Bolted Flanged Gasketed Joints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)This study discusses the corrosion behavior of bolted flanged gasketed joint systems. A novel fixture is proposed to quantify the corrosion at the gasket–flange interface under service conditions. Due to the presence of ... -
Investigation of the Defect Width Effect on the Burst Capacity of Composite-Repaired Pipelines With Corrosion Defects Using Finite Element Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)This study investigates the effect of the defect width on the burst capacity of corroded pipelines repaired with fiber reinforced polymer composite. Parametric finite element analyses are carried out to evaluate the burst ... -
Study on the Leakage and Diffusion Characteristics of Buried Hydrogen-Blended Natural Gas Pipelines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)Utilizing existing natural gas pipelines to transport hydrogen-blended natural gas is a primary strategy for achieving cost-effective, long-distance, and large-scale hydrogen transportation. However, blending hydrogen with ... -
A Numerical Comparison of Different Methods for Evaluating Pipe Flanges Under External Loads
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper presents a numerical comparison of seven different methods for evaluating external loads on flanged joints in a piping system. The comparison will demonstrate in tabular form the factor of safety of some widely ... -
Corrosion Fatigue Behavior of 6000 HP Fracture Pump of the Valve Body Under Different Plunger Stroke Times and Acid Fracture Fluid Environment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)As a key equipment for oil and gas extraction, the fracture pump is prone to failure due to fatigue crack in the crossbore of valve body. First, under acid fracture fluid and different loading frequencies, the fatigue crack ... -
Large Deformation Dynamic Characteristics of Cracked Laminated Panel and Improvement of Stiffness Using Shape Memory Alloy Fiber
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This study explores the investigation of the nonlinear dynamic responses or time-dependent deflection analysis of a laminated composite shell panel integrated with a shape memory alloy (SMA), considering both undamaged and ... -
A Unified Fracture Model for X65 Pipeline Material Under Various Constraints Using the Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)It is generally accepted that the fracture strain is dependent on geometry/constraints in metals. However, the currently available implementation of extended finite element method (XFEM) assumes a fixed fracture strain ...