Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology: Recent submissions
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Predicting the Effects of Cryogenic Treatment and Impact-Oscillatory Loading on Changes in the Strength Properties of Stainless Steels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)New experimental results concerning the strength properties of stainless steels are analyzed. In particular, the strength properties of steels were improved at room temperature using the preliminary impact-oscillatory ... -
Master Curve Evaluation Using the Fracture Toughness Data at Low Temperature of T − T0 < −50 °C
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)The Master Curve (MC) fracture toughness evaluation methodology standardized by ASTM E1921 and JEAC4216 specifies an acceptable test temperature, T, to be selected within the range of ±50 °C from the evaluated reference ... -
Technical Basis for Revising the Fatigue Crack Growth Rates for Ferritic Steels in the ASME Code Section XI
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Fatigue crack growth thresholds ΔKth and reference fatigue crack growth rate da/dN curves for ferritic steels in air environment are provided in Appendix Y of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section XI. Therein, ... -
Development of Scaling Parameter SR for Negative Stress Ratios R Based on Trend in Experimental Data for Fatigue Crack Growth Rates of Austenitic Stainless Steels for ASME Code Section XI
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Fatigue crack growth rates da/dN for stainless steels in air environment are provided by the ASME Code Section XI. The fatigue crack growth rates are given by da/dN = CF(ΔK)n, where CF is the fatigue crack growth rate ... -
Experimental Study on Fatigue Performance of TC4 Titanium Alloy Liner Carbon Fiber Composite Cylinders in Seawater Environment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)The corrosive nature of seawater poses significant challenges to the design of gas cylinders in marine environments. Currently, TC4 titanium-alloy cylinders are predominantly used because of their resistance; however, they ... -
Application of an Equivalent Temperature Field for Emulating Thermal Autofrettage-Induced Residual Stresses in Thick-Walled Cylinder
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)The equivalent temperature field of residual stresses induced by autofrettage of thick-walled cylinders and spheres have been successfully implemented in a finite element method framework to study the crack growth in ... -
Determination and Sensitivity Analysis of Target Flaw Sizes for Performance Demonstration of Cast Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe by Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)The material of primary coolant pipe of nuclear power plants is cast austenitic stainless steel (CASS), which has a coarse crystal structure and its anisotropy causes low permeability of ultrasonic waves and low detectability. ... -
On the Possibility of Extending the Crack Length Criterion in the Master Curve Methodology
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)The Master Curve (MC) methodology is a well-known approach utilized to characterize the ductile-to-brittle transition region (DBTR) of ferritic–pearlitic steels. This methodology was initially standardized in ASTM E1921 ... -
Investigation of Fracture Prediction Capability of XFEM and Finite Element Method Using SENT Specimens
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)This study investigates the fracture behavior of single-edge notched tension (SENT) specimens made from API X52 vintage pipeline steel by comparing the extended finite element method (XFEM) and the traditional finite element ... -
The Behavior of Elbow Elements at Pure Bending Applications Compared to Beam and Shell Element Models
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper studies the response of ELBOW31 and ELBOW31B element types under pure bending conditions, using shell and beam element models for benchmarking. Various model lengths are evaluated, showing that a model length ... -
Design and Effect Evaluation of a Hydrogen–Natural Gas Mixing Device at Jingbian Compressor Station
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Hydrogen gas is an environmentally friendly alternative energy source with zero emissions, making it highly valuable for replacing fossil fuels and reducing carbon emissions. One effective method of transporting hydrogen ... -
Failure Analysis of a Waste Heat Boiler of a Sulfur-Burning Sulfuric Acid Plant
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)The waste heat boiler in a sulfur-burning sulfuric acid plant experienced failures, specifically furnace tube bursting and tube sheet leakage. Samples were extracted from the front tube sheet and the tubes that had failed, ... -
Constraint Effect and Crack-Tip Plastic Zone of the Pipe With Internal Inclined Surface Cracks Under External Pressure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)To improve the accuracy of reliability assessment, it is essential to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the constraint effect and the characteristics of the crack-tip plastic zone in a pipe with internal inclined ... -
Investigation of Fluidelastic Instability of Fuel Rod Bundles Subjected to Combined Axial Flow and Jet Crossflow
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Flow-induced vibration is a major concern in the nuclear industry. The combined axial flow and jet crossflow has been found to induce fluidelastic instabilities (FEI) within the rod bundle, thus increasing the risk for ... -
Dynamic Response and Damage Analysis of a Large Steel Tank Impacted by an Explosive Fragment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The fragments generated by explosions of storage tanks in chemical industrial parks may cause perforations or dents in adjacent tanks and trigger a domino effect. This paper determined reasonable fragment parameters based ... -
Thermal Stress Analysis of Compact Heat Exchanger Produced by Additive Manufacturing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Compact heat exchangers are renowned for their high heat transfer rates and efficiency, achieved by incorporating mini and microchannels in their core design. However, operating under conditions of high-pressure fluctuations ... -
Crack Growth Prediction Based on Uncertain Parameters Using Ensemble Kalman Filter
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)We are developing a method that will enable the estimation of crack shapes in such structures as power equipment and social infrastructure with greater precision as well as the prediction of crack growth life under conditions ... -
Nonlinear Pressure Evolution in Wellbore During the Tubing Conveyed Perforation Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)With increasing wellbore depth, the environmental conditions become progressively more severe, characterized by elevated temperatures and pressures. Consequently, the pressure variations within the well induced by Tubing ... -
Risk Analysis of Gas Pipeline in Karst Area Based on Multilevel Hierarchical Structure Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)In this paper, a risk analysis method of gas pipeline in karst area based on the integrated model of the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory–interpretive structural model (DEMATEL– ISM) method and the cross-impact ... -
Prestressing Estimation for Multilayer Clamping High Pressure Vessel Laminates
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The stresses on multilayer high pressure vessels during service have been extensively studied. However, there is still a lack of detailed and reliable theoretical analyses of a series of hidden problems in manufacturing, ...