Special Issue: Current Trends for Pressure Vessels and Piping Technology

Abstract

There have been significant innovations in Pressure Vessels and Piping (PVP) technology over the last decade. In Europe and North America, inspection and evaluation methods using risk-based and performance-based ideas have been established. Moreover, the integrity evaluation methods for the plant components based on the probabilistic approach and the reliability method have been applied to the field already. In addition, the experience of the earthquake disaster of Japan in 2011 has increased the demand for developing more precise and accurate evaluation methods for the components beyond-design-basis conditions. For example, nonlinear analysis methods and strain-based criterion have been introduced to some design and construction codes. Based on this background, the Guest Editors, Akira Maekawa, Kiminobu Hojo, and Marwan Hassan, have published a special issue, entitled “Current Trends for PVP Technology” in the ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology (JPVT). The aim of this special issue is to provide an overview of the latest findings in the areas related to pressure vessels and piping technologies. This special issue assembles high-quality, original research that focuses on the following topics.