Abstract: The spherical expansion of vapor bubbles due to the application of either a thermal or a kinetic impulse is examined. There appears to be a wide range of initial and ambient conditions for ...

Abstract: Analytical and numerical stress analyses of the autofrettage process have made great strides in the last few years. The major challenge is no longer the stress analysis process but the ...

Abstract: Swaging is one method of autofrettage, a means of prestressing high-pressure vessels to increase their fatigue lives and load bearing capacity. Swaging achieves the required deformation through ...

Abstract: High-pressure vessels, such as gun barrels, are autofrettaged in order to increase their operating pressure and fatigue life. Autofrettage causes plastic expansion of the inner section of the ...

Abstract: High-pressure vessels are autofrettaged to introduce favorable, compressive, residual stresses around their inner diameters. The efficacy of autofrettage is limited by a phenomenon called the ...

Abstract: The work demonstrates the benefits of using digital methods for the development and optimization of large assembly manufacturing networks. Although an aircraft assembly has been used for this ...

Abstract: Highly localized long-term measurements of tumor transport properties are performed with pairs of adjacent, parallel single-strand optic fibers embedded in a laboratory animal. External illumination ...