Abstract: The quantitative translation of physical weld quality into structural integrity prediction depends on accurate characterization of weld material behavior in the presence of fabrication defects. The ...

Abstract: Structural integrity problems which deal with welded sections are common in the pressure vessel and piping industry. The current work uses continuum fracture toughness concepts to determine the ...

Abstract: A method consisting of a marriage between frozen stress photoelasticity and a computerized least-squares data analysis for extracting stress intensity factor (SIF) distributions in three-dimensional ...