Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology: Recent submissions
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Local Buckling of Tight Fit Liner Pipe
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)A promising possibility to reduce costs in pipelines that require corrosion resistant alloys (CRAs) is the use of lined pipe, consisting of a carbon steel outer pipe and a CRA liner pipe. ... -
Using Multicell Kelvin Structure for Pressure Vessel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Pressure vessel is widely used in many engineering areas. How to achieve a perfect combination of excellent performance and low cost in the design and manufacturing of a pressure vessel is, ... -
Theoretical Determination of Modal Damping Ratio of Sloshing Using a Variational Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)This paper investigates a variational method for theoretically determining the first damping ratio of sloshing in cylindrical and arbitrary axisymmetric tanks. In this method, a virtual work ... -
Collapse of Nuclear Reactor SG Tubes Pressurized From Outside: The Influence of Imperfections
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Some innovative nuclear power plant proposals consider for the design tubes of considerable thickness subjected to external pressure (e.g., steam generators tubes). The collapse of thick tubes ... -
Buckling Design of Confined Steel Cylinders Under External Pressure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Thin-walled steel cylinders surrounded by an elastic medium, when subjected to uniform external pressure may buckle. In the present paper, using a two-dimensional model with nonlinear finite ... -
Accurate Determination of Plastic Collapse Loads From Finite Element Analyses
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)When computational modeling is used to evaluate the true strength of an imperfect elastic-plastic shell structure, the current European standard on shell structures requires that two reference ... -
The New Framework for Shell Buckling Design and the European Shell Buckling Recommendations Fifth Edition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)This paper outlines key aspects of the new European Standard on the Strength and Stability of Metal Shells EN 1993-1-6 with its extended commentary and expansion in the fifth edition of the ... -
Buckling of Thin-Walled Long Steel Cylinders Subjected to Bending
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The present paper investigates structural response and buckling of long unstiffened thin-walled cylindrical steel shells, subjected to bending moments, with particular emphasis on stability design. ... -
Buckling of Thin Cylindrical Shells Under Locally Elevated Compressive Stresses
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Thin cylindrical shells used in engineering applications are often susceptible to failure by elastic buckling. Most experimental and theoretical research on shell buckling relates only to simple ... -
European Research and Analysis of Buckling
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The special topic articles contained within the following pages are comprised of works from our European Community who has aggressively tackled the intricacies associated with various topics that ... -
A New Method for Prediction of the Transient Force Generated by a Liquid Slug Impact on an Elbow of an Initially Voided Line
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The aim of the present study is to predict the impact force applied by an individual transient liquid slug on an elbow at the end of a horizontal and initially empty pipeline. The liquid ... -
Estimates of Mechanical Properties and Residual Stress of Narrow Gap Weld for Leak-Before-Break Application to Nuclear Piping
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The present paper addresses the mechanical characteristics of the stainless steel narrow gap weld (NGW) for the leak-before-break (LBB) application to the main loop piping of a nuclear power ... -
Mechanics of Pipes Conveying Fluids—Part II: Applications and Fluidelastic Problems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)This paper is the second part of the two-part review article presenting an overview of mechanics of pipes conveying fluid and related problems such as the fluid-elastic instability under ... -
Correlation of Gaseous Mass Leak Rates Through Micro- and Nanoporous Gaskets
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The present work deals with the theoretical and experimental studies of gaseous flow through tight gaskets. The paper presents an innovative approach to accurately predict and correlate leak ... -
An Improved Scaling Model of Buffeting Lift Forces in Air-Water Flows
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)This paper presents the results of a series of experiments to study the influence of diameter on the loading of a single rigid cylinder subjected to air-water cross-flow. Five rigid cylinders ... -
Mechanical Expansion of Thick-Walled Microgroove Tube for High Pressure ACR System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)This paper presents a study on the expansion process, which joins fins to thick-walled microgroove tubes for high pressure air conditioning and refrigeration (ACR) heat exchanger. Experiments of ... -
Evaluation of Creep Strength Reduction Factors for Welded Joints of Grade 122 Steel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)HCM12A (ASME Grade 122) is used for boiler components in thermal power plants because of its high creep strength. However, a type IV creep damage formed in the heat-affected zone can cause ... -
A Combination Rule for Circumferential Surface Cracks on Pipe Under Tension Based on Limit Load Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The influence of the interaction between two surface cracks on the limit load (LL) was examined by finite element analysis. Circumferential surface cracks were assumed to be on a straight pipe ... -
Experimental Study of Mode II Fracture of Hybrid Composite and Metal-Wire Joints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)In order to join a composite structure to a metallic structure, metal-wire mats were co-cured with composite laminas using the vacuum assisted resin transfer molding technique. Then, interface ... -
Effect of Separating Load Eccentricity on the Clamp Load Loss in a Bolted Joint Using a Strain Hardening Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)A nonlinear model is proposed for studying the effect of the eccentricity of applied tensile forces on the clamp load loss in bolted joints that were initially tightened beyond the bolt elastic ...