Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology: Recent submissions
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A New Approach to Model Bolted Flange Joints With Full Face Gaskets
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The poor leakage performance of flanges with full face gaskets is attributed to the low reliability of the existing design methods, and in particular, their lack of assessing accurately the ... -
Stress Analysis and Sealing Performance Evaluation in Rectangular Box-Shape Bolted Flange Connection With Gasket Subjected to Internal Pressure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The contact gasket stress distributions in a rectangular box-shape bolted flange connection with a compressed sheet gasket subjected to internal pressure were analyzed using the finite element ... -
Recommended Revisions to Nuclear Piping Thermal Expansion Stress Limits
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Piping thermal expansion stress limits for ASME Section III Class 2 and 3 piping are directly based on the original thermal expansion rules for B31.1 piping published in 1955. Temperature ... -
Application of Negligible Creep Criteria to Candidate Materials for HTGR Pressure Vessels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Two of the proposed high temperature gas reactors (HTGRs) under consideration for a demonstration plant have the design object of avoiding creep effects in the reactor pressure vessel during ... -
Verification of the Combination Rules of Multiple Flaws in ASME B&PV Code Section XI: A Case Study of Two Adjacent Surface Planar Flaws
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)In nuclear pressure vessels, multiple surface cracks are often found by regular inspection. In order to evaluate the integrity of the vessels, ASME B&PV Code Section XI provides the flaw ... -
Postbuckling of Shear Deformable Geodesically Stiffened Anisotropic Laminated Cylindrical Shell Under External Pressure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)A boundary layer theory for buckling and postbuckling of anisotropic laminated thin shells is extended to shear deformable stiffened anisotropic laminated shells. A postbuckling behavior is ... -
Nonlinear Deformation Behavior of Clamped Bolted Joints Under a Separating Service Load
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The nonlinear deformation behavior of clamped bolted joints under a separating service load is investigated using finite element and experimental techniques. Although the materials for the bolted ... -
Optimal Design of Onshore Natural Gas Pipelines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The optimal design level for onshore natural gas pipelines was explored through a hypothetical example, whereby the pipe wall thickness was assumed to be the sole design parameter. The probability ... -
Fracture Toughness of Composite Joints With Carbon Nanotube Reinforcement
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Fracture toughness tests were conducted for carbon composite scarf joints with and without carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforcement in order to study the effect of CNT on enhancing the fracture ... -
Analytical Study of the Relaxation of Welding Residual Stress by Excessive Loading for Austenitic Stainless Steel Piping Welds
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Welding residual stress is one of the most important factors of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) for austenitic stainless steels of the pressure boundary piping in nuclear power plants. For the ... -
Plant Life Management Models: A Comparison With Analysis of Impact on Both Safety and Nonsafety Issues
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Motivated by social and economical issues, over the last 20 years, many nuclear power plant owners started a program for the long-term operation (LTO)/plant life management (PLIM) of their older ... -
Study on Hardness and Elastic Modulus of Surface Nanostructured 304 Stainless Steel Using Two Mechanical Methods
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Ultrasonic impact treatment (UIT) can be used to create a thin nanostructured surface layer that plays a significant role in enhancing the overall strength, fatigue life, and corrosion resistance ... -
Prediction of Ductile-to-Brittle Transition Under Different Strain Rates in Undermatched Welded Joints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)A welded joint generally has heterogeneity of strength, material, and fracture toughness. It is important to understand the characteristics of the strength and fracture of welded joints while ... -
The Effect of Prestrain on Ductile Fracture Toughness of Reeled Pipeline Steels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The reel-lay method is a cost efficient alternative to the S-lay and J-lay methods for small to medium size steel offshore pipelines. The quality of the pipeline construction is enhanced by ... -
Crack Initiation Process for Semicircular Notched Plate in Fatigue Test at Elevated Temperature
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Crack initiation and propagation process of fatigue test in semicircular notched plates at elevated temperature were conducted under strain-controlled condition in order to study the crack ... -
Editorial for April, 2011 Issue JPVT
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)2011 promises to be an interesting and thought-provoking year. The February, 2011 issue of JPVT included seven papers covering the special topic “European Research and Analysis of Bucking.” ... -
The Limit Load Interactions of the Brazed Aluminum Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger Header Under Combined Piping Loads
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)In order to investigate the strength design problem of the brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchanger header under complex external piping loads, the limit load interactions of the header under ... -
Assessment of Piping Field Failures and Burst Tests on Carbon Steel Pipes With Local Wall Thinning Using ASME Section XI Code Case N-597-2
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)One of the more common modes of degradation in power plant piping has been wall thinning due to erosion-corrosion or flow-accelerated corrosion. Extensive work has been performed to understand ... -
Shakedown Analysis of a Composite Cylinder With a Cross-Hole
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)In this study, both the lower and upper bound shakedown limits of a closed-end composite cylinder with or without a cross-hole subject to constant internal pressure and a cyclic thermal gradient ... -
Study of Fluid Effects on Dynamics of Composite Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)This study investigated the effect of fluid-structure interaction on dynamic responses of submerged composite structures subjected to a mechanical impact loading. The research was focused on finding ...