Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology: Recent submissions
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Numerical Estimation of Fluidelastic Instability in Tube Arrays
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This study investigates unsteady flow in tube bundles and fluid forces, which can lead to large tube vibration amplitudes, in particular, amplitudes associated with fluidelastic instability (FEI). ... -
Evaluation of Creep Crack Growth Rate of P92 Welds Using Fracture Mechanics Parameters
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)High Cr ferritic heat resisting steels have been widely used for boiler components in ultrasupercritical thermal power plants operated at about 600°C. In the welded joint of these steels, ... -
Application of Equivalent CTOD Ratio to Fracture Assessment of Structural Components
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Plastic constraint correction using the equivalent CTOD concept has been studied in the International Standardization of Fracture Toughness Evaluation Procedure for Fracture Assessment of Steel ... -
Time Domain Models for Damping-Controlled Fluidelastic Instability Forces in Tubes With Loose Supports
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper presents simulations of a loosely supported cantilever tube subjected to turbulence and fluidelastic instability forces. Several time domain fluid force models are presented to simulate ... -
Effect of a Flexible Wall on a Reattaching Turbulent Shear Layer
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Digital particle image velocimetry was applied to investigate turbulent flow of air between a flexible wall and a rigid surface containing a backward-facing step (BFS). The inflow condition ... -
Experimental Investigation of the Acoustic Power Around Two Tandem Cylinders
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Aeroacoustic resonance of bluff bodies exposed to cross flow can be problematic for many different engineering applications and knowledge of the location and interaction of acoustic sources is ... -
On the Modelling of Noise Generation in Corrugated Pipes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The offshore oil and gas industry uses corrugated pipes because of their flexibility. Gas flowing within these pipes interacts with the corrugations and generates noise. This noise is of concern ... -
Two-Phase Flow-Induced Forces on Bends in Small Scale Tubes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Two-phase flow occurs in many situations in industry. Under certain circumstances, it can be a source of flow-induced vibrations. The forces generated can be sufficiently large to affect the ... -
A Reliability-Based Expression of ASME B&PV Code Equation (11) for Class 2 and 3 Nuclear Pipes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Previous research provided a reliability-based approach for the low-cycle fatigue design of Class 2 and 3 nuclear pipes. Reliability-based equations incorporate a threshold for the piping reliability ... -
On the Calculation of Stress Intensity Factors and J-Integrals Using the Submodeling Technique
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In the present paper, calculations of the stress intensity factor (SIF) in the linear-elastic range and the J-integral in the elastoplastic domain of cracked structural components are performed ... -
A Direct Method on the Evaluation of Ratchet Limit
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper describes a new linear matching method (LMM) technique for the direct evaluation of the ratchet limit of a structure subjected to a general cyclic load condition, which can be ... -
Linear Stability Analysis and Buckling of Two-Layered Shells Under External Circumferential Loading: A Numerical Investigation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The purpose of this paper is to examine computationally the stability of shells consisting of two layers when subjected to external circumferential strain. This loading appears often in biomedicine ... -
Special Section on Flow-Induced Vibrations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The ASME-PVP Symposium on Flow-Induced Vibration provides a valuable forum for researchers and engineers in industry to share and discuss new developments in the effort to better understand and ... -
Long-Term Stress Analysis of Plastic Pipe Reinforced by Cross-Wound Steel Wire
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Plastic pipe reinforced by cross helically wound steel wires, namely, PSP, is a new plastic-matrix steel composite pipe developed in China recently, were theoretically and experimentally investigated ... -
Main Steam Piping Girth Weldment Stresses and Life Consumption Considering Malfunctioning Supports
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A high energy piping (HEP) program is important for the safety of plant personnel and reliability of the generating units. HEP weldment failures have resulted in serious injuries, fatalities, ... -
Comparison of Neutron Diffraction Measurements of Residual Stress of Steel Butt Welds With Current Fitness-for-Purpose Assessments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this research, the neutron diffraction technique was used to investigate the residual stress distributions in constrained carbon steel welds. Two full penetration welds were studied using (a) ... -
Vibration Test of a 1/10 Reduced Scale Model of Cylindrical Water Storage Tank
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper describes the results of vibration tests using a 1/10 reduced scale model of large-scale cylindrical water storage tanks to clarify their dynamic behavior under seismic excitation. ... -
Transient Analysis of a Spring-Loaded Pressure Safety Valve Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A spring-loaded pressure safety valve (PSV) is a key device used to protect pressure vessels and systems. This paper developed a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model in ... -
High-Density Polyethylene Piping Butt-Fusion Joint Examination Using Ultrasonic Phased Array
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)With the increasing use of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) piping for nuclear applications, nondestructive evaluation is an important tool for evaluation of the integrity in fused joints. This ... -
Nonlinear Contact Analysis of Different API Line Pipe Coupling Modifications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Threaded pipe couplings are used to join pipelines when they have to be uncoupled frequently or as an easy to assemble alternative to welding. A large variety of patented coupling modifications ...