Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology: Recent submissions
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Fluid-Elastic Instability of Rotated Square Array U-Tubes in Air-Water Flow
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)Fluid-elastic instability characteristics of a U-tube bundle were experimentally investigated in air-water two-phase flow. A total of 39 U-tubes were arranged in a rotated square array with a ... -
Modeling the Temperature Dependence of Tertiary Creep Damage of a Ni-Based Alloy
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)To capture the mechanical response of Ni-based materials, creep deformation and rupture experiments are typically performed. Long term tests, mimicking service conditions at 10,000 h or more, are ... -
The Influence of the Initial Ovality Tolerance on the Nonlinear Cycling Analysis of Piping Bends
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)This paper presents the nonlinear shakedown analysis using finite element method for piping bends taking into account the maximum ovality tolerance. The resulting strain state of the stabilized ... -
Detection and Sizing of Defects in Complex Geometry Weld by Manual Ultrasonic Time of Flight Diffraction Inspection
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)The basic aim of this current research is to reliably detect and size defects in complex geometry welds using the well-known ultrasonic time of flight diffraction (TOFD) technique. A complex ... -
Burst Pressure of Pressurized Cylinders With Hillside Nozzle
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)The burst pressure of cylinders with hillside nozzle is determined using both experimental and finite element analysis (FEA) approaches. Three full-scale test models with different angles of the ... -
Effect of Ultrasonic Impact Treatment on the Stress Corrosion Cracking of 304 Stainless Steel Welded Joints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)High tensile weld residual stress is an important factor contributing to stress corrosion cracking (SCC). Ultrasonic impact treatment (UIT) can produce compressive stresses on the surface of ... -
Analysis of Variable Amplitude Fatigue Data of the P355NL1 Steel Using the Effective Strain Damage Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)This paper proposes an analysis of variable amplitude fatigue data obtained for the P355NL1 steel, using a strain-based cumulative damage model. The fatigue data consist of constant and variable ... -
A Reliability-Based Approach for the Design of Nuclear Piping for Internal Pressure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)Nuclear pipes are designed to withstand primary membrane stresses generated by internal pressure according to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel (B&PV) ... -
Developing New Cast Austenitic Stainless Steels With Improved High-Temperature Creep Resistance
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Caterpillar (CAT) have recently developed a new cast austenitic stainless steel, CF8C-Plus, for a wide range of high-temperature applications, including diesel ... -
Estimation of Leak Flow Rates Through Narrow Cracks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)The estimation of the gaseous leak flow rates through a narrow crack is important for a leak-before-break analysis as a method of nondestructive testing. Therefore, the methodology to estimate ... -
Exact, Hierarchical Solutions for Localized Loadings in Isotropic, Laminated, and Sandwich Shells
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)This paper presents closed form solutions for simply supported cylindrical and spherical shells subjected to uniform localized distributions of transverse pressure and bending moment. These ... -
On the Material Modeling of the Autofrettaged Pressure Vessel Steels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)Material modeling of high strength steels plays an important role in the accurate analysis of autofrettaged tubes. Although, the loading behavior of such materials is nearly elastic-perfectly ... -
Elastic Behavior of Cylindrical Vessels With Lateral Nozzle Under Internal Pressure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)The objective of this work is to study the elastic stress distribution, deformation characteristic, and stress concentration factor (SCF) of a cylindrical vessel with lateral nozzle. Three full ... -
Fitness-for-Service Evaluation of Thermal Hot Spots and Corrosion Damage in Cylindrical Pressure Components
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)Thermal hot spots and corrosion damage are typical of damages occurring in pressure vessels and piping. Structural integrity of such components needs to be evaluated periodically to determine ... -
Experimental Investigation of a Large-Scale Composite Riser Tube Under External Pressure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)A collapse pressure test was conducted on a full-scale diameter prototype composite offshore drilling riser. The test specimen was a carbon fiber-epoxy filament-wound tube, approximately 56.4 cm ... -
Buckling of Imperfect, Axisymmetric, Homogeneous Shells of Variable Thickness: Perturbation Solution
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)This paper presents the first of a series of solutions to the buckling of imperfect cylindrical shells subjected to an axial compressive load. The initial problem is the case of a homogeneous ... -
Impact Forces of Sliding Vanes on Rotor Slots in a Rotary Compressor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)This study analyzes the impacts of vanes on rotor slots by simulating the impacts of two plates in a sliding vane rotary compressor. The Hertzian contact rule and the first order shear ... -
Influence of Elevated Temperature on the Acoustic Emission Evaluation of FRP Vessels Through Internal Fluid Pressure Tests
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)A research program evaluating the effect of elevated temperature in the acoustic emission testing of fiberglass vessels was completed recently. The program aimed at evaluating the current ASME ... -
Stress Analysis of Composite Pipe Joints Under Combined Torsional and Tensile Loading
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)An analytical model was developed using the first-order laminated shell theory to determine stress and strain distributions within a composite pipe joint under combined torsional and tensile ... -
Finite Element Analysis of Externally-Induced Sloshing in Horizontal-Cylindrical and Axisymmetric Liquid Vessels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)Motivated by the earthquake response of industrial pressure vessels, the present paper investigates externally-induced sloshing in horizontal-cylindrical and axisymmetric liquid containers. Assuming ...