Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology: Recent submissions
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Safety and Loss Management System for Pipelines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Management systems have had long widespread acceptance in many industries for various applications: notably, quality, safety, and environment. In recent years, the North American onshore pipeline ... -
Analysis of Laminations in X52 Steel Pipes by Nonlinear by Finite Element
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Hydrogen induced cracking is of great interest in the mechanical integrity assessment of sour gas pipelines. Multiple stepwise cracks with internal pressure called laminations are often observed ... -
Thermodynamically Consistent Anisotropic Plasticity Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)The objective of this paper is to consider the thermodynamically consistent anisotropic plasticity model based on full decomposition of stress tensor into generalized deviatoric part and generalized ... -
3D Modeling of Fluid-Structure Interaction With External Flow Using Coupled LBM and FEM
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Three-dimensional fluid-structure interaction was modeled using the coupled lattice Boltzmann and finite element methods. The latter technique was applied to model a structural behavior while the ... -
Collapse of Thick Tubes Pressurized From Outside: An Accurate Predictive Formula
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Several engineering applications require cylindrical shells subjected to external pressure, and an increasing need for tubes of significant thickness has been experienced in recent years. So far, ... -
Stress Concentration Factors for Oblique Holes in Pressurized Thick-Walled Cylinders
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Elastic stress concentration factors (SCFs) for internally pressurized thick cylindrical vessels with oblique circular crossholes are reported. Results of finite-element analyses for two wall ratios ... -
Experimental Investigation on Mechanical Properties of Plastic Pipes Reinforced by Cross Helically Steel Wires
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)A Polyethylene (PE) pipe reinforced by a cross-winding steel wire (PSP) is a new type of plastic-matrix steel composite pipe, which has excellent performance. Its short-time burst pressure, ... -
Ultrasonic Circumferential Guided Wave for Pitting-Type Corrosion Imaging at Inaccessible Pipe-Support Locations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)A higher order cylindrically guided ultrasonic wave was used for the detection and sizing of hidden pitting-type corrosion in the hidden crevice regions (between the pipe and the pipe supports) ... -
Effect of Groove Geometry on Weld-Induced Deformation in Full-Welded Ball Valve
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Welding groove geometry is one of the factors determining the structure’s weld-induced deformation. There are three types of welding groove geometry available for a full-welded ball valve. Multipass ... -
Influence of Laser Peening Parameters on Residual Stress Field of 304 Stainless Steel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)A nonlinear elastic-plastic finite element method is established to predict the residual compressive stress distribution induced by laser peening (LP) in AISI 304 stainless steel. The dynamic ... -
A CFD Study of the Flow Field, Resultant Force, and Aerodynamic Torque on a Symmetric Disk Butterfly Valve in a Compressible Fluid
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Butterfly valve performance coefficients are necessary for predicting the required torque necessary to operate the valve along with other essential parameters necessary for ensuring the safe ... -
Toward An Ultrasonic Sensor for Pressure Vessels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)The focus of this paper is an ultrasonic position indication system that is capable of determining one-dimensional target location in a high-temperature steel container with gaseous medium. The ... -
Cyclic Elastoplastic Analysis of Structures Concerning a Fatigue Assessment According to the Local Strain Approach: An Overview
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)This Technical Brief presents an overview about the current methodologies for elastoplastic calculation of structures undergoing cyclic loading, aiming a fatigue assessment according to the local ... -
Technical Basis and Application of New Rules on Fracture Control of High Pressure Hydrogen Vessel in ASME Section VIII, Division 3 Code
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)As a part of an ongoing activity to develop ASME Code rules for the hydrogen infrastructure, the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Committee approved new fracture control rules for Sec. ... -
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Plain and Gouged Dents in Steel Pipes Subjected to Pressure and Moment Loading
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Six laboratory scale, mild steel pipes with the outside diameter-to-wall-thickness ratio, Do∕t≅40, were dented to about 15–20% of outside diameter Do, by a hemispherical indenter with its diameter ... -
Validation of RTT0 for German Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)For the introduction of the new reference temperature RTT0 of the ASME Code Cases N-629 and N-631 into the German Standard KTA 3201.2, the applicability of RTT0 was validated by the reevaluation ... -
Mesoscale Mechanical Model for Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking and Implications for Microstructure Engineering
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)The resistance of polycrystalline materials to intergranular cracking can be influenced by the microstructure. In sensitized stainless steels, for example, the grain boundaries prone to sensitization ... -
Brittle Failure Assessment of a PWR-RPV for Operating Conditions and Loss of Coolant Accident
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)The brittle failure assessment for the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) of a 1300MW pressurized water reactor was revised according to the state of the art. The RPV steel is 22 NiMoCr 37 (A ... -
Cavity Growth Simulation in 2.25Cr–1Mo Steel Under Creep-Fatigue Loading
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)High temperature components in thermal power plants are subjected to creep-fatigue loading where creep cavities initiate and grow on grain boundaries. Development of a quantitative evaluation ... -
Linear Stability Analysis and Application of a New Solution Method of the Elastodynamic Equations Suitable for a Unified Fluid-Structure-Interaction Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)In the conventional approach for fluid-structure-interaction problems, the fluid and solid components are treated separately and information is exchanged across their interface. According to the ...