Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology: Recent submissions
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Determining Effective Thickness of Cylinders in Pressure Equipment With Significant Thickness Variations for Fitness for Service Assessments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)In many in-service issues involving pressure equipment, it is often the case that the thickness of a cylinder reveals significant variations in thickness around its cross section. This variation ... -
Improving the Reliability of the Tube-Hydroforming Process by the Taguchi Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)The tube-hydroforming process has undergone extremely rapid development. To ensure a reliable hydroforming process at the design stage, applying robust design methodologies becomes crucial to the ... -
Special Issue of the JPVT From the Design and Analysis Committee
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)The articles contained within the following pages are comprised of works from a representative sector of papers originated within the Design and Analysis Committee of the ASME Pressure Vessels ... -
Dynamic Pipe Stresses During Water Hammer: A Finite Element Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)Water hammer is defined as a sudden increase in pipe pressure, which results in pressure waves that travel along the pipe at sonic velocities. In the wake of the pressure wave, dynamic ... -
Comparison of Residual Stresses in the Mechanical Roll Expansion of HX Tubes Into TEMA Grooves
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)The mechanical roll expansion of heat exchanger tubes into tubesheets containing TEMA grooves, which are thought to aid in the mechanical integrity of the tube-to-tubesheet (TTT) joint, has for ... -
Design for Leakage in Flange Joints Under External Loads
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)This paper uses an analytical model based on the Pressure Vessel Research Council (PVRC) ROTT test gasket constants to compute leakage in gasketed flange joints subjected to internal pressure ... -
Critical Velocity of a Nonlinearly Supported Multispan Tube Bundle
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)The phenomenon of fluid-elastic instability and the velocity at which a heat exchanger tube bundle becomes unstable, known as the critical velocity, was discovered and empirically determined based ... -
Erratum: “Incorporating Neural Network Material Models Within Finite Element Analysis for Rheological Behavior Prediction” [Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 2007, 129(1), pp. 58–65]
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)In the original manuscript, the authors’ affiliations were incorrect. The proper affiliations are displayed below.B. Scott Kessler Kestek, 4602 W 121st Street, Suite 111, Overland Park, KS ... -
Proposed Design Criterion for Vessel Lifting Lugs in Lieu of ASME B30.20
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)This paper describes a method for evaluating the structural adequacy of various lifting lugs utilized in the erection and up righting of large pressure vessels. In addition, the analysis ... -
Effect of Rising and Falling K Profiles on SCC Growth Rates in High-Temperature Water
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)Effects of rising and falling stress intensity factor (K) profiles on the stress corrosion cracking (SCC) growth rates of stainless steel and nickel alloys has been studied in high-temperature ... -
Analysis of Loads for Nozzles in API 650 Tanks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)The analysis of tank nozzles for API 650, (American Petroleum Institute, 1998, API Standard 650, 10th ed.) tanks is a complex problem. Appendix P of API 650 provides a method for determining ... -
Influence of Data Analysis Method and Allowable Stress Criterion on Allowable Stress of Gr.122 Heat Resistant Steel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)Long-term creep rupture life is usually evaluated from short-term data by a time-temperature parameter (TTP) method. The allowable stress of Gr.122 steel listed in the ASME code has been evaluated ... -
Hybrid Expansion Revisited
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)This paper describes new hitherto unused procedures that combine hydraulic and explosive expanding to produce tube-to-tubesheet joints in tubular heat transfer equipment with thick tubesheets. This ... -
Motion Analysis of Pendulum Type Isolation Systems During Earthquakes (Probabilistic Study of Isolation Performance of Base Isolated Structure Considering Characteristic Dispersion of Pendulum Type Isolation Systems)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)Most of the base isolated buildings or structures are built on laminated rubber bearings in order to give them certain natural periods. This situation, however, also encourages structural engineers ... -
Three-Dimensional Identification of Semi-Elliptical Surface Crack by Means of Direct-Current Electrical Potential Difference Method With Multiple-Probe Sensor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)A method of three-dimensional identification of a semi-elliptical surface crack by direct-current electrical potential difference method with a multiple-probe sensor was proposed and its validity ... -
Effect of Temperature on Acoustic Emission Evaluation of FRP Vessels (Tensile Specimens)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)Current American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) provisions require that acoustic emission testing for class II vessels be carried out at operating temperature in the event that the ... -
Quantitative Prediction of EAC Crack Growth Rate of Sensitized Type 304 Stainless Steel in Boiling Water Reactor Environments Based on EPFEM
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)The quantitative prediction of environmentally assisted cracking (EAC) or stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is essential in order to predict service life and also the structural integrity and safety ... -
Effect of Tightening Speed on the Torque-Tension and Wear Pattern in Bolted Connections
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)In an effort to enhance the reliability of clamp load estimation in bolted joints, this experimental study investigates the effect of tightening speed and coating on both the torque-tension ... -
Limit Load Solutions for Pipes With Through-Wall Crack Under Single and Combined Loading Based on Finite Element Analyses
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)The present paper provides plastic limit load solutions for axial and circumferential through-wall cracked pipes based on detailed three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) limit analysis using ... -
High Temperature Oxidation of Cr-Mo Steels in the Context of Accelerated Rupture Testing for Creep Life Prediction
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2007)Accelerated creep rupture testing is used to aid in assessing the remaining life for components such as pipes and tubes used in high temperature plants. At the high temperatures, oxide growth ...