Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology: Recent submissions
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Mechanical Behavior of a Branch Pipe Subjected to Out-of-Plane Bending Load
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)A numerical and experimental study on the behavior of a branch pipe is presented in this article. The test is the first one of a series analyzing the behavior of the branch pipe under ... -
A Simple Estimating Method for Reduction of Welding Residual Stresses in Thick Welded Joint From Stress-Relief Annealing—Part III: Development of Estimating Equations for Multiaxial Stress State in Thick Welded Joint
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)Stress-relief annealing (SR treatment) is often applied to relieve welding residual stresses in the fabrication process of pressure vessels, etc. This study aims at development of an efficient ... -
Sealing Performance of New Gasketless Flange
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)This paper deals with a new seal system between two flanges without using gaskets. The system includes a groove and an annular lip that is held by one of the flange with its highest point ... -
Limit-Load Analysis of Pipe Bends Under Out-of-Plane Moment Loading and Internal Pressure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)The purpose of this work is to study the load-carrying capacity of pipe bends, with different pipe bend factor (h) values, under out-of-plane moment loading; and to investigate the effect of ... -
Analytical Modeling of the Contact Stress With Nonlinear Gaskets
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)Gasket contact stress and its variation through the gasket width is caused by the rotation of the flange and has an influence on the leakage tightness behavior of bolted flange joints. The ... -
The Influence of Multiple Axial Erosions on a Three-Dimensional Crack in Determining the Fatigue Life of Autofrettaged Pressurized Cylinders
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)Erosion geometry effects on the mode I stress intensity factor (SIF) for a crack emanating from an erosion’s deepest point in a multiply eroded, autofrettaged, pressurized, thick-walled cylinder ... -
Autofrettaged Cylindrical Vessels and Bauschinger Effect: An Analytical Frame for Evaluating Residual Stress Distributions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)The paper reports analytical solutions valid for residual stresses in cylindrical pressure vessels subjected to autofrettage. The material behavior is thought of as obeying a generic monotonic ... -
A Simple Estimating Method for Reduction of Welding Residual Stresses in Thick Welded Joint From Stress-Relief Annealing—Part IV: Applicability of the Simple Estimating Method for Stress-Relief Annealing of Thick Welded Joint
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)Stress-relief annealing (SR treatment) is often applied to relieve welding residual stresses in the fabrication process of pressure vessels, etc. This study aims at development of an efficient ... -
A Collapse Surface for a Perforated Plate With an Equilateral Triangular Array of Penetrations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)A collapse surface is developed for use in limit-load analysis of plates containing a large number of small circular penetrations arranged in an equilateral triangular array of holes with a ... -
Experimental Study on the Avoidance and Suppression Criteria for the Vortex-Induced Vibration of a Cantilever Cylinder
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)Experimental validation of the design guideline to prevent the failure of a thermometer well by vortex-induced vibration is presented, clarifying the effect of structure damping on displacement ... -
Modal Analysis for Beam Bundle in Fluid
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)In the present paper, a 3-D homogenized model for beam bundle in fluid is developed and formulated in terms of fluid velocity potential and displacement of beams as fundamental unknowns. It ... -
Underwater Pipeline Inspection Using Guided Waves
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)Underwater pipeline inspections are conducted using ultrasonic cylindrical guided waves in the laboratory environment. Three different types of mechanical defects—gouge, removed metal, and dent—are ... -
An Analysis of Filament Overwound Toroidal Pressure Vessels and Optimum Design of Such Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)This paper is concerned with the membrane shell analysis of filament overwound toroidal pressure vessels and optimum design of such pressure vessels using the results of the analysis by means ... -
Investigating the Effect of Crack Shape on the Interaction Behavior of Noncoplanar Surface Cracks Using Finite Element Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)In the last two decades, multiple cracks are often found in aging aerospace and mechanical structures. The interaction and coalescence of multiple cracks may significantly affect the service ... -
Observations on Cutting With 600-MPa Waterjets
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)Waterjet technology development for 600-MPa (87-Ksi) operations involves efforts on machining process development, pumps, plumbing, nozzles, and machining systems development. In this paper, data ... -
B2 and C2 Stress Indices for Large-Angle Bends
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)B2 and C2 stress indices are needed for evaluation of nuclear piping components. These indices are used in calculation of stress terms corresponding to moment loading. The formulas (B2=1.3/h2/3 ... -
Vibration Behavior of Rotated Triangular Tube Bundles in Two-Phase Cross Flows
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)The results of a series of tests describing the vibration behavior of several rotated triangular tube bundles subjected to two-phase cross flows are presented. Tube bundles with a pitch-to-diameter ... -
Residual and Applied Stress Estimation From Directional Magnetic Permeability Measurements With MWM Sensors
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)Conformable eddy current sensors with grid methods can provide an effective means for applied stress measurements and for characterization of residual stresses in steel components. This paper ... -
Seismic Proving Test of Equipment and Structures in Thermal Conventional Power Plant
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)The importance of ensuring uninterrupted electric power supply was reaffirmed on the occasion of the Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake in 1995, when the district was affected by extended power failure. ... -
Thermal Analysis of Severe Channel Damage Caused by a Stagnation Channel Break in a PHWR
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)The reactor channel of the horizontal core of pressurized heavy water reactors experiences very low sustained flow during loss of coolant accident (LOCA) at the reactor inlet feeders caused by ...