Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology: Recent submissions
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Flaw Stability in Mild Steel Tanks in the Upper-Shelf Ductile Range—Part II: J-Integral-Based Fracture Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)The J-integral fracture methodology was applied to evaluate the stability of postulated flaws in mild steel storage tanks. The material properties and the J-resistance (JR) curve were obtained ... -
Air Tests of Commercially Available Transport Vessel PRVs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)An experimental study of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosions (BLEVE) was recently completed at Queen’s University in Canada. The results clearly showed that the severity of the BLEVE was ... -
Damage Mechanics Considerations for Life Extension of High-Temperature Components
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)Continuum damage theory has proven to be an effective tool in creep damage simulation. In order to establish some mechanical principles for life extension of components at elevated temperature, ... -
Bolt Thread and Head Fillet Stress Concentration Factors
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)Linear finite element analysis (FEA) was performed to determine stress concentration factors for the threads and the bolt head fillet in a bolted connection. The FEA models consisted of ... -
Flaw Stability in Mild Steel Tanks in the Upper-Shelf Ductile Range—Part I: Mechanical Properties
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)Mechanical properties of 1950’s vintage, A285 Grade B carbon steels have been compiled for elastic-plastic fracture mechanics analysis of storage tanks (Lam and Sindelar, 2000). The properties ... -
Analysis of Controllable Stress Distribution and Optimal Design of Flat Steel Ribbon Wound Pressure Vessel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)Stress distribution of high pressure vessel wall is not even. How to appropriately distribute stresses on high pressure vessel wall is our goal. It can be realized in flat steel ribbon wound ... -
Free Vibration Analysis of Composite Plates
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)A series of plate elements, based on the modified complementary energy principal, are developed to study the free undamped vibration response of laminated composite plates. The Mindlin thin plate ... -
Methodology for Durability Analysis of HDPE Pipe
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)Toughness evaluation and durability analysis are two of the critical steps to design a toughened HDPE resin for durability in pipe applications. Durability analysis involves defect characterization, ... -
Elastic-Plastic Analysis of the PVRC Burst Disk Tests With Comparison to the ASME Code Primary Stress Limits
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)This paper provides a comparison between finite element analysis results and test data from the Pressure Vessel Research Council (PVRC) burst disk program. Testing sponsored by the PVRC over ... -
A Generalized Random Variable Approach for Strain-Based Fatigue Reliability Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)A new reliability technique for strain-based fatigue life design is developed in this paper. An empirical mean stress modified strain-life equation is used as performance function, in which: ... -
Effect of Loading Rate on Fracture Toughness of Pressure Vessel Steels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)The master curve method has recently been developed to determine fracture toughness in the brittle-to-ductile transition range. This method was successfully applied to numerous fracture toughness ... -
Oscillating Stress on Viscoelastic Behavior of Thermoplastic Polymers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)Polymers are used in many applications where they are subjected to cyclic stresses. PVC and HDPE piping are often used in systems that include rotating machinery that cause mechanical vibration. ... -
Mechanism-Based Evaluation of Thermal Ratcheting due to Traveling Temperature Distribution
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)Recently, structural design against a new type of thermal ratcheting under a null-primary-stress condition has been required. The representative case is the thermal ratcheting of a hollow cylinder ... -
Weld Repair of 1-1/4Cr-1/2Mo Steel Piping Girth Welds
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)Weld repairs have been performed to 1-1/4Cr-1/2Mo steel girth weldments from a hot reheat pipe returned from service at 1000°F (538°C) for 244,000 h. Shielded metal arc weld (SMAW) ... -
Span Limits for Elevated Temperature Piping
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)Pipe deflection due to self-weight quite often governs in the determination of the spacing between supports. Methods are readily available for calculation of elastic deflection of the pipe. ... -
Risk-Based Hazardous Release Protection and Prevention by Inspection and Maintenance
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)In-service inspection and maintenance assessment of plant and equipment to reduce the risk of failure and hazardous release have been used for many decades as cost-effective procedures in concert ... -
Joint and Cross Acceptances for Cross-Flow-Induced Vibration—Part II: Charts and Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)Using closed-form and finite element solutions derived in Part I of this paper together with a standard commercial finite element structural-analysis computer program, the joint and cross acceptances ... -
Joint and Cross Acceptances for Cross-Flow-Induced Vibration—Part I: Theoretical and Finite Element Formulations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)The theoretical development of the acceptance integral method to estimate the random vibration of structures subject to turbulent flow is critically reviewed and put onto a firm mathematical ... -
Evaluation of the Integrity of PWR Bimetallic Welds
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)This paper presents the state of the art and the progress made in the numerical simulation of the stress state in a complex multi-material structure, using not only sophisticated finite element ... -
Recent Advances in Acoustic Microscopy for Nondestructive Evaluation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)Driven by new demands from industry, the field of acoustic imaging is rapidly evolving new approaches to meet the demands. The current trend toward micro and nano-technology has been pushing ...