Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology: Recent submissions
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Optimization Method for Pneumatic Conveying Parameters and Energy Consumption Performance Analysis of a Compact Blow Tank
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Pneumatic conveying of powders is a unit process extensively used in industries for the handling of particulate material of several segments. Academic studies started with empirical dilute-phase pneumatic conveying and, ... -
Nonlinear Thermoelastic Numerical Frequency Analysis and Experimental Verification of Cutout Abided Laminated Shallow Shell Structure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The cutout and temperature loading influences on the nonlinear frequencies of the laminated shell structures are predicted numerically using two different types of geometrical nonlinear strain-displacement relationships ... -
A Study on Effects of Flaw Shape Idealization on the Interaction of Co-Planar Surface Flaws Subjected to Tension Load
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Engineering critical assessment (ECA) guidelines contain rules to assess flaw interaction. Major flaw dimensions (depth or height and length) are typically characterized assuming the flaws to be contained entirely within ... -
Review of Seismic Fragility and Loss Quantification of Building-Like Industrial Facilities
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Industrial facilities play a significant role in economic growth now and for the foreseeable future. However, past earthquake reconnaissance surveys have revealed that the seismic vulnerability of these facilities has ... -
Bounded Elastic Moduli Multiplier Technique for Limit Loads: Part 2—Case Studies
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Part 1 of the article provides the theoretical underpinnings of a new method to determine statically admissible stress distributions in a structure, called bounded elastic moduli multiplier technique (BEMMT). It is shown ... -
Incident Case Study of Baseline Pigging During In-Line Inspections for Corrosion Resistant Alloy Clad Pipelines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)This paper describes an incident that occurred during the baseline inspections of pre-commissioning activities performed on a 20-in. metallurgically bonded corrosion resistant alloy (CRA) clad pipeline of an approximate ... -
Experimental Study on Fluidelastic Instability of Tube Bundles With Asymmetric Stiffness Using Visual Image Processing System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)This technical brief is an experimental study, which used a water tunnel to investigate the fluidelastic instability of tube bundles with asymmetric stiffness. The natural frequency ratios (streamwise/transverse) of the ... -
Defect and Cluster Characterization: A Python-Based Plugin for Wellbore Integrity Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Over time, corrosion in a pipe causes metal loss which reduces the amount of stress a pipe can be exposed to before failure. A radial thickness measurement of the corroded pipe allows for a quantitative analysis of the ... -
Mechanical Stress Analysis of Zero-Boil-Off Cryostat for a 1.5 T MRI Magnet
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)A whole-body 1.5 T superconducting MRI magnet is operated in 4.2 K inside a zero-boil-off helium cryogenic vessel, i.e., cryostat. The cryostat has horizontal bore of 850 mm used as the patient bore. The cryostat houses ... -
Floor Response Spectrum Method of Multiply Supported Piping System Assisted by Time History Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The independent support motion (ISM) response spectrum method is currently used in seismic analysis to calculate the response of piping systems subjected to independent excitations at several points of a supporting structure. ... -
Study on Joint Protection of Air Tank and Air Valve in Long-Distance Water Supply System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In the long-distance water supply system, the air tank can effectively protect the pump failure water hammer, but the large air tank will increase the investment. This paper analyzes the hydraulic transient process of the ... -
Non-Conservatism of ASME BPVC Section III Division 5 Isochronous Stress–Strain Curves for 316H Stainless Steel at Low Stresses
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Future Gen IV high-temperature reactors are expected to operate above 450 °C where creep effects are significant in safety-related structures, e.g., reactor vessels. The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) Section ... -
Thermal Aging Effects on the Yield and Tensile Strength of 9Cr-1Mo-V (Grade 91)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The long-term exposure of 9Cr-1Mo-V (Grade 91) steel to elevated temperature can have a significant effect on reducing its yield and tensile strength. The yield and tensile strength changes, in turn, have potential ... -
Theoretical Study on Thermal Hydraulic Expansion Process of Stainless Steel Lined Clad Pipe
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The stainless steel lined clad pipe (SSLCP) can be widely used in different fields. Industrial SSLCP are generally manufactured by the cold hydraulic expansion (CHE) method which requires high hydraulic pressure and good ... -
The Effects of Material Distribution and Flow Profile on the Stability of Cantilevered Axially Functionally Graded Pipes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)This article investigates the influences of different material distribution types and flow profiles in the cross section on dynamics of cantilevered axially functionally graded (AFG) pipe. Functionally graded material as ... -
Design of Type 3 High-Pressure Vessel Liner (Al 6061) for Hydrogen Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The liner of type 3 high-pressure vessel is manufactured by a D.D.I. (Deep drawing and ironing) process for the cylinder part, which is a continuous process that includes a drawing process to reduce the diameter of the ... -
Effect of Cooling Rate on Phase Transformation and Strain Response of SA508-3 Steel by Numerical and Experimental Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The key to accurately predict welding residual stress is to explore the solid-phase transition law of SA508-3 steel and establish the phase transition model under continuous cooling conditions. The effects of cooling rate ... -
Investigation in the Natural Frequency of Wound Tube for Coil-Wound Heat Exchanger
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Wound tube, which is an important component of coil-wound heat exchanger (CWHE), is subjected to cross-flow impacting and thereby vibrating. Owing to investigating flow-induced vibration (FIV) of wound tubes, it is essential ... -
Closed-Form Stress Intensity Factor Solutions for Circumferential and Axial Surface Cracks With Large Aspect Ratios in Pipes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section XI prescribes the stress intensity factor solutions at the surface and deepest points for a semi-elliptical crack. The ASME Code Section XI, however, provides no solutions ... -
Reducing Full-Field Residual Stress of Girth Weld With Thick Wall by Combining Local PWHT and Water Jet Peening
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In this paper, a new controlling method combined local postweld heat treatment (PWHT) and water jet peening (WJP) was proposed to reduce full-field residual stress of girth weld with thick wall. The finite element analysis ...