Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology: Recent submissions
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Analysis of Flange Joints Under External Loads
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)Flange joint leakage is one of the common maintenance problems in refineries and chemical plants. This paper studies the effect of external loads on the strength and leakage behavior of flanged ... -
Pump and Valve Fastener Serviceability in PWR Nuclear Facilities
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)The results of several studies conducted on corrosion of carbon and low-alloy steels in borated water have shown that impingement of borated steam on ferritic steels or contact with a moist ... -
Qualification of Diesel Generator Exhaust Carbon Steel Piping to Intermittent Elevated Temperatures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)The diesel generator exhaust piping, usually made up of carbon steel piping (e.g., ASME SA-106, SA-53), is subjected to successive short time exposures at elevated temperatures up to 1000° ... -
Nonlinear Effects on the Stiffness of Bolted Joints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)Axisymmetric finite element modeling of bolted joints was performed to show the effects of the magnitude and position of the external load, member thickness, and member material on the bolt ... -
Free Vibration Analysis of Thin Cylindrical Shells by the Differential Quadrature Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)By introducing the application of the differential quadrature method (DQM) to the dynamic analysis of thin circular cylindrical shells, the work of this paper makes a step forward in furthering ... -
Elastoplastic Analysis of Layered Metal Matrix Composite Cylinders—Part I: Theory
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)An exact elastic-plastic analytical solution for an arbitrarily laminated metal matrix composite tube subjected to axisymmetric thermo-mechanical and torsional loading is presented. First, exact ... -
Elastoplastic Analysis of Layered Metal Matrix Composite Cylinders—Part II: Numerical Results
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)Part I (Salzar et al, 1996) of the paper presented an exact elastic-plastic analytical solution for an arbitrarily laminated metal matrix composite tube subjected to axisymmetric thermo-mechanical ... -
Nonlinear Effects on the Stresses and Deformations of Bolted Joints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)Axisymmetric finite element modeling of bolted joints was performed to show the effects of the magnitude as well as the radial location of the externally applied load on the member separation ... -
Prediction of Acoustic Vibration in Steam Generator and Heat Exchanger Tube Banks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)Criteria are formulated for the development of acoustic vibration in transverse acoustic modes in steam generator tube banks, based on flow and acoustic parameters. Theoretical predictions are ... -
Further Experimental Verification of Warm Prestressing Effect Under Pressurized Thermal Shock (PTS)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)Fracture tests for the verification of WPS (warm prestressing) effect were carried out by using large flat specimens with very low toughness. Tensile and bending loads and thermal shock were ... -
On Analysis of Fluidelastic Instability in Air-Water Mixture
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)Cross-flow-induced vibrations are important phenomena in the power generation industry as they may severely damage the heat exchanger tubes due to violent oscillations and clashing. The fluidelastic ... -
Estimation of Convective Heat Transfer Coefficients in Industrial Steam Turbines
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NDE of a Crack by Using Closely Coupled Probes for DCPD Technique
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)In order to enhance the sensitivity of the d-c potential drop technique, the principle of a technique using the closely coupled probes is proposed. A calibration equation for this technique ... -
Low-Velocity Perforation of Punch-Impact-Loaded Metal Plates
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)An approximate quasi-static theoretical analysis is presented for the behavior of punch-impact-loaded metal plates. Based on the principle of virtual work, load-deflection relationships are first ... -
Analyses of Possible Failure Mechanisms and Root Failure Causes in Power Plant Components Using Neural Networks and Structural Failure Database
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)This paper describes analyses of case studies on failure of structural components in power plants using hierarchical (multilayer) neural networks. Using selected test data about case studies ... -
Estimation of Creep Buckling Deformation Under External Pressure at Elevated Temperature
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)The effect of the initial ovality, wall thickness, and pressure level on the collapse time of a heat transfer tube subjected to both constant and cycled external pressure at elevated temperature ... -
Stress Intensity Factors for Cracks in Conventional S-N Fatigue Specimens
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)Stress intensity values for cracks growing in conventional fatigue specimens are determined, with emphasis on the end constraint conditions associated with S-N fatigue testing. Three-dimensional ... -
Robust Stress-Classification of Pressure Components Using the GLOSS and GLOSS R-Node Methods
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)The GLOSS and GLOSS r-node methods are used to classify stresses in pressure components. The classification scheme is akin to the prevailing ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code procedures. The ... -
Nonlinear Fatigue Damage Accumulation Under Random Loading
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)The analytical expressions for the probability densities of the cumulative fatigue damage and fatigue life and for the reliability function are obtained for a mechanical or structural component ... -
Buckling of Filament-Wound Cylindrical Vessels Subjected to External Pressure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)A study was carried out to evaluate the buckling of anisotropic cylindrical vessels subjected to external pressure. The cylinders were fabricated with filament-wound glass fiber in a vinyl-ester ...