Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology: Recent submissions
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Creep-Relaxation Modeling of HDPE and Polyvinyl Chloride Bolted Flange Joints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Similar to many polymer materials, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) show a clear creep behavior, the rate of which is influenced by temperature, load, and time. Most bolted flange joints undergo ... -
Fracture Behavior of Cracked Ring Specimen at Different Crack Positions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The previous research review of piping systems revealed that the plastic pipe companies suffered from many problems in natural gas pipeline systems. One of the most significant problems that appeared in the piping systems ... -
Thermal Solutions for a Plate With an Arbitrary Temperature Transient on One Surface and Convection on the Other: Direct and Inverse Formulations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Thick plates that are thermally loaded on one surface with convection on the other are often encountered in engineering practice. Given this wide utility and the limitations of most existing solutions to an adiabatic ... -
Constraint Effects in Slow Crack Growth Test Methods for Service Life Prediction of High Density Polyethylene Piping
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)High-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe and piping components have been used successfully and safely for natural gas distribution around the world for several decades. The primary concerns for a 50-year life for buried HDPE ... -
A Design Guideline for Random Excitation Forces Due to Two-Phase Cross Flow in Tube Bundles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper re-examines the available experimental data to investigate the random excitation forces that affect tube bundles exposed to two-phase cross flow. Much of the experimental data generated over the past four decades ... -
A Grain Size-Dependent Equation for Creep Rupture Life of Grade 91 Steel Verified Up To 233,000 Hours
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Grade 91 steel is widely used as steam pipes in ultrasupercritical (USC) steam boilers. In residual creep life assessment of the pipes by calculation, one needs creep rupture life of the steel as a function of stress and ... -
Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Ratcheting Behavior of SS 316 L Thin-Walled Pipes Subjected to Cyclic Internal Pressure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper investigates ratcheting behavior of SS316 L thin-walled steel pipes subjected to cyclic internal pressure experimentally and numerically. Numerical simulations were performed using abaqus software, and nonlinear ... -
Development of a Tensile Strain Capacity Predictive Model for American Petroleum Institute 5L X42 Welded Vintage Pipelines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Pipelines can be exposed to a wide variety of loads, depending on the environments and the area of application. These loads may impose large longitudinal plastic strain on pipelines, which could constitute a significant ... -
Special Issue: Current Trends for Pressure Vessels and Piping Technology
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)There have been significant innovations in Pressure Vessels and Piping (PVP) technology over the last decade. In Europe and North America, inspection and evaluation methods using risk-based and performance-based ideas have ... -
Reviewer's Recognition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The Reviewer of the Year Award is given to reviewers who have made an outstanding contribution to the journal in terms of the quantity, quality, and turnaround time of reviews completed during the past 12 months. The prize ... -
Strength Analysis of Buried Polyethylene Pipeline Under Ground Subsidence Considering Multivariate Influence
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Due to the combined effects of natural and human factors, the ground subsidence is aggravated, which brings potential hazards to the normal operation of buried polyethylene (PE) pipelines. A variety of variables influences ... -
Integrity Assessment of Internally Corroded Pipelines Rehabilitated With a Kevlar-Reinforced Flexible Liner
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Contemporary approach of corrosion prevention is to use internal lining system to isolate the corrosive medium from the host pipe's inner surface. The liners serve to offer a longer lifecycle of pipelines, as well as a ... -
Assessment on Strain-Based and Stress-Based Design Strategies for Components at Elevated Temperatures: A Comparative Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Geometrical discontinuities (such as holes and grooves) widely exist in many components, which operate at elevated temperatures. Creep assessment of the geometrical discontinuities is essential for the safe operation of ... -
A Study on Defect Tomographic Imaging in Pressure Vessel With Liquid Medium
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Pressure vessels are widely utilized in many areas of industrial production and daily life for medium storage, which causes performance degradation in pressure vessels, such as crack and corrosion, and lead to serious ... -
Fatigue Crack Growth for Ferritic Steel Under Negative Stress Ratio
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The phenomenon of crack closure is important in the prediction of fatigue crack growth behavior. Many experimental data indicate crack closures during fatigue crack growths both under tensile–tensile loads and tensile–compressive ... -
Performance Evaluation of Alternating Current Square Waveform Submerged Arc Welding as a Candidate for Fabrication of Thick Welds in 2.25Cr-1Mo Heat-Resistant Steel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The paper evaluates the performance of alternating current (AC) square waveform submerged arc welding (SAW) as a candidate technology for manufacturing thick welds for high-pressure vessels. A new mathematical formulation ... -
Shortcut Method for Pipe Expansion Loop Sizing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In the engineering practice, it is often necessary to define supporting scheme and expansion loop requirements for piping distribution systems in very early phases of a project. While placing pipe supports is a relatively ... -
A Reconsideration of the Log-Secant Model for Failure Pressure Prediction of Surface-Breaking Axial Cracks in Pipelines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the researchers of the NG-18 Committee at the Battelle Institute in Columbus Ohio completed a seminal study on the failure pressures of axial flaws in oil and gas pipelines. Key developments ... -
Residual Strength Evaluation of First-Stage Absorber With Weld Considering Corrosion and Thermal Stress
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The first-stage absorber, which is often used to purify crude oil or highly acidic natural gas, is the core equipment of petrochemical enterprises. Uniaxial strength is checked considering axial stress, hoop stress, and ... -
Evaluation of Stress Rupture Factors for Grade 91 Weldments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Stress rupture factors and weld strength reduction factors for Grade 91 steel weldments in the codes and literatures have been reviewed. Stress rupture factors for weld metals proposed for code case N-47 in the mid 1980's ...