Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology: Recent submissions
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Investigation of In-Plane Fluid Elastic Instability for a Triangular Tube Bundle Subjected to Two-Phase Flow
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In recent years, in a newly installed replacement steam generator, in-plane (IP) fluid elastic instability (FEI) for the heat transfer tubes has occurred. The fluid elastic instability is one of the severe vibrations in ... -
Limit and Shakedown Analysis of 45-Degree Piping Elbows Under Internal Pressure and In-Plane Bending
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper carries out the limit and shakedown analysis of 45 deg piping elbows made up of elastic–perfectly plastic materials by means of the recently proposed stress compensation method (SCM). The elbows are subjected ... -
Technical Basis for Flaw Acceptance Criteria for Cast Austenitic Stainless Steel Piping
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)According to the current ASME Code Section XI, IWB-3640 and Appendix C flaw evaluation procedure, cast austenitic stainless steel (CASS) piping with ferrite content (FC) less than 20% is treated as wrought stainless steel. ... -
Guideline on Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Analysis for Japanese Reactor Pressure Vessels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In Japan, to prevent nil-ductile fracture of reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) due to neutron irradiation embrittlement, deterministic fracture mechanics evaluation in accordance with the codes provided by the Japan Electric ... -
A JSME Code Case on Piping Seismic Design Based on Inelastic Response Analysis and Strain-Based Fatigue Criteria
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)A Code Case in the framework of the Nuclear Codes and Standards of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) has been published to incorporate seismic design evaluation methodologies for piping systems by detailed ... -
Welding Residual Stress in HDPE Pipes: Measurement and Numerical Simulation
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)To understand the residual stress distribution in the welded joints of high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes is essential to the assessment of its structural integrity. However, limited knowledge of their residual stress ... -
Compendious Review on “Internal Flow Physics and Minimization of Flow Instabilities Through Design Modifications in a Centrifugal Pump”
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Centrifugal pumps are one of the significant consumers of electricity and are one of the most commonly encountered rotodynamic machines in domestic and industrial applications. Centrifugal pumps operating at off-design ... -
An Improved Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing Technique for Thick-Wall Polyethylene Pipe Used in Nuclear Power Plant
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)With the application of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe with thick wall in nuclear power plant (NPP), great attention has been paid to the safety of the pipeline joints, which can be assessed by phased array ultrasonic ... -
Analysis of Residual Stresses in the Transition Zone of Tube-to-Tubesheet Joints
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The rigorous stress analysis of tube-to-tubesheet joints requires a particular attention to the transition zone of the expanded tube because of its impact on joint integrity. This zone is the weakest part of the joint due ... -
Design of TiO2–SiO2–MgO and SiO2–MgO–Al2O3-Based Submerged Arc Fluxes for Multipass Bead on Plate Pipeline Steel Welds
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)High strength low alloy steels are extensively used in different applications like oil and gas transmission line pipes, pressure vessels and offshore oil drilling platforms. Submerged arc welding (SAW) is mainly used to ... -
Seismic Analysis of Open-Top Storage Tanks With Flexible Foundation
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The behavior of aboveground storage tanks subjected to seismic excitation was investigated using numerical methods by taking flexibility of foundation into account. The hydrostatic load due to stored liquid has an axisymmetric ... -
Ultrasonic Interface Wave for Interlaminar Crack Detection in Steel–Titanium Composite Pipe
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The bimetal composite pipe has found wide ranging applications in engineering owing to its excellent mechanical and physical performances. However, the interlaminar cracks which are usually invisible and inaccessible may ... -
Rapid Liquid Filling of a Pipe With Venting Entrapped Gas: Analytical and Numerical Solutions
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The motion of liquid filling a pipeline is impeded when the gas ahead of it cannot escape. Entrapped gas will lead to a significant pressure build-up in front of the liquid column, which slows down the column and eventually ... -
Numerical Analysis of Subcooled Water Flashing Flow From a Pressurized Water Reactor Steam Generator Through an Abruptly Broken Main Feed Water Pipe
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis was performed to investigate the hydraulic response of the flow field inside the pressurized water reactor (PWR) steam generator (SG) secondary side and the connected part of ... -
Design of CaO–SiO2–CaF2 and CaO–SiO2–Al2O3 Based Submerged Arc Fluxes for Series of Bead on Plate Pipeline Steel Welds—Effect on Carbon and Manganese Content, Grain Size and Microhardness
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Submerged arc welding is mainly used to weld high thickness steel plates in various applications such as offshore oil drilling platforms, bridges, building construction, and pressure vessels. Suitable flux composition and ... -
Dynamic Stress Analysis of Multilayered Structure With Radial Gaps of Cylindrical Pressure Vessel Under Plane Strain Conditions
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Radial gaps were found in multilayered cylindrical vessels which experience inner explosion accidents in chemical plants in the past few years worldwide. It is necessary to investigate the dynamic response of multilayered ... -
Numerical Analysis of Influence of Roughness of Material Surface on High-Speed Liquid Droplet Impingement
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This study explains why the deep erosion pits are formed in liquid droplet impingement erosion even though the droplets uniformly impinge on the entire material surface. Liquid droplet impingement erosion occurs in fluid ... -
Analysis of Powder Airborne Release Fractions for Vessel Ruptures
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The Department of Energy (DOE) handbook for airborne releases from nonreactor nuclear facilities bases its bounding airborne release fraction (ARF) for pressurized powders on tests conducted at Pacific Northwest Laboratory ... -
Fluidelastic Vibration Analysis of Normal Square Finned Tube Arrays in Water Cross Flow
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)An experimental program was carried out by subjecting normal square finned tube arrays to gradually increasing water cross flows. In all, total six tube arrays were tested—three having pitch ratio 2.1 and remaining three ... -
Fatigue Crack Growth Thresholds at Negative Stress Ratio for Ferritic Steels in ASME Code Section XI
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Thresholds of fatigue crack growth rates are important characteristics for fatigue crack growth assessment for the integrity of structural components. ASME Code Section XI provides fatigue crack growth thresholds for ...