Applied Mechanics Reviews: Recent submissions

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    • Session II Summary: Nuclear Power Plants 

      M. E. Lapides (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)

    • Radiation Embrittlement Mechanistic Modelling 

      W. A. Pavinich; W. L. Server; T. J. Griesbach (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)
      The mechanistic models of radiation embrittlement for reactor vessel steels are reviewed and direction for improving these models is provided. Improvement in these mechanistic models will lead ...

    • Operation and Management of Aging Gas Distribution Systems 

      John D. McNorgan (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)

    • Platform Removal 

      Jay B. Weidler (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)

    • Session III Summary: Offshore Platforms 

      Jay B. Weidler (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)

    • Industry Approach to Aging Offshore Platforms 

      D. J. Wisch (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)

    • Biographies of the Authors 

      Haym Benaroya; Charles “Pete” Conrad; Koon Meng Chua; Michael B. Duke; John A. Happel; Stewart W. Johnson; Max Nein; Niranjan S. Rao; Al Smith; Lajpat R. Utreja; Brian E. Wallace (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)

    • Generic Steam Generator Life Cycle Management From a Utility Perspective 

      Ronald L. Baker (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)
      Steam generator repairs and replacements, which have occurred over the last 10 years, have lead many utilities to evaluate the economics of continued maintenance on existing steam generators ...

    • Tensile-Integrity Structures for the Moon 

      Haym Benaroya (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)
      A brief review of lunar base structural concepts is presented followed by a discussion of tensile structural concepts. Specifically, tensile integrity (tensegrity) structures are suggested for ...

    • Structural Concepts for Lunar-Based Astronomy 

      Koon Meng Chua; Stewart W. Johnson; Max E. Nein (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)
      Lunar-based astronomy requires structures that provide the required stiffness, strength, and dimensional stability in the challenging lunar vacuum, thermal, radiation, micrometeorite, secondary ejecta, ...

    • Session I Summary: Fossil Fuel Plants 

      Vernon L. Hill (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)

    • Special Issue on Aging of Energy Production and Distribution Systems 

      M. M. Carroll; P. D. Spanos (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)

    • Integrity Assurance of Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines 

      G. J. Posakony (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)
      Natural gas transmission pipelines have proven to be a safe and efficient means for transporting the trillions of cubic feet of natural gas used annually in the United States. Since the peak ...

    • Life Extension of Oil and Gas Processing Plants 

      M. J. K. Craig (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)

    • Engineering Elements for Transportation on the Lunar Surface 

      Brian E. Wallace; Niranjan S. Rao (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)
      Major aspects of engineering planetary transportation vehicles are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the the mechanics of mobility and mobility system design, including considerations for designing ...

    • Indigenous Materials for Lunar Construction 

      John A. Happel (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)
      An important step in the exploration and colonization of the solar system is to build a permanently inhabited base on the Moon. The lunar environment is stark and hostile to unprotected humans. ...

    • Lunar Environment 

      Lajpat R. Utreja (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)
      As one of the key elements of the Space Exploration Initiative, the Moon provides a waypoint for scientific exploration and travel to Mars. The Moon’s stable ground in the vacuum of space ...

    • Properties and Mechanics of the Lunar Regolith 

      Stewart W. Johnson; Koon Meng Chua (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)
      Knowledge of the lunar regolith is essential to success in lunar missions whether crewed or robotic. The regolith is the loose material overlying more intact strata on the Moon. It varies in ...

    • Special Issue on Applied Mechanics of a Lunar Base 

      Haym Benaroya (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)

    • Mechanics of Materials in Lunar Base Design 

      A. Smith (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1993)
      The construction of a lunar base has been thought about for almost five decades. The earliest concepts dealt with size and shape concepts rather than actual design of structures and equipment. ...