... for publication in the J OURNAL OF P RESSURE V ESSEL T ECHNOLOGY . Manuscript received April 20, 2018; final manuscript received July 16, 2018; published online August 22, 2018. Editor: Young W. Kwon. 20 04 2018 16 07 2018 Finite element Inelastic analysis Metals Safety Boundary...

..., as such copyright is owned by that Government, which reserves its own copyright under national law. 25 07 2017 28 06 2018 Elevated temperature analysis Inelastic analysis Metals Design Non-metals Creep deformation and damage are the most critical issues for determining...

... was systematically investigated. Weld cooling rates vary with change in heat input or variation in plate thickness of base metal. Results showed that thin plates accumulate the heat, which cause grain coarsening and loss of acicular ferrite (AF) microstructure, which is further responsible for lower impact strength...

... online April 10, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Oreste S. Bursi. 06 08 2017 08 11 2017 Finite element Inelastic analysis Metals Safety Boundary element methods Reliability Non-metals Polyethylene pipe reinforced by winding steel wires (PSP) is a composite pipe of excellent...

... . 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2010.06.003 [9] Jiang , W. , Yang , B. , Gong , J. M. , and Tu , S. T. , 2011 , “ Effects of Clad and Base Metal Thickness on Residual Stress in the Repair Weld of a Stainless Steel Clad Plate ,” ASME J. Pressure Vessel Technol. , 133 ( 6 ), p. 061401 . 10.1115...

...; final manuscript received August 12, 2017; published online September 26, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Hardayal S. Mehta. 24 08 2016 12 08 2017 High pressure engineering Inelastic analysis Metals Non-metals In recent years, the ‘‘three-high’’ (high pressure, high temperature...

... , “ Constitutive Behavior and Crack Tip Fields for Materials Undergoing Creep-Constrained Grain Boundary Cavitation ,” Acta Metall. , 31 ( 7 ), pp. 1079 – 1088 . 10.1016/0001-6160(83)90204-3 [9] Riedel , H. , 1987 , “ Fracture at High Temperatures ,” Springer, Berlin. [10] Saanouni , K...

... of the leak measurements for all three different gases are presented in Fig. 3 . Leak rates are plotted versus the gas inlet pressure in a semilogarithmic scale. It should be noted that the leaks test results include both leaks through the packing material and packing/metal interfaces. Nevertheless...

...; published online August 5, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Kunio Hasegawa. Fatigue Finite element Metals Fracture prediction Boundary element methods Non-metals Procedures for structural integrity assessment of nuclear power plant components are provided in Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure...

...; final manuscript received April 13, 2016; published online July 18, 2016. Editor: Young W. Kwon. 25 07 2015 13 04 2016 Fatigue Fracture prediction Metals Safety Reliability Non-metals One of the most important problems facing pipeline engineers at the beginning...

... in the J OURNAL OF P RESSURE V ESSEL T ECHNOLOGY . Manuscript received February 14, 2015; final manuscript received July 22, 2015; published online November 18, 2015. Assoc. Editor: Kunio Hasegawa. 14 02 2015 22 07 2015 Fabrication Fatigue Metals Fracture prediction Non-metals...

..., the weld metal hydrogen must be also maintained at the lowest level by use of low-hydrogen basic-covered electrodes with H4R designator. Baking the electrode coverings at maximum recommended temperature (425 °C) or use of vacuum packed electrodes is required. Further, cleaning of the pipe and repair...

... can be made by Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM) to meet the load-bearing requirement of pressure vessel, which packs the metal particles layer by layer. The pressure vessel with an FGM coating can satisfy some special demands, such as strong heat resistance and corrosion resistance as well as good...

..., Design and Analysis, A. Segall, ed., ASME, New York, PVP-Vol. 3, pp. 101–110). To address this pressing need in today’s power plant environment this paper now provides a fully comprehensive methodology for assessing an “as-welded” Butt weld of dissimilar metals and a Welding End Transition (B31.1-2007...

...D. Rudland; A. Csontos; T. Zhang; G. Wilkowski At the end of 2006, defects were identified using ultrasonic testing in three of the pressurizer nozzle dissimilar metal (DM) welds at the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant. Understanding welding residual stress is important in the evaluation of why...

...Xian-Kui Zhu; Brian N. Leis To accurately characterize plastic yield behavior of metals in multiaxial stress states, a new yield theory, i.e., the average shear stress yield (ASSY) theory, is proposed in reference to the classical Tresca and von Mises yield theories for isotropic hardening...

.... The defective specimens showed significantly different patterns of surface acoustic wave velocities. Thus, this study presents useful guidelines in discriminating between sound and defective ceramic/metal joints by scanning acoustic microscopy. Contributed by the Pressure Vessels and Piping Division...

... at these elevated pressures. The effects of waterjet (WJ) and abrasive waterjet (AWJ) parameters on cutting rates of several materials are analyzed. It is observed that the power required for cutting is reduced as the pressure increases. Sheet metal and composites can be cut effectively with waterjets. The quality...

...M. Ramulu; S. Kunaporn; D. Arola; M. Hashish; J. Hopkins An experimental study was conducted to determine the influence of high-pressure waterjet (WJ) peening and abrasive waterjet (AWJ) machining on the surface integrity and texture of metals. A combination of microstructure analysis...