http://scitation.aip.org/ J. Pressure Vessel Technol.: All Topics http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/044002/1&agg=rss Weiju Ren and Robert Swindeman<br/> Alloys 617 and 230 are currently identified as two leading candidate metallic materials in the down selection for applications at temperatures above 760 degrees C in the Gen IV nuclear reactor systems. Qualifying the materials requires significant information related to codification, mechanical beha ... [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 044002 (2009)] published Tue May 26, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/041802/1&agg=rss Nima Zobeiry and Wolf Reinhardt<br/> The feeder pipes of a typical CANDU reactor supply each of the 380 fuel channels with coolant and are individually connected to the large bore primary piping. In some designs, the longer pipes are interlinked with spacer rods, which mitigate vibrations and prevent contact between adjacent feeder pip ... [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 041802 (2009)] published Fri Jun 26, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/041801/1&agg=rss Shigeru Aoki<br/> The estimation of reliability of system subjected to earthquake excitations is an important problem for aseismic design. The reliability of such system should be evaluated in probabilistic manner. The first excursion failure is one of the most important failure modes of structures and also one facto ... [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 041801 (2009)] published Fri May 15, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/041407/1&agg=rss Jun Cui, Gordon K. Shek, D. A. Scarth, and Zhirui Wang<br/> Delayed hydride cracking (DHC) is an important crack initiation and growth mechanism in Zr-2.5Nb alloy pressure tubes of CANDU nuclear reactors. DHC is a repetitive process that involves hydrogen diffusion, hydride precipitation, growth, and fracture of a hydrided region at a flaw tip. In-service fl ... [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 041407 (2009)] published Wed Jul 1, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/041406/1&agg=rss Jun Cui, Gordon K. Shek, and Zhirui Wang<br/> A crack initiation and growth mechanism known as delayed hydride cracking (DHC) is a concern for Zr-2.5Nb alloy pressure tubes of CANada Deuterium Uranium or CANDU (CANDU is a trademark of the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Ontario, Canada) nuclear reactors. DHC is a repetitive process that involv ... [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 041406 (2009)] published Wed Jul 1, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/041405/1&agg=rss Samerjit Homrossukon, Sheldon Mostovoy, and Judith A. Todd<br/> Hydrogen assisted cracking (HAC) has been investigated in a high strength 4140 steel and a low strength AISI-SAE grade 1022 steel (supplied by Amoco, Naperville, ILnow BP), charged at 50 mA/cm in 1N HSO+25 mg/l AsO and tested under three-point-bend decreasing load. The HAC growth rate for the 1022 ... [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 041405 (2009)] published Wed Jul 1, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/041404/1&agg=rss Mohsen Dadfarnia, Brian P. Somerday, Petros Sofronis, Ian M. Robertson, and Douglas Stalheim<br/> The technology of large scale hydrogen transmission from central production facilities to refueling stations and stationary power sites is at present undeveloped. Among the problems that confront the implementation of this technology is the deleterious effect of hydrogen on structural material prope ... [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 041404 (2009)] published Wed Jul 1, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/041403/1&agg=rss Kunio Hasegawa, Koichi Saito, and Katsumasa Miyazaki<br/> If multiple discrete flaws are detected that are in close proximity to one another, alignment rules are used to determine whether the flaws should be treated as nonaligned or as coplanar. Alignment rules are defined in many fitness-for-service codes and standards in the world. However, the criteria ... [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 041403 (2009)] published Fri Jun 26, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/041402/1&agg=rss Shinji Konosu<br/> Assessment of multiple discrete cracklike flaws is one of the most common problems relating to pressure vessels and piping components. Under the current fitness for service (FFS) rules, such as ASME, BS, and so on, multiple cracklike flaws are usually recharacterized as an enveloping crack (defined ... [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 041402 (2009)] published Fri May 15, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/041401/1&agg=rss J. A. Francis, H. J. Stone, S. Kundu, H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia, R. B. Rogge, P. J. Withers, and L. Karlsson<br/> Residual stress in the vicinity of a weld can have a large influence on structural integrity. Here the extent to which the martensite-start temperature of the weld filler metal can be adjusted to engineer the residual stress distribution in a bainitic-martensitic steel weld was investigated. Three s ... [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 041401 (2009)] published Fri May 15, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/041301/1&agg=rss In-Cheol Chu, Heung June Chung, and Chang Hee Lee<br/> Fluid-elastic instability characteristics of a U-tube bundle were experimentally investigated in air-water two-phase flow. A total of 39 U-tubes were arranged in a rotated square array with a pitch-to-diameter ratio of 1.633. Vibration responses of four U-tubes were measured with three-axis accelero ... [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 041301 (2009)] published Fri Jun 12, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/041204/1&agg=rss H. F. Wang, Z. F. Sang, L. P. Xue, and G. E. O. Widera<br/> The burst pressure of cylinders with hillside nozzle is determined using both experimental and finite element analysis (FEA) approaches. Three full-scale test models with different angles of the hillside nozzle were designed and fabricated specifically for a hydrostatic test in which the cylinders w ... [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 041204 (2009)] published Fri Jun 12, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/041203/1&agg=rss Dan Vlaicu<br/> This paper presents the nonlinear shakedown analysis using finite element method for piping bends taking into account the maximum ovality tolerance. The resulting strain state of the stabilized cycle for the pipe bend including the maximum ovality tolerance is compared with the strain state for the ... [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 041203 (2009)] published Fri Jun 12, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/041202/1&agg=rss E. Carrera and G. Giunta<br/> This paper presents closed form solutions for simply supported cylindrical and spherical shells subjected to uniform localized distributions of transverse pressure and bending moment. These distributions have been expanded in terms of Fourier's series for which Navier type exact solutions have been ... [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 041202 (2009)] published Wed Jun 10, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/041201/1&agg=rss Kleio Avrithi and Bilal M. Ayyub<br/> Nuclear pipes are designed to withstand primary membrane stresses generated by internal pressure according to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel (B&PV) Code, Section III, Parts NB-3641, NC-3641, and ND-3641, which uses the allowable stress design (ASD) met ... [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 041201 (2009)] published Fri May 15, 2009. http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/131/040301/1&agg=rss Poh-Sang Lam<br/> Abstract not available. [J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 131, 040301 (2009)] published Fri Jun 26, 2009.