Pressure Vessel and Piping Technology

The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:

• Preface

• Keynote Papers

  • The Practice of Defect Assessment for Pressure Vessels in China

  • The Development of Low Temperature Design Rules in BS5500 and the European Pressure Vessel Standards

• Codes, Design, and Testing

  • Advantages of Finite Element Methods Against Conventional Code Theory for the Assessment of Small and Large Diameter Flange Behaviour

  • A New Approach to the Design of Stiffened Rectangular Storage Tanks

  • Seismic Design Criteria for the Reactor Vessel Internals of the Korean Standard Nuclear Power Plant

  • Experimental Investigations of Stress Distribution Around 90° Branch Pipe Connections Due to Internal Pressure

  • Strain Measuring Techniques for Pressure Vessel Acceptance Tests

  • The Determination of Dynamic Loads During Large Pipe Breaks in a Nuclear Steam Supply System

  • The Effect of Internal Pressure on Bending of Thin-Walled Tube

  • Experiments on Horizontal Pressure Vessels with Non-Sliding Saddle Supports

  • Technology Developments in the Design and Maintenance of Aboveground Storage Tanks

• Analysis of Components

  • Analysis of Stress and Safety during in-situ Heat Treatment of Tall Towers

  • Pressure Vessel with Non-Sliding Saddle Support—A Preliminary Study

  • Saddle Supports for Cylindrical Vessel—Problems and Solutions

  • Failure Mechanisms of a Bent Pipe Subjected to Out-of-Plane Loading

  • Thermal Stress Analysis of Conical Composite Shell Under Various Temperature Distributions

  • Instability of Semi-Ellipsoidal Shells

  • Finite Element Analysis of the Detergent Feedstock Splitter Storage Vessel

  • Simplified Condition for Incipient Yielding in Thick Pipes under Uniform Loading in the Longitudinal Diametral Plane

  • Stress Analysis of Perforated Plates Reinforced by Tubes

  • Finite Element Stress Analysis of Non-Regular Shaped Openings on Flat Plates and Nozzle-Vessel Intersections

• Corrosion, Fatigue, and High Temperature Effects

  • Probabilistic Assessment of Wall Thickness Requirement for Underground Pipelines Subjected to Corrosion

  • Fatigue Crack Growth in a Titanium Alloy IMI834

  • Local Fatigue Life Assessment of a Pressure Vessel Through Finite Element Analysis

  • Inelastic Design Method and Life Prediction of High-Temperature Structures

  • A Simplified Analysis on Stress Redistribution of High Temperature Structure under Sustained Loading

  • Finite Element Analysis for Steady Creep

• Fracture and Defect Assessment

  • Determination of K_II of Crack in Centre Cracked Unidirectional Composite Plate under Temperature Gradient

  • Fracture Mechanics Technology in Industry: Defect Assessment Using the BSI PD 6493 Appraoch

  • Statistical Scatter in Fracture Toughness Data for a Pressure Vessel Steel

  • Preventing Cracking Due to Vibration in Pt. Arun's Rich Carbonate Line

  • Testing Sub-Size Charpy Specimen Test to Index Brittle to Transition Temperature

  • Effect of Loading Rate on the Fracture Toughness of Steel Weld Metal

  • Techniques for Assessing Ductile Fracture Initiation (J_IC)

• Materials, Wielding, Fabrications, and Inspections

  • Impact Energy Assessment of Welding Procedure Qualification and Production Tests

  • An Algorithm for the Prediction of Hardness of Repair Welds in 2.25 Cr-1 Mo Pressure Vessel Steel—A Preliminary Investigation

  • Overheating of Boiler Tube Material

  • Contour Roll Forming of Steel Tubes and Pipes

  • The Effects of Mechanical Constraints on the Welding of Mild Steel Panels

  • Analysis of Hydrogen Induced Disbonding Process in Stainless Steel Weld Overlay

  • Hydrogen Induced Cracking in Duplex Stainless Steel Weldment

• Late Entry

  • A10 A Comparison of Non-destructive Pressure Vessel Proof Testing According to BS5500 and ASME Section VIII, Division I