...Xiaoyong Ruan; Toshiki Nakasuji; Kazunori Morishita The structural integrity of a reactor pressure vessel (RPV) is important for the safety of a nuclear power plant. When the emergency core cooling system (ECCS) is operated and the coolant water is injected into the RPV due to a loss-of-coolant...

... on the vessel head, which not only avoids an additional penetration on the head but also reduces the manufacture cost. To ensure the safety and reliability of the device, its performance is evaluated using a reliability method based on material properties and burst pressure. The effect of stamping pressure...

... 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...

... Metals Safety Fracture prediction Boundary element methods Reliability Non-metals It is generally believed that buckling loads of pressure vessel components under various loading condition can be extremely sensitive to imperfection resulting in significant reduction of the load-carrying...

... 2, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Yun-Jae Kim. 08 02 2018 14 06 2018 Fabrication Property databases PVP materials Safety Reliability The mechanical properties of reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels, including fracture toughness, are extremely important for structural...

...; final manuscript received June 8, 2018; published online August 2, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Oreste S. Bursi. 15 02 2018 08 06 2018 Fatigue Safety Fracture prediction Reliability Prevention of brittle fracture is one of the most important issues in the reliability of natural...

..., 2016; final manuscript received July 6, 2018; published online August 2, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Reza Adibi-Asl. 15 11 2016 06 07 2018 Fabrication Finite element Safety Boundary element methods Reliability A number of bolts and nuts are used when clamping the parts...

... 2, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Steve J. Hensel. 12 12 2017 07 07 2018 Equipment qualification Finite element Safety Boundary element methods Reliability Direct contact between metal surfaces is sometimes necessary in order to ensure static sealing. It is of major interest...

.... 08 01 2017 07 07 2018 Durability Fatigue Finite element methods Inelastic analysis Safety Fracture prediction Boundary element methods Seismic analysis Reliability Preparation for beyond design basis accident (BDBA) is one of the lessons learned from the Fukushima...

... rigid clamping structure is proposed to improve the antibuckling ability of the inner container during the helium leak detection. Fabrication Safety Reliability 19 07 2017 24 05 2018 Contributed by the Pressure Vessel and Piping Division of ASME for publication in the J...

... for publication in the J OURNAL OF P RESSURE V ESSEL T ECHNOLOGY . Manuscript received May 26, 2017; final manuscript received May 19, 2018; published online June 18, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Steve J. Hensel. 26 05 2017 19 05 2018 Finite element Life extension NDE Property databases Safety...

.... Bursi. 27 02 2018 09 05 2018 Finite element Inelastic analysis Lifeline earthquake engineering Safety Boundary element methods Reliability Buried steel pipelines are regarded as the most widely applied means for long-distance transportation of both oil and natural gas...

... It should be noticed that the comparison of the solutions was done without taking into consideration the safety factor, because its use will make the B31.G, B31.G Mod, and DNV solutions very conservative. Also, its use requires detailed study due to the relationship of this factor with shape defect...

... The existence of medium pressure makes in-service welding more complex and more dangerous than conventional welding. It is crucial to control the medium pressure reasonably in order to ensure the safety of the in-service welding process. Fig. 16 Radial deformation under different medium pressure...

... . Manuscript received October 25, 2017; final manuscript received March 28, 2018; published online May 10, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Kiminobu Hojo. 25 10 2017 28 03 2018 Finite element High pressure engineering Safety Boundary element methods Reliability Stationary or mobile tanks...

... of conservative safety factors such as adding depth uncertainty to the measured depth in deciding integrity management and risk mitigation strategies. In this study, an integrated approach is proposed for pipeline fatigue crack growth prediction utilizing ILI data including consideration of crack depth...

... Finite element Property databases Safety Boundary element methods Reliability The stress intensity factor (SIF) is widely known to be an important parameter in the structural integrity assessments of the components containing flaws. Several studies on SIF solutions of subsurface flaws have...

...: Tomomichi Nakamura. 19 10 2017 14 02 2018 Equipment qualification Fluid-structure interaction Safety Reliability Flow-induced vibration usually occurs when flexible tubes arrays are subjected to cross flow. Vortex-induced excitation, turbulent buffeting, fluidelastic...

.... Major project of Hubei Provincial Department of Education (Grant No. Z20101501). National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51775390 and 61273176). Open Research Fund Program of Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Equipment Intensification and Intrinsic Safety (Grant...

... OF P RESSURE V ESSEL T ECHNOLOGY . Manuscript received September 10, 2017; final manuscript received January 16, 2018; published online April 3, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Kiminobu Hojo. 10 09 2017 16 01 2018 Safety Reliability The critical role of natural gas in the energy...