... stresses are estimated by limit load criteria, which are also provided by the ASME Code Section XI. When applied stresses of the pipes at the flaw locations are less than the allowable stresses, the flaws are acceptable for the end-of-evaluation period. The allowable stresses are categorized for various...

...Kunio Hasegawa; Yinsheng Li; Bohumír Strnadel; Anees Udyawar Fully plastic collapse stresses for circumferentially part-through cracked pipes subjected to bending stresses are estimated by limit load criteria provided by the ASME Code Section XI. Allowable crack depths were determined by using...