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... joining materials mechanical strength stainless steel thermal stress cracking welds In order to improve energy efficiency and reduce CO 2 emissions of fossil power plants, the operating steam pressure and temperature have tended to increase. Modified 9Cr–1Mo steels (ASME Grade P91...

... for all cases was in the range of a / W = 0.1 – 0.5 . In case of semi-elliptical crack, the normalized crack length a / c was all in the range of 0.063–1. 28 12 2007 10 08 2008 17 04 2009 crack-edge stress field analysis fatigue cracks heat transfer thermal stress cracking thin...

... showed good agreement for both edge- and semi-elliptical surface cracks. 11 12 2006 20 09 2007 21 08 2008 inverse problems temperature distribution thermal shock thermal stress cracking Thermal-shock creates problems in many engineering applications of interest...

... in the crack size. An alternative criterion was proposed to consider the interaction before coalescence. 04 01 2006 11 10 2006 30 01 2008 fatigue cracks finite element analysis stress corrosion cracking surface cracks thermal stress cracking The stress intensity...

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... for this test case for a variety of crack lengths. 23 01 2006 01 06 2006 slabs thermal stress cracking thermal shock crack-edge stress field analysis plates (structures) thermoelasticity polynomials structural engineering Thermal shock is a common problem encountered in many...

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... weapons thermomechanical treatment thermal stress cracking thermal expansion internal stresses combustion chromium tantalum fracture toughness steel silicon compounds coatings wear The nature of firing damage in army cannons has been changing in recent years. The steady material loss...

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... Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSEL TECHNOLOGY . Manuscript received by the PVP Division May 29, 2003; revision received December 23, 2004. Editor: S. Y. Zamrik. fatigue cracks fatigue testing stainless steel notch strength environmental degradation thermal stress...

.... 06 November 2002 08 September 2003 05 05 2004 crack-edge stress field analysis thermal stress cracking fluctuations heat transfer In the absence of additional cyclic external loads, the crack growth under cyclic thermal loads may not always lead to a through-thickness...

... treatment stress-strain relations Bauschinger effect thermal stress cracking In the past decade the degree of thermal damage and associated erosion observed at the bore of fired cannons has increased noticeably, due to the use of higher combustion gas temperatures for improved cannon performance...

... Propagation Thermal Stress Welded Joint Residual Stress Steel fatigue cracks welding temperature distribution thermal stress cracking boilers pressure vessels tensile strength alloy steel internal stresses 02 May 2002 03 February 2003 05 05 2003 Contributed...

... manuscript received June 5, 2002. Associate Editor: K. K. Yoon. 08 January 2002 05 June 2002 31 01 2003 thermal shock pressure vessels finite element analysis corrosion plastic deformation cracks thermal stress cracking Subclad Crack Pressurized Thermal Shock (PTS...

... September 2000 31 October 2000 cracks thermal stress cracking thermal stresses pressure vessels Crack propagation under cyclic loads is one of the typical failure modes of pressure vessels. However, in the absence of additional cyclic external loads, the crack propagation under...