Fatigue strength and crack propagation life of in-service high pressure tubular reactor under residual stress

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 871-877

  Zhu, L ^a,c   Tao, X Y ^a   Cengdian, Liu ^b  

^a Hefei General Machinery Research Institute   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c British Generation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autofrettage; Crack propagation; Fatigue; Residual stress; Thick walled cylinder

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SERVICE LIFE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

HIGH PRESSURE TUBULAR REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0032181256     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(98)00088-X     Document Type: Article

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