Understanding failure mechanisms to improve reliability of coke drums

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 395, Issue , 1999, Pages 243-253

  Penso, Jorge A ^b   Lattarulo, Yacomo M ^b   Seijas, Antonio J ^b   Torres, John ^b   Howden, David ^a   Tsai, Chon L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COKE; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; NICKEL ALLOYS; RELIABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMAL STRESS;

COKE DRUMS;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 0033347251     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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