Progress in development of acceptance criteria for local thinned areas in pipe and piping components

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-169

  Wilkowski, Gery ^a   Stephens, Denny ^b   Krishnaswamy, Prabhat ^a   Leis, Brian ^b   Rudland, David ^a  

^a ENGINEERING MECHANICS CORPORATION OF COLUMBUS   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); CRACKS; LOAD LIMITS; LOAD TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SAFETY FACTOR; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BURST TESTS;

PIPING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033883820     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00245-9     Document Type: Article

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