Assessment of ASME's FSRF rules for vessel and piping welds using a new structural stress method

Welding in the World

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 31-43

  Dong, P ^a   Hong, J K ^a   Osage, D ^b   Prager, M ^c  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Equity Engineering Group Inc   (United States)

^c Pressure Vessel Research Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumferential welds; Computation; Data; Diagrams; Fatigue strength; Fatigue tests; Finite element analysis; Fracture mechanics; K1c; Pipework; Pressure vessels; Reference lists; Stress; Stress distribution; Structural analysis; Welded joints

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PRESSURE VESSEL CODES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE; FATIGUE STRENGTH REDUCTION FACTOR; PIPING WELDS; STRESS INTENSIFICATION FACTOR; STRUCTURAL STRESS METHOD;

WELDS;

EID: 0038466292     PISSN: 00432288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03266376     Document Type: Article

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