A reliability-based approach for the design of nuclear piping for internal pressure

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Avrithi, Kleio ^a   Ayyub, Bilal M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; LRFD; Nuclear; Piping; Pressure; Probabilistic; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ALLOWABLE STRESS DESIGN METHODS; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS; INTERNAL PRESSURE; LIMIT STATE; LOAD AND RESISTANCE FACTOR DESIGNS; LRFD; LRFD METHOD; MEMBRANE STRESS; NUCLEAR; NUCLEAR PIPES; NUCLEAR PIPING; PARTIAL SAFETY FACTOR; PIPING;

BOILERS; PIPE; PRESSURE VESSEL CODES; RELIABILITY; SAFETY FACTOR; STRESSES;

DESIGN;

EID: 77955210954     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: 15288978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3122017     Document Type: Article

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