... time in the bolt stress and the gasket stress calculated by the proposed formulas were fairly good agreement with the FEM and the experiments. By utilizing proposed formulas, it is possible to predict when retightening should be carried out for bolted flange joints operated continuously for a long...

... common non-uniform loading case. However, until now, the buckling behaviors of thin-walled cylindrical shells under this kind of loading case are still unclear, and there are also few relevant buckling experiments. In order to fill this research gap as well as reveal the relevant failure mechanism...

... Abstract Lifetime assessment of steam turbine components has become more and more important for the past years. Tower solar turbines experience a greater number of start-ups than those operating in base-load plants and high levels of thermal stress occurs during fast start-up, which both have...

... reservoir through a 240 mm 2 orifice to the open atmosphere. The outflow is partly interrupted by a rotating disc which generates flow disturbances at a fixed frequency in the range 1.5 Hz to 100 Hz. In previous studies [1, 2] a similar system was analysed theoretically. Herein experimental data...

... Tensile residual stress can reduce the load carrying capability of a structure. However, residual stresses may be redistributed during the life of a component by, for example, permanent deformation. This paper explains an experiment carried out to understand how applied and residual stresses...

..., the propagation directions of cracks would turn. The inflection point and turning would fade with the increase of the ratio of lateral separation to crack length. At the same time, some experimental tests were carried out to validate the analysis results. multiple cracks finite element method experiment...

... refueling stations pipeline flow velocity restriction experiment Proceedings of PVP2009 2009 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference July 26-30, 2009, Prague, Czech Republic PVP2009-77577 EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF HYDROGEN IN PIPELINES Jinyang Zheng1*, Honggang Chen1...