14th International Conference on Pressure Vessel Technology (ICPVT-14)

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1 14th International Conference on Pressure Vessel Technology (ICPVT-14) Preparing for the Future Procedia Engineering Volume 130 Shanghai, China September 2015 Part 1 of 2 Editors: Shan-Tung Tu Xuedong Chen ISBN:

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3 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1 PREFACE... 1 Shan-Tung Tu, Xuedong Chen 60 YEARS OF PRESSURE IN RETROSPECT... 3 I. Le May DESIGN CONSIDERATION FOR THE ERECTION OF HEAVY WALL AND LARGE DIAMETER PRESSURE VESSELS L. P. Antalffy, G. A. Miller III, K. D. Kirkpatrick, A. Rajguru, Y. Zhu STRESS AND DAMAGE ANALYSES OF COMPOSITE OVERWRAPPED PRESSURE VESSEL Q. G. Wu, X. D. Chen, Z. C. Fan, D. F. Nie THE ECONOMIC DESIGN AND ANALYSIS FOR MIXED MODEL SPHERICAL TANK SHELL ANGLE PARTITION B. Cheng, J. X. Huang, Y. Shan THE EFFECTS OF FIBER WINDING ANGLE AT CARBON - EPOXY FW PIPES IN NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINES AND CALCULATING THE OPTIMUM WINDING ANGLE WITH GENETIC ALGORITHM A. A. E. Satellou, T. Hamzehpour STRESS ANALYSIS AND ENGINEERING DESIGN OF REDUCER BEND UNDER INTERNAL PRESSURE S.-Y. Chen, J. Chen, C. D. Liu FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF THE DISPLACEMENT ADJUSTMENT SCHEME FOR COLUMN BASES OF A M 3 SPHERICAL TANK DURING WHOLE-BODY HEAT TREATMENT Z. Y. Yao, X. H. Wu, Y. D. Chen, H. F. Jiang, Y. T. Li AN INVESTIGATION OF THE TWO PHASE FLOW AND FORCE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SAFETY VALVE W. Dempster, M. Alshaikh A FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION ANALYSIS OF THE SPRING-LOADED PRESSURE SAFETY VALVE DURING POPPING OFF X. G. Song, L. T. Wang, Y. C. Park, W. Sun LITERATURE RESEARCH IN RELEVANT FIELDS TO UNDERSTAND PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE LEAK TIGHTNESS IN A STATIC CLOSED STATE A. A. Anwar, Y. Gorash, W. Dempster, R. Hamilton THE EFFECTS OF DISC FLEXIBILITY ON THE SEALING PERFORMANCE OF SPRING- LOADED MAIN STEAM PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES H. Chen, X. H. Yu, J. P. Tan MULTI-OBJECTIVE DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF A PRESSURE SAFETY VALVE FOR RAPED OPENING AND RECLOSING J. L. Li, L. Z. Chen, X. G. Song INVESTIGATION ON CAVITATION FLOW IN PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE WITH HIGH PRESSURE DIFFERENTIALS FOR COAL LIQUEFACTION G. F. Ou, J. Xu, W. Z. Li, B. Chen UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION OF STRESSES IN A CRACKED PIPE ELBOW WELDMENT USING A LOGISTIC FUNCTION FIT, A NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARE ALGORITHM, AND A SUPER-PARAMETRIC METHOD J. T. Fong, J. J. Filliben, N. A. Heckert, P. V. Marcal, R. Rainsberger, L. Ma NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR FOR SOCKET WELD TOE CRACKS IN SMALL BRANCH PIPES J. H. Jia, Z. Q. Zhang, C. Zhang RECENT ADVANCES IN PVP BOLTED JOINT TECHNOLOGY W. Brown FACTORS AFFECTING NUT FACTORS FOR PVP BOLTED JOINT ASSEMBLY W. Brown, T.-Y. Lim

4 IMPACT OF BAUSCHINGER EFFECT ON THE RESIDUAL CONTACT PRESSURE OF HYDRAULICALLY EXPANDED TUBE-TO-TUBESHEET JOINTS A.-H. Bouzid, A.-H. I. Mourad, A. El Domiaty RESEARCH ON THE ASSEMBLY PATTERN OF MMC BOLTED FLANGE JOINT L. Z. Zhang, Y. Liu, J. C. Sun, K. Ma, R. L. Cai, K. S. Guan SIMULATION OF OPTIMIZED BOLT TIGHTENING STRATEGIES FOR GASKETED FLANGED PIPE JOINTS M. Abid, A. Khan, D. H. Nash, M. Hussain, H. A. Wajid CREEP BEHAVIOR OF METAL-TO-METAL CONTACT BOLTED FLANGED JOINT Y. Chen, Y. Y. Xu, L. Y. Huang, Y. H. Xu, K. S. Guan TIGHTNESS ASSESSMENT OF BOLTED FLANGE CONNECTIONS CONSIDERING THE CREEP EFFECT OF GASKET Y. Cheng, X. T. Zheng, J. Y. Yu, J. M. Xu, C. G. Wang, W. Lin NUMERICAL STUDY ON THE HEAT TRANSFER IN THE LEAKAGE OF PRESSURE VESSELS CONSIDERING THE JOULE-THOMSON COOLING EFFECT Y. H. Liu, G. Ai EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER CAPABILITY OF THE ARRAY OF MICROTUBES Z. Wang, J. F. Zhou, H. L. Fan, C. L. Shao, B. Q. Gu NUMERICAL STUDY ON ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER BY TWISTED TAPE INSERTS INSIDE TUBES J. D. Zhu, H. Chen EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HYDRAULICALLY EXPANDED TUBE-TO-TUBESHEET JOINTS FOR SHELL-AND-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS H. Ma, H. J. Yu, C. F. Qian, Z. S. Liu, J. X. Zhou LIGHT-WEIGHT DESIGN OF THE TUBESHEET OF A HIGH PRESSURE U-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER BASED ON FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS J. Y. Liu, C. F. Qian, H. F. Li DESIGN TECHNOLOGY OF LARGE-SCALE SPIRAL WOUND HEAT EXCHANGER IN REFINERY INDUSTRY Y. D. Chen, X. D. Chen, H. F. Jiang, C. G. Chen, X. A. Zhang AXIAL STIFFNESS ANALYSIS OF TWISTED TUBES X. Yang, C. F. Qian, J. Y. Liu, H. F. Li, L. Gao, X. F. Liang A FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF THE CYCLIC PLASTICITY BEHAVIOR OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL WELD OF COKE DRUM UNDER MOVING AXIAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT J. H. Dong, L. L. Guo, B. J. Gao CO 2 CRYOGENIC LIQUID FLOW IMPACT ON ANNULAR BAFFLES OF LORRY TANKER DURING BRAKING H. L. Lu, X. L. Xue, X. Y. Tang, B. Xiao, J. X. Ding, J. P. Yao DESIGN OF ANCHORAGE FOR FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES P. M. Meehan A FORTRAN IMPLEMENTATION OF ISOGEOMETRIC ANALYSIS WITH SUPERIORITY IN CONVERGENCE AND ACCURACY F. Chang, W. Q. Wang, Y. Liu BUCKLING ANALYSIS OF PRESSURE VESSEL BASED ON FINITE ELEMENT METHOD J. Shen, Y. F. Tang, Y. H. Liu BUCKLING ANALYSIS OF THIN WALLED CYLINDER WITH COMBINATION OF LARGE AND SMALL STIFFENING RINGS UNDER EXTERNAL PRESSURE Y. Zhu, J. H. Dong, B. J. Gao STRESS ANALYSIS AND PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION OF AN FGM PRESSURE VESSEL SUBJECTED TO THERMO-MECHANICAL LOADINGS Z. W. Wang, Q. Zhang, L. Z. Xia, J. T. Wu, P. Q. Liu BUCKLING ANALYSIS OF TANK ROOF WITH CONSTRUCTION DEFECT BASED ON FINITE ELEMENT METHOD J. Shen, Y. L. Wu, Y. H. Liu RESEARCH OF CURVE FITTING METHOD ON THE MEASURED SETTLEMENT OF TANKS D. Y. Chen, H. G. Fan, J. M. Shen, J. Cheng, X. L. Shen, Z. P. Chen LOCAL BUCKLING ANALYSIS OF FREE SPAN FOR SUBMARINE PIPELINE J. Dong, X. D. Chen, B. Wang, W. H. Guan, T. C. Yang, Z. C. Fan

5 STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND CREEP-FATIGUE ASSESSMENT BY ASME-NH FOR HYDROGENATION EQUIPMENT AT 454 o C Z. Z. Zhao, X. Y. Wu, X. Chen STUDY ON ENVIRONMENT CORRECTION FACTOR OF DESIGN FATIGUE CURVE SAMPLE PROBLEM AND STRAIN RATE CALCULATION R. Shen, Y. B. He, M. Cao WELD EFFICIENCY FACTORS REVISITED R. Frith, M. Stone EVALUATION OF A PIPE-FLANGE CONNECTION REPLACING FUSION WELDING I. Barsoum, A. M. Khalaf AUTOFRETTAGE OF WELD CLAD COMPONENTS G. Benghalia, J. Wood EFFECTS OF DEFECTS ON FAILURE OF BUTT FUSION WELDED POLYETHYLENE PIPE H. S. Lai, J. Y. Kim, S. H. Kil, K. B. Yoon RESEARCH ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND WELDABILITY OF WH630E PLATE WITH VN MICRO-ALLOYING X. J. Wang, S. R. Li, W. B. Liu, Y. H. Hu, W. Y. Liu, G. F. Zhan, X. Hong, X. L. Yang INFLUENCE OF SECOND THERMAL CYCLE ON REHEAT CRACKING SUSCEPTIBILITY OF WELDING CGHAZ IN VANADIUM-MODIFIED 2.25CR1MO STEEL Y. C. Han, X. D. Chen, Z. C. Fan, H. Q. Bu EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON THE KINETIC PARAMETERS OF DIFFUSION COMPONENT FOR VACUUM BRAZING SS316L/BNI-2/SS316L JOINT Z. P. Liu, G.-Y. Zhou, F. Q. Tian, D. Q. Chen, S.-T. Tu EFFECT OF REPAIR WELDING ON THE CREEP BEHAVIOR OF A 12CR1MOV/GTR-2CM/P91 DISSIMILAR JOINT Y. P. Zhao, J. M. Gong, Y. Jiang, Q. N. Li, X. W. Wang THE DOUBLE-SIDED SYNCHRONOUS TIG PROCEDURE AND MATCHING ANALYSIS OF CORRESPONDING JOINT OF X7NI9 STEEL J. X. Huang STRENGTHENING EFFECT ANALYSIS OF LASER SHOCK PROCESSING ON ALUMINUM ALLOY WELDED JOINT PROCESS C. Su, J. Z. Zhou, J. Sheng, S. Huang, X. K. Meng THREE DIMENSIONAL WELD RESIDUAL STRESSES SIMULATIONS OF START/STOP AND WELD REPAIR EFFECTS E. Bonnaud, J. Gunnars A STUDY ON WELDING RESIDUAL STRESS IN ELLIPTICAL TUBE TO TUBE SHEET JOINT OF A PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE SWITCH CONDENSER X.-M. Han, J.-Z. Tan, R.-Q. Wang, W.-H. Yin FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF WELDING RESIDUAL STRESS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CREEP BEHAVIOR OF A 2.25CR-1MO-0.25V STEEL CYLINDER Y. Zhou, X. D. Chen, Z. C. Fan, S. X. Rao RESIDUAL STRESSES IN GIRTH WELDED JOINT OF LAYERED-TO-SOLID CYLINDRICAL VESSELS: A FINITE ELEMENT MODEL R. C. Wei, S. G. Xu, C. Wang, X. D. Chen STUDY OF EMBRITTLEMENT OF THE 2.25CR-1MO-V STEEL WELD METAL BY HYDROGEN CHARGE AND HIGH PRESSURE HYDROGEN GAS ENVIRONMENT Y. Honma, R. Kayano FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF CHINESE NUCLEAR REACTOR VESSEL STEEL A508-3 IN THE TRANSITION TEMPERATURE REGION M. F. Yu, Y. J. Chao, Z. Luo GRAIN BOUNDARY AND SURFACE SEGREGATION IN RELATION TO INTERGRANULAR FRACTURE AT HIGH TEMPERATURE: BORON AND SULFUR IN A FE-CR-NI ALLOY T. Chen, X. D. Chen, X. M. Lian, C. J. Liu DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED MATERIALS FOR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF SODIUM-COOLED FAST REACTORS A. K. Bhaduri, K. Laha INVESTIGATE ON THE PROPERTIES OF X80 PIPELINE STEEL DAMAGED BY HIGH TEMPERATURE S. H. Lu, X. Ling, J. C. Zhang

6 THE DESIGN AND RESEARCH OF A NEW LOW COBALT-MOLYBDENUM NIOBIUM- CONTAINING NI-BASE SUPERALLOY FOR 700 o C ADVANCED ULTRA-SUPERCRITICAL POWER PLANTS Y. S. Wu, M. C. Zhang, X. S. Xie INVESTIGATION ON MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS OF COLD STRETCHED AND CRYOGENIC STRETCHED AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL PRESSURE VESSELS Y. Q. Lu, H. Hui EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF PLAIN WEAVE WOVEN LAMINATED COMPOSITES M. H. H. Al-Kuwaiti, A-H. I. Mourad RESEARCH ON COMPRESSION PERFORMANCE OF FLEXIBLE GRAPHITE PACKING RINGS WITH DIFFERENT DENSITY F. Q. Wang, L. Z. Zhang, Y. Li, B. Y. Gong, H. Y. Xu, G. K. Xiao, R. L. Cai NANOINDENTATION EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF AS- CAST BNI-2 SOLDER ALLOY D. Q. Chen, G.-Y. Zhou, Z. P. Liu, S.-T. Tu FOUR HOT CORROSION RESISTANT MATERIALS FOR IGT BLADES C. J. Liu, J. Q. Peng REVIEW OF BLADE MATERIALS FOR IGT J. Q. Peng, H. T. Zhang, Y. F. Li THERMODYNAMIC SIMULATION OF LOW TEMPERATURE COLOSSAL CARBURIZATION OF AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL D. S. Rong, J. M. Gong, Y. Jiang CARBURIZATION ANALYSIS OF ETHYLENE PYROLYSIS FURNACE TUBES AFTER SERVICE X. M. Lian, X. D. Chen, T. Chen, J. Ye, J. F. Sun PHASE TRANSFORMATION OF NB IN CARBURIZED ZONE OF 25CR35NINB+MA ALLOY AFTER SERVICE C. J. Liu, X. D. Chen, T. Chen, X. M. Lian, J. F. Sun MICROSTRUCTURE CHARACTERISTICS OF 12CR1MOV HEAT PIPES WITH THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF COMPRESSION CREEP AND MOLTEN ALKALI SALTS CORROSION W. Z. Xiong, J. J. He, J. Chen, K. L. Long, Z. H. Zheng THE EFFECTS OF CRACK ELLIPTICITY ON THE MODE I SIFS OF A SIMULATED ERODED PRESSURIZED CYLINDER Q. Ma, C. Levy, M. Perl ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMIC STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR OF AN IMPACTED FREELY SUPPORTED BEND SPECIMEN BASED ON MODIFIED TIMOSHENKO'S BEAM THEORY Y. Yang, X. D. Chen, Z. C. Fan, Q. G. Wu EFFECT OF STRAIN INDUCED A' MARTENSITE ON CONCENTRATION OF HYDROGEN AROUND A CRACK TIP IN AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS: FE SIMULATION Y. F. Wang, D. Y. Dou, J. M. Gong, L. M. Shen, X. F. Li, W. C. Jiang EFFECTS OF TOUGHNESS MISMATCH ON FAILURE BEHAVIOR OF BI-MATERIAL INTERFACES K. Fan, G. Z. Wang, S.-T. Tu, F. Z. Xuan ANALYSIS OF LIMIT LOADS FOR CT SPECIMENS WITH CRACKS BASED ON EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD X.-T. Miao, C.-Y. Zhou, X.-H. He ALE-BASED FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION OF LARGE DEFORMATION IN BENDING AND FLATTENING TESTS D. F. Nie, X. D. Chen, Z. C. Fan, Q. G. Wu ADVANCES IN FRACTURE TOUGHNESS TEST METHODS FOR DUCTILE MATERIALS IN LOW-CONSTRAINT CONDITIONS X.-K. Zhu UNIFIED CORRELATION OF WIDE RANGE OF IN-PLANE AND OUT-OF-PLANE CONSTRAINTS WITH CLEAVAGE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS M. Y. Mu, G. Z. Wang, F. Z. Xuan, S.-T. Tu INVESTIGATION OF THERMAL AGING EFFECT ON FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF CAST STAINLESS STEELS USING EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL APPROACH J.-Y. Jeon, Y.-J. Kim, J.-W. Kim, S.-Y. Lee

7 FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF SPIRAL SUBMERGED ARC WELDED JOINTS IN API X80 PIPELINE STEELS H. S. Lu, Y. H. Yang, G. Chen, X. Chen, X. Wang STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ANALYSIS OF CRACKED PRESSURE VESSEL WELDS USING CONVENTIONAL AND CONSTRAINT-MODIFIED FAILURE ASSESSMENT DIAGRAMS W. Y. Peng, H. J. Jin, S. J. Wu DETERMINATION OF GTN DAMAGE PARAMETERS FOR APPLICATION TO PIPE DUCTILE FRACTURE SIMULATION Y. R. Oh, J. S. Kim, Y.-J. Kim UNIFIED CORRELATION OF CONSTRAINT AND STRENGTH MISMATCH WITH FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF BIMETALLIC JOINT J. Yang A STRAIN RATE DEPENDENT COMPUTATIONAL MODEL OF DUCTILE DAMAGE FOR C(T) SPECIMEN H.-S. Nam, J.-Y. Jeon, J.-S. Kim, J.-W. Kim, Y.-J. Kim EFFECT OF PIPE BEND SHAPE IMPERFECTIONS ON CREEP-FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH V. N. Shlyannikov, A. V. Tumanov, N. V. Boychenko, A. M. Tartygasheva CREEP FATIGUE CRACK INITIATION ASSESSMENT FOR WELDMENT JOINT USING THE LATEST R5 ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE J. (X. Y.) Tao, G. Rayner PART 2 CREEP-FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH ASSESSMENTS OF ELBOW END WELDS J. H. Shi A STUDY ON PREDICTING ECT SIGNAL OF TUBE DING FROM TUBE SUPPORT PLATE ROTATION DURING PWHT OF NUCLEAR STEAM GENERATOR D. W. Kim, J. C. Kim, T. W. Kim, G. B. Ko FULL-SCALE BURST TEST AND FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION OF 32 INCH OIL PIPE WITH GIRTH WELD DEFECTS Z. Q. Lei, J. Chen, F. X. Wang, W. B. Xuan, T. Wang, H. Yang LIMIT LOADS OF SURFACE AND EMBEDDED FLAWS IN PLATE WITH WELD STRENGTH MISMATCH L. Zhu, J. (X. Y.) Tao MORE ON MIXED MODE CRACKING AND INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT OF A DISSIMILAR METAL WELD FOR AGEING NUCLEAR POWER PIPING L. F. Zeng, C. P. Luo, L. G. Jansson REDISTRIBUTION OF RESIDUAL STRESS FIELD IN THE WELD JOINT DUE TO LASER SHOCK PROCESSING X. L. Wei, X. Ling FEA SOLUTIONS FOR SIMULATING MULTI-WORKPIECE AND MULTI-PROCESS IN MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF SUBMARINE WELDED PRESSURE HULL J. G. Yang, J. Lei, H. Xie, Z. L. Gao, J. F. Hu, H. Y. Fang INFLUENCE OF PWHT ON THE RESIDUAL STRESS IN UNDER-MATCHING WELDED JOINT Y. W. Qian, J. P. Zhao CHARACTERISING RESIDUAL STRESSES IN A DISSIMILAR METAL ELECTRON BEAM WELDED PLATE K. Abburi Venkata, C. E. Truman, D. J. Smith THE STRAIN CAPACITY OF THE GIRTH WELD JOINT CRACKED AT NEAR-SEAM ZONE IN TENSILE TEST H. Y. Chen, J. Niu, Q. Chi, Y. L. Wang, F. Yang, J. C. Ren ANALYSIS ON SEALING PERFORMANCE FOR A NEW TYPE OF RUBBER SADDLE-SHAPED SEALING RING BASED ON AQAQUS S. M. Zhou, P. Chen, Y. Shi EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF THERMAL AGING OF AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL WELDS USING SMALL PUNCH TEST S. H. Hong, M.-G. Seo, C. H. Jang, K.-S. Lee SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF BALL PUNCH GEOMETRY FOR SMALL PUNCH TESTING F.-K. Zhuang, S.-T. Tu

8 POSSIBILITY TO ESTIMATE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF DUCTILE STEEL MATERIALS FROM SMALL PUNCH TEST DATA J.-Y. Jeon, Y.-J. Kim, J.-W. Kim, S.-Y. Lee YIELD STRENGTH ANALYSIS BY SMALL PUNCH TEST USING INVERSE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD S. S. Yang, X. Ling, Y. Qian, R. B. Ma DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MATERIAL TESTING APPARATUS IN HYDROGEN AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE X. L. Liu, X. D. Chen, B. Wang, Z. C. Fan, Q. W. Zhuang EFFECT OF COMPRESSIVE RESIDUAL STRESS ON FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION Y. Morikage, S. Igi, K. Oi, Y. Jo, K. Murakami, K. Gotoh LOW CYCLE FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH BEHAVIOR OF MODIFIED ROTOR STEEL UNDER HIGH-TEMPERATURE J. Si, Z. R. Yan, X. M. Luo, F. Z. Xuan EFFECT OF COLD STRETCHING ON FATIGUE PROPERTIES OF TYPE S31603 AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL AT HIGH TEMPERATURE Y. Han, K. S. Wang EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE CROSSING-DOUBLE-CRACK PROPAGATION IN Q345R PLATE T. Cao, H. F. Li, L. Q. Tang, C. F. Qian FATIGUE AND FRACTURE BEHAVIORS OF NICKEL-BASED FORGING GH4169 SUPERALLOY AND OPTIMIZATION OF MODEL PARAMETERS R.-Z. Wang, X.-C. Zhang, F. Liu, L.-L. Yao, S.-T. Tu MICROMECHANICAL ANALYSIS ON THE FAILURE CRITERION OF DUCTILE MATERIAL M. M. Liu, J. J. Chen TOWARDS SIMULATION OF DISLOCATION-BASED CREEP MECHANISMS: APPLICATION TO OXIDE DISPERSION STRENGTHENING STEELS C. Robertson, S. Poissonnet, B. K. Panigrahi, C. S. Sundar FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF A PIPE ELBOW WELDMENT CREEP-FRACTURE PROBLEM USING AN EXTREMELY ACCURATE 27-NODE TRI-QUADRATIC SHELL AND SOLID ELEMENT FORMULATION P. V. Marcal, J. T. Fong, R. Rainsberger, L. Ma ON THE CREEP FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES D. Barbera, H. F. Chen, Y. H. Liu IMPRESSION CREEP BEHAVIOR OF SN-3.5AG-0.7CU/CU BRAZED T. W. Zou, W. Z. Wang, Y. Chen, J. B. Huang CREEP LIFE PREDICTION FOR P91/12CR1MOV DISSIMILAR JOINT BASED ON THE OMEGA METHOD H. Chen, G. R. Zhu, J. M. Gong CREEP AND DAMAGE ANALYSIS OF REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL CONSIDERING CORE MELTDOWN SCENARIO J. F. Mao, J. W. Zhu, S. Y. Bao, L. J. Luo, Z. L. Gao SIGNIFICANCE AND ASSESSMENT OF LOW TEMPERATURE CREEP AND IRRADIATION CREEP IN NUCLEAR REACTOR APPLICATIONS Y. S. Garud PROBABILITY ANALYSIS OF PIT INITIATION ON AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS R. J. Sui, W. Q. Wang, Y. P. Qu THE ROLE OF ATOMIC STRUCTURES ON THE OXYGEN CORROSION OF POLYCRYSTALLINE COPPER SURFACE Y.-T. Zheng, F.-Z. Xuan, Z. D. Wang PITTING CORROSION AND STRESS CORROSION CRACKING AROUND HEAT AFFECTED ZONE IN WELDED JOINT OF CRNIMOV ROTOR STEEL IN CHLORIDIZED HIGH TEMPERATURE WATER L. H. Luo, Y. H. Huang, F. Z. Xuan USE OF A TWO-ROD APPROACH FOR UNDERSTANDING RATCHETING IN STRUCTURES P. Segle, G. Eklund, M. Skog RATCHET LIMIT FOR PRESSURIZED PIPES UNDER COMBINED BIAXIAL LOADINGS X. T. Zheng, H. Y. Peng, J. Y. Yu, J. M. Xu, C. G. Wang, W. Lin RATCHET LIMIT ESTIMATION OF PRESSURIZED PIPES UNDER CYCLIC BENDING MOMENT H. Y. Peng, X. T. Zheng, J. Y. Yu, J. M. Xu, C. G. Wang, W. Lin

9 EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF RATCHETING IN PRESSURIZED EQUIPMENT A. Gustafsson, M. Möller NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT FOR THE CORROSION AND CRACKING OF THE MIXING TEE FOR THE QUENCHING GAS OF HYDROGEN FROM COAL B. J. Gao, H. J. Li, Y. F. Chen, J. H. Dong ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE OF EMBEDDED DEFECTS CAUSED BY COLD CRACKING IN WELDED JOINTS Y. Imai, Y. Seko, M. Mitsuya, T. Hasegawa, S. Aihara FRACTURE ASSESSMENT OF AXIAL CRACK IN STEEL PIPE UNDER INTERNAL PRESSURE M. El-Sayed, A. El Domiaty, A-H. I. Mourad 3-D INTERACTION OF A CORNER FLAW WITH A NON-ALIGNED SURFACE FLAW IN AN INFINITELY LARGE PLATE UNDER TENSION Q. Ma, C. Levy, M. Perl FAILURE ASSESSMENT OF CRACKED PIPES BASED ON FAILURE ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM CONSIDERING RANDOM AND FUZZY UNCERTAINTIES W. Wu, G. X. Cheng, Y. Li, Q. Zhou, H. J. Hu ASSESSMENT OF COALESCENCE CRITERIA FOR STEAM GENERATOR TUBES WITH TRIPLE AXIAL THROUGH-WALL CRACKS J. M. Sim, Y.-S. Chang DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD TO DETERMINE THE TRANSVERSE STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOUR OF PIPES I. Barsoum, K. F. Al Ali COMPARISONS OF THE SOLUTIONS OF COMMON FFS STANDARD PROCEDURES TO BENCHMARK PROBLEMS N. O. Larrosa, R. A. Ainsworth EFFECT OF THE JOULE-THOMSON COOLING ON THE LEAK-BEFORE-BREAK APPROACH G. Ai, Y. H. Liu CRACK-LIKE FLAWS PRESSURE VESSEL FITNESS-FOR-SERVICE ASSESSMENTS AND SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING BASED ON API RP X. J. Zhou, Q. Q. Duan, H. Zhang, L. Zhao, X. Y. Wu HIGH-TEMPERATURE DEFECT ASSESSMENT FOR A P91 REHEAT ELBOW USING FAD AND TDFAD METHODS Y. X. Li, J. F. Wen, W. Wang, W. L. Zhong, J. Chen FINITE ELEMENT STUDY ON PRE-TIGHTENING PROCESS OF THREADED CONNECTION AND FAILURE ANALYSIS FOR PRESSURE VESSEL Q. M. Yu, H. L. Zhou FAILURE ANALYSIS OF A REACTOR AFTER EXPLOSION ACCIDENT X. L. Xue, X. Y. Tang, H. L. Lu, X. F. Geng THE FRACTURE FAILURE ANALYSIS OF A HOT PURE WATER STORAGE CONTAINER T. R. Zhang, W. Q. Wang, A. J. Li THE ANALYSIS OF BENDING CAUSES AND OPTIMIZED CONTROL MEASURES IN HYDROGENATION AIR-COOLER SYSTEM G. F. Ou, L. Sun, M. Zhu, H. Z. Jing, K. X. Wang THE FAILURE ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION OF AN ABS EXTRUSION DIE H. H. Wang, W. M. Zhu, C. H. Fu, C. P. Wang, P. G. Lu HEAT AND MECHANICAL RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS CYLINDERS AT VEHICLE FIRE SCENARIO K. S. Ou, J. Zheng, W. J. Luo, X. F. Li, H. S. Hu, J. B. Yang, J. Y. Zheng SERVICEABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR SAFE OPERATION OF HYDROPROCESSING REACTOR BY FFS (HPIS Z101-2 LEVEL 2 ASSESSMENT) A. Yasutomi, S. Sannomiya, Y. Shimaki STUDY ON RATCHETING EFFECT OF PRESSURIZED STRAIGHT PIPE WITH LOCAL WALL THINNING USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS X. H. Chen, X. Chen PROBLEMS WITH AGING VESSELS IN HIGH TEMPERATURE PLANT H. C. Furtado, L. Felippe, T. L. Da Silveira, R. Pascual, I. Le May

10 RELIABILITY ANALYSIS AND CASE STUDY OF LONG TERM SERVICE GAS PIPELINES BENEATH URBAN STREET G. H. Chen, J. J. Wu NUMERICAL SIMULATION ON FLUID PHENOMENA OF GAS-LIQUID-SOLID FLOW IN HIGH TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE SEPARATOR H. Z. Jin, X. P. Chen, Z. J. Zheng, G. F. Ou, G. F. Xu STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ANALYSIS OF LOWER CORE PLATE IN PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS CONSIDERING STRESS TRIAXIALITY J.-S. Kim, P.-K. Park, J.-S. Park, K.-H. Lee, S.-S. Kang, Y.-J. Oh, S.-G. Jung CHALLENGES TO RISK MANAGEMENT OF UNDERGROUND TRANSMISSION HAZARDOUS MATERIAL PIPELINES IN CHINA Z. H. Zhou, G. H. Chen RISK ASSESSMENT OF MULTI-STATE BAYESIAN NETWORK IN AN OIL GATHERING AND TRANSFERRING SYSTEM G. Q. Qiu, S. Huang, L. L. Zhu, X. H. Su, Y. Chen STUDY ON THE LOCAL MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR AND FORMING SAFETY OF THE CLAD STEEL PLATE USED IN THE ACCUMULATOR TANK OF NUCLEAR PLANT S. J. Guo, J. Ding, S. L. Zhang, J. F. Wen, F. Z. Xuan STUDY ON LIMIT LOADS FOR SAFE END OF NUCLEAR PRESSURE VESSEL WITH LOCAL WALL THINNING J. Li, P. Cui, G. D. Zhang, F. Xue, C. Y. Zhou CLADDING IN RPV INTEGRITY AND LIFETIME EVALUATION M. Brumovsky, M. Kytka, R. Kopriva CASE STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAFETY MARGIN AND CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY FOR THE INTEGRITY ANALYSIS OF REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL UNDER PRESSURIZED THERMAL SHOCK Y. B. Li, Z. L. Gao, Y. B. Lei NUMERICAL ANALYSIS TO PREDICT LOAD-BEARING CAPACITY OF FLAWED STEAM GENERATOR TUBES IN NUCLEAR PLANTS J.-Y. Jeon, J.-S. Kim, Y.-J. Kim, J.-W. Kim, J.-S. Kim MICROSTRUCTURE AND STRESS CORROSION CRACKING OF DISSIMILAR METAL WELD 16MND5/309L/308L/Z2CND18-12N USED FOR CONNECTING REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL TO PIPING IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS G. F. Li, Y. F. Yuan, X. Lu RESEARCH ON THE ENVIRONMENT ASSISTED FATIGUE BASED ON FLAW TOLERANCE METHOD R. Shen, Y. B. He, M. Cao A NEW METHOD FOR ON-LINE MONITORING OF PRESSURE-RETAINING EQUIPMENT IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS J. H. Jia, C. Zhang, Z. Q. Zhang, F. Z. Xuan, S. P. Zhou, S.-T. Tu IMPLEMENTATION OF SEMI-DESTRUCTIVE MECHANICAL TESTING TECHNIQUES FOR QUANTIFICATION OF IRRADIATED NPP COMPONENTS MATERIALS OPERATIONAL DEGRADATION R. Kopriva, M. Falcník, I. Eliášová, J. Siegl EXPERIMENT AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVE PROPAGATION IN BENT PIPE M. X. Qi, P. G. Zhang, J. Ni, S. P. Zhou DETERMINATION OF AREA REDUCTION RATE BY SPHERICAL INDENTATION TEST B. Zou, K. S. Guan, S. B. Wu STATISTICAL MOMENTS OF ARMA(N,M) MODEL RESIDUALS FOR DAMAGE DETECTION M.-H. Hu, S.-T. Tu, F.-Z. Xuan CHARACTERISTICS OF SPONTANEOUS MAGNETIC FIELD OF ARTIFICIAL CRACK INDUCED BY COMPLEX STRESS IN LARGE COMPONENTS P. J. Guo, W. H. Guan, C. Z. Yan, Z. C. Qin, X. D. Chen STUDY ON THE OPTIMIZATION OF EDDY CURRENT TESTING COIL AND THE DEFECT DETECTION SENSITIVITY H. T. Zhou, K. Hou, H. L. Pan, J. J. Chen, Q. M. Wang PULSED EDDY CURRENT TESTING OF INNER WALL FLAWS IN PIPE UNDER INSULATION S. Lai, D. Y. Chen, H. Chen, Y. W. Fu

11 RESEARCH OF KEY TECHNOLOGY FOR MACROSCOPIC HYDROGEN INDUCED INJURY TESTING AND IN-SERVICE MONITORING OF PRESSURE VESSEL IN WET HYDROGEN SULFIDE ENVIRONMENT D. Y. Chen, D. Wang, H. Chen, Q. Yang, Y. X. Xiang UNIFIED CORRELATION OF IN-PLANE AND OUT-OF-PLANE CREEP CONSTRAINTS WITH CREEP CRACK GROWTH RATE H. S. Ma, G. Z. Wang, F. Z. Xuan, S.-T. Tu CRACK-TIP STRESS FIELD OF CRACKED PIPE UNDER COMBINED TENSION AND THERMAL LOAD J.-H. Je, H.-S. Lee, D.-J. Kim, Y.-J. Kim FRACTURE OF CYLINDRICAL SHELLS SUBJECTED TO INTERNAL EXPLOSION: NUMERICAL SIMULATION Y. Du, L. Ma, J. Y. Zheng SHAKEDOWN AND CREEP RUPTURE ASSESSMENT OF A HEADER BRANCH PIPE USING THE LINEAR MATCHING METHOD G. D. Jackson, H. F. Chen, D. Tipping A NOVEL ENGINEERING EVALUATION METHOD FOR PRESSURE PIPING CONTAINING CIRCUMFERENTIAL DEFECTS F. Qi, C. J. Liu FATIGUE LIFE OF TYPE 316 STAINLESS STEEL UNDER WIDE RANGED MULTIAXIAL LOADING T. Morishita, T. Itoh, Z. L. Bao THE MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PIPE STEELS IN SERVICE THROUGH CONTINUOUS BALL INDENTATION TEST Y. Yang, W. Q. Wang, M. D. Song NUMERICAL STUDY ON CREEP RUPTURE BEHAVIOR OF SA533B LOW-ALLOY STEEL T. H. Kim, Y.-S. Chang CORRELATION BETWEEN MICROSTRUCTURE, HARDNESS AND CORROSION OF WELDED JOINTS OF DISC ROTORS S. Weng, Y. H. Huang, F. Z. Xuan, L. H. Luo EFFECTS OF RESIDUAL STRESS ON CREEP CRACK INITIATION AND GROWTH OF CR- MO-V STEEL IN CRACKED C(T) SPECIMEN X. M. Song, G. Z. Wang, S.-T. Tu, F. Z. Xuan QUANTIFICATION OF THICKNESS EFFECTS FOR CIRCUMFERENTIAL THROUGH-WALL CRACKED PIPE BEND WITH UN-UNIFORM THICKNESS UNDER IN-PLANE OPENING BENDING C.-G. Kim, K.-D. Bae, Y.-J. Kim IN-SITU STRAIN GAUGE: BASED ON PHOTOLUMINESCENCE OF QUANTUM DOTS S. F. Yin, Z. M. Zhao, W. L. Luan, S.-T. Tu Author Index