..., in order to best define the good compromise for these high quality C-Mn steels. 21 02 2011 25 08 2011 30 08 2011 11 01 2012 11 01 2012 internal stresses materials testing optimisation pressure vessels quenching (thermal) steel tempering tensile strength...

...) electric generators gas turbine power stations gas turbines internal stresses optimisation thermal stresses In this investigation, a method for minimizing the radial enlargement of rotating inhomogeneous variable thickness disks under creep due to high temperature gradient is offered...

... in the study. An optimization method for reducing the steam pressure overshoot level in the boiler is also proposed. boilers heat transfer internal stresses mathematics computing optimisation pipes steam boiler dynamics boiler control drum boiler riser tube effective stresses Steam...

... is repaired by overlay welding. It is desirable to manage the distortion caused by overlay welding so that the hydraulic efficiency of the turbine is not reduced. arc welding maintenance engineering optimisation plates (structures) turbines wear welds 29 01 2009 22 09 2009 09...

.... The results indicate that the optimal piping layout satisfies strength requirements and achieves significant weight reduction and hence cost saving compared with existing, rule-based configurations. finite element analysis gas industry optimisation pipelines thermal stresses Natural gas has...

... obtained by varying the cap profile x 4 (m) 0.85 1.2225 (AT595 design) 1.65 Peak strain (%) 2.18 2.17 2.17 27 01 2008 12 08 2008 20 04 2009 composite materials explosion protection iterative methods lightweight structures optimisation blast...

... , the reliability sensitivity D R ∕ D X ¯ T and D R ∕ D Var ( X ) are obtained. 13 01 2004 12 06 2005 flanges design engineering reliability perturbation techniques optimisation For satisfying production technology and considering convenience...

... September 3, 2004; revision received September 30, 2004. Review conducted by: S. Zamrik. 03 September 2004 30 September 2004 15 03 2005 nuclear reactor maintenance testing fission reactor design nuclear power stations risk analysis pressure vessels optimisation Risk...

... a residual stress field in the barrel wall, a process known as autofrettage. weapons elastoplasticity internal stresses stress-strain relations fatigue testing wear work hardening optimisation Bauschinger effect finite difference methods 12 March 2003 06 May 2003 01 08...

... of yield achieved, assuming different material characteristics. weapons internal stresses stress-strain relations yield stress machining finite element analysis yield strength Bauschinger effect wear elastoplasticity optimisation Gun tubes are autofrettaged to produce...

... manuscript received September 9, 2002. Associate Editor: Y. W. Kwon. 22 July 2001 05 May 2002 09 September 2002 31 01 2003 heat conduction inverse problems boundary-value problems optimisation Inverse problems are usually to find out the unknown causes from the known...

... mechanical engineering design engineering optimisation torque membranes Breathing apparatus sets as used by firefighters and divers have historically used cylindrical pressure vessels for the storage of the compressed air supply. More recently, fiber overwrapped toroidal vessels have emerged...

... Editor: R. Gwaltney. 07 July 1999 17 July 2000 pressure vessels optimisation Optimization has become a significant area of development, both in research and practice, in mechanical and structural design. In the first two decades of research into structural optimization, so...

..., April 4, 1999; revised manuscript received January 27, 2000. Associate Technical Editor: D. M. Fryer. 04 April 1999 27 January 2000 pressure vessels stress control stress effects design engineering steel optimal control optimisation FSRWPV Stress Distribution Optimal...