Fitness For Service Evaluations In Petroleum And Fossil Power Plants

Forty papers from the July 1998 Conference balance the four legs of the assessment chair--analysis (ductile and brittle fracture including creep crack growth and LTA behavior); NDE and monitoring (ultrasonics, acoustic emission, eddy current, technology transfer, among others); materials behavior (weldment failure modes, hydrogen attack and cracking, toughness estimation, reheat cracking, advanced alloys, and creep modeling); and codes and standards (insights into API, ASME, and many European organizations). Contains an author index but no subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Intended for engineers, researchers, and graduate students dealing with materials science, structural design, and nondestructive testing and evaluation, this book represents a continuation of the author's "Fracture Mechanics" (1997). It will appeal to a variety of audiences: The discussion of design codes and procedures will be of use to practicing engineers, particularly in the nuclear, aerospace, and pipeline industries; the extensive bibliography and discussion of recent results will make it a useful reference for academic researchers; and graduate students will find the clear explanations and worked examples useful for learning the field. The book begins with a general treatment of fracture mechanics in terms of material properties and loading and provides up-to-date reviews of the ductile-brittle transition in steels and of methods for analyzing the risk of fracture. It then discusses the dynamics of fracture and creep in homogeneous and isotropic media, including discussions of high-loading-rate characteristics, the behavior of stationary cracks in elastic media under stress, and the propagation of cracks in elastic media. This is followed by an analysis of creep and crack initiation and propagation, describing, for example, the morphology and incubation times of crack initiation and growth and the effects of high temperatures. The book concludes with treatments of cycling deformation and fatigue, creep-fatigue fractures, and crack initiation and propagation. Problems at the end of each chapter serve to reinforce and test the student's knowledge and to extend some of the discussions in the text. Solutions to half of the problems are provided.

Annotation Contains 19 papers presented during five of the technical sessions sponsored by the design and analysis committee during the August 2002 conference. The researchers present new developments and methods for the evaluation of service induced damage such as cracking or wall thinning. Among the topics are fitness for purpose assessment of a full encirclement split tee for hot tapping, probabilistic integrity assessment of axial flaw in CANDU pressure tubes, non-linear analysis of anchored tanks subject to equivalent seismic loading, and development of a handbook for the refinery and petrochemical industries. No subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Due to their continuing role in electricity generation, it is important that coal power plants operate as efficiently and cleanly as possible. Coal Power Plant Materials and Life Assessment reviews the materials used in coal plants, and how they can be assessed and managed to optimize plant operation. Part I considers the structural alloys used in coal plants. Part II then reviews performance modelling and life assessment techniques, explains the inspection and life-management approaches that can be adopted to optimize long term plant operation, and considers the technical and economic issues involved in meeting variable energy demands. Summarizes key research on coal-fired power plant materials, their behavior under operational loads, and approaches to life assessment and defect management Details the range of structural alloys used in coal power plants, and the life assessment techniques applicable to defect-free components under operational loads Reviews the life assessment techniques applicable to components containing defects and the approaches that can be adopted to optimize plant operation and new plant and component design

Contains papers from an August 1999 conference on fracture mechanics analysis, design and analysis of piping and components, fitness for service and life evaluation, and design analysis of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, and components. Specific areas of investigation include prediction of creep

Contains 24 papers from an August 1999 conference, organized in two sections on probabilistic fatigue, fracture, and reliability, and environmental fractures and fatigue life. Papers present novel analytical and experimental methods related to fatigue, fracture mechanics, and environmental factors f