...Kleio Avrithi, PhD; Bilal M. Ayyub, PhD This paper presents a reliability-based low-cycle fatigue design approach for class 2 and 3 nuclear pipes. Initially, the methodology and background for the design of the pipes according to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel (B&PV) Code is presented...

...Kleio Avrithi; Bilal M. Ayyub, PE Class 2 and 3 nuclear piping is designed according to the allowable stress design (ASD) method used in the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel (B&PV) code, Sec. III, Division 1, NC and ND-3600 according to which safety factors applied to the strength of steel...

...Kleio Avrithi; Bilal M. Ayyub Nuclear pipes are designed to withstand primary membrane stresses generated by internal pressure according to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel (B&PV) Code, Section III, Parts NB-3641, NC-3641, and ND-3641, which uses...