...C. Gato; Y. Shie Dynamic fracture of thin-walled cylindrical structures is studied with a large deformation meshfree method. Due to the higher order continuity and smoothness of the shape functions, meshfree methods are well suited to simulate dynamic fracture of thin-walled structures since...

... and outward buckling occurs). Email: a.m.gresnigt@tudelft.nl Email: ahilberink@hmc-heerema.com 09 06 2010 03 12 2010 20 01 2011 20 01 2011 bending buckling corrosion resistance finite element analysis pipes thin wall structures Hydrocarbons may contain...

.... 26 01 2010 01 09 2010 22 12 2010 22 12 2010 bending bifurcation buckling finite element analysis mechanical stability steel structural engineering thin wall structures The bending response of an elastic cylinder ( r / t = 120 ) with respect...

... , Tokyo, Japan , pp. 317 – 341 . dynamic testing earthquake engineering elastic deformation sloshing structural engineering tanks (containers) thin wall structures vibrations In Japan, the seismic design of cylindrical water storage tanks has been an important issue since...

... pipelines pipes thin wall structures 20 10 2008 10 06 2009 20 08 2010 20 08 2010 In Table 2 , for each numerical experiment, groove geometry is given along with calculated burst pressure. Failure pressures are normalized by the corresponding burst pressures of undamaged...

... 2009 28 07 2009 failure (mechanical) mechanical stability pipes plastic deformation plasticity shells (structures) thin wall structures burst pressure plastic instability pressure toroidal shells Toroidal shells have been used commonly for liquid or gas storage...

...-thinned elbow. Apparatus for burst tests of local wall-thinned elbows 05 05 2008 05 01 2009 29 04 2009 bending failure (mechanical) nuclear power stations pipes thin wall structures wall-thinned elbow full-scale pipe test failure pressure in-plane bending...

... wall structures Nine years have past since coolant leakage in a nuclear power plant due to thermal fatigue induced by sinusoidal coolant temperature fluctuation (thermal striping) was reported ( 1 ) (Fig. 1 , left). Since thermal striping is usually uncontrollable and since the damage...

... of the material up to the onset of yielding, the duration of the plastic deformation period, and the subsequent elastic oscillations once plastic deformation has ceased. detonation waves elasticity fracture pipes plastic deformation structural engineering thin wall structures The goal...

... plastic deformation pressure vessels shafts shear strength stress-strain relations tensile strength thin wall structures torsion Fatigue and fracture are of great concern in the design of a load-bearing component. This is particularly true for the pressure vessels. Fatigue should...

... functions and/or combinations with polynomials can also be used. 22 02 2007 31 07 2007 07 11 2008 inverse problems least squares approximations polynomials slabs stress-strain relations thermal shock thermoelasticity thin wall structures transient analysis inverse...

... fracture toughness steel tensile strength thermal stresses thin wall structures quasistatic and low-cycle fracture (crack growth) thermal (dilatational) loading moving load In fracture mechanics problems, traditionally, a mechanical loading is considered. If the load value exceeds some...

... 09 02 2005 21 02 2005 thin wall structures cracks pressure vessels inspection ultrasonic diffraction It is often desired to determine the defect size in order to evaluate the residual life of engineering structures, particularly in pressure vessels and mission critical pipes...