...Yuebao Lei; Peter Budden In R6, the J-based failure assessment diagram (FAD) method is used in the fracture assessment and is underpinned by the reference stress J scheme. Therefore, an assessment using the R6 FAD method is equivalent to a J prediction using the reference stress method...

... elastic FEA and results from the numerical examples are compared with inelastic FEA results. stain hardening strain energy repeated linear elastic analysis elastic modulus adjustment procedure (EMAP) reference stress limit load To improve the convergence to actual limit load during...

... safety pipelines reliability stress analysis welding creep/fatigue weld damage girth weld main steam piping principal stress reference stress Power plant piping operated at high pressures and high temperatures is typically described as high energy piping (HEP). Main stream (MS...

... elastic analysis by considering the entire relaxation locus of the component during inelastic action. On the basis of local effects, net-section collapse, and reference stress, a simple method for estimating inelastic strain in the vicinity of stress concentrations is proposed. The accuracy of the method...