Greener and higher energy efficiency for materials and structural systems sustaining against aggressive environment&G.C.Sih 1
Consideration of material aging properties in longer-term failure predictions of cracked components&Kamran Nikbin 15
Coupling effect of creep deformation and internal stress on scale growth under the applied bending&Fu-Zhen Xuan，Qing-Qi Chen，Shan-Tung Tu 17
Residual stresses in welded nuclear power components& D.JSmith 27
Current research topics for nondestructive reliability evaluation in NIMS&Makoto Watanabe，Dongfeng He，Hisashi Yamawaki， Mitsuharu Shiwa 37
Relaxation of residual stresses and grain boundary fracture in 316H stainless steel&P.E.J.Flewitt， B.Chen， D.J.Smith 41
Effects of service cycles on the microstructure and tensile property of K4648 superalloy&Zhipeng Li， Sujun Wu，Sheng Zhang， Ying Liu 51
Characterization of mechanical properties of HP40Nb using indentation creep test&Weize Wang， Bo Wang， Fu-Zhen Xuan， Zhengdong Wang， Changjun Liu 57
Experimental study on the mechanical properties of H 13-TiC composite coatings&Yifang Hou，Shengting Gu， Yumei Bao， Guozhong Chai 61
Experimental study on creep-ratcheting-fatigue interaction of SS304 stainless steel at room and high temperatures&Juan Zhang， Guozheng Kang， Qing Gao， Yujie Liu 67
High-temperature corrosion-resistance property of Fe-A1/Cr3C2RE composite coatings produced by HVFS&Xiaoming Liu， Junhui Dong， Runsheng Xu 73
Comparison of ductile-to-brittle transition curve fitting approaches&L.W.Cao，S.J.Wu，P.E.J.Flewitt 79
Microstructure and intergranular corrosion of 316L stainless steel diffusion bonded joint&Lei Li， Shu-Xin Li， Shu-Rong Yu， Hong-Bo Xia 85
Accelerated pitting corrosion of welded SUS304 under freezing and thawing corrosive environment&Kazunori Ishitsuka，Junichi Shibano， Tsuyoshi Takahashi， Setsuo Miura， Michiaki Kobayashi 91
Bending fretting fatigue damages of 316L austenitic stainless steel plates against 52 100 steel cylinders& J.F.Peng， C.Song， M.X.Shen， J.Luo， C.S.Jiang， M.H.Zhu 97
Stress corrosion crack study of 304 and 316L stainless steel in dye solution& Zhiming Lu， Shuiping Sheng， Chenghui Zhu， Longjuan Zhang 101
Corrosion resistance of 321 stainless steel in high-temperature naphthenic acid&Ke Jiang， Tiecheng Yang， Xuedong Chen， Zengliang Gao 105
Research on anisotropy properties of A350 pressure vessel steel forging by small punch test& Ming Song， Kaishu Guan， Lixun Zhao，Zhiwen Wang 111
Prediction methodology of stress relaxation performance based on continuum damage mechanics& Jinquan Guo，Fu-Zhen Xuan， Zhengdong Wang， Shan-Tung Tu 117
Strengthened with carbon fiber sheets and its implementation& Xiaoyan Liu， Cuiping Tang， Weiqmg Zhu 121
Failure analysis of 20G boiler tubes& Huadong Liu， Weiqiang Wang， Mengli Li.Shugen Xu， Haoxuan Cui 127
A study on the plasma treatment effect carbon fibers on the wear properties of carbon/epoxy woven composites& Jae-Seok Lee， Bong-Hyun Lee， Kyong-Yop Rhee 133
Relationship between elevated strength and brazing parameters of Inconel Superalloy vacuum brazed joints& Chunwei Ma， Kun Shi， Zhishui Yu，Peiquan Xu 137
Temperature rise rate of steam turbine at cold-state start-up considering the hardness changes of rotor materials& Pinghua Yang， Jiming Yang， Jian Chen， Jianjun He，Wei Qiu，Yanjie Ren， Jianlin Chen 141
Effect of solid solution treatment on microstructure and properties of 0Cr18Ni9 Austenite stainless steel butt-welding pipe fittings& Tao Chen， Xuedong Chen， Zhibin Ai， Xiaoming Lian 147
The influence of tensile stress on the magnetic memory signals of Q345R steel&Pengju Guo， Xuedong Chen， Weihe Guan， Huayun Cheng， Heng Jiang 153
Fracture mechanism of low cycle fatigue of 30Cr1 Mol V steel at different loading rates& Jianjun He， Jian Chen， Qingmin Sun， Jianlin Chen， Pengzhan Zhou 157
Determination of mode I fracture toughness， G IC， of dispersion improved clay/epoxy nanocomposites& Sang-Hoon Kim， Man-Tae Kim， Sung-Rok Ha， Kyong-Yop Rhee 163
Analysis of fracture property for beam-column connections of steel frame with cracks&Yuping Sun， Yi Li 167
Free vibration analysis of thin rectangular cracked plate with four free edges on nonlinear elastic foundation& Guanglin Feng， Cuiping Yang， Yonggang Xiao 173
Failure mechanism of inconel 718 at elevated temperature& Nu Yan， Norio Kawagoishi， Li Li 179
Damage tolerance assessment and test verification for an aeroengine crankcase& Liye Qin， Sujun Wu， Haitao Zhao， Ying Liu 183
Thermal damage of cementitious materials： an elasto-plastic damage model for plain concrete subjected to high temperatures&A。Menou， Gh。Mounajed， H。Boussa， Ch。La Borderie， A。Saouab 189
Two-step damage identification approach for a multi-layer concrete frame structure based on wavelet analysis and BP neural network&Xuhua Deng， Xuesong Tang 199
3-D numerical of simulation of concrete failure process based on dynamic damage& Shangzhi Zhou， Xiaoping Guo， Shengcai Xiao 205
Quantitative characterization and analysis of creep constraint induced by specimen thicknesses in compact tension specimens& Pengjuan Sun， Guozhen Wang， Fu-Zhen Xuan， Shan-Tung Tu， Zhengdong Wang 213
Experimental study on residual fatigue life for a nickel-based powder metallurgy superalloy& Bin Zhong， Xinyue Huang， Weibin Guo， Huichen Yu 221
Fatigue crack growth behavior in stainless steel under cyclic torsion& Huichen Yu，Keisuke Tanaka 227
A numerical method to simulate ductile failure of tensile plates with interacting through-wall cracks& Nak-Hyun Kim， Chang-Sik Oh， Yun-Jae Kim 233
Numerical simulation of crack propagation and coalescence in plates under creep conditions& Jian-Feng Wen， Shan-Tung Tu， Fu-Zhen Xuan 247
Research on effect of anti-vibration bars on dynamic characteristic of U-tubes in steam generator& Qiwu Dong， Ke Wang， Suzhen Wang， Xin Gu， Tong Liu 257
Fatigue-cracking representation and its evolution for spherical contacts& Jianhua Xiao 261
Prediction of creep life in terms of dissipated power& Hui Liu， Fu-Zhen Xuan， Guoping Xu 269
Study on limit load and safety assessment method for pressure pipe with an internal pit at high temperature& Xiaohua He， Jianwen Sheng， Bo Wang，Jilin Xue， Changyu Zhou 275
Evaluating residual stress behaviour in 316H stainless steel using neutron diffractionEvaluating residual stress behaviour in 316H stainless steel using neutron diffractionB.Chen， D.J.Smith， P.E.J.Flewitt， S.Y.Zhang 281
Limit loads for part-through surface axially cracked elbows under internal pressure& Chen Wang， Yinpei Wang， Peining Li， Jin Chen， Xiaoming Sun 287
Safety assessment of pipes with multiple local wall thinning defects under bending moment& Jian Peng，Changyu Zhou， Jilin Xue， Qiao Dai 293
Effect of the applied torque on the PEM fuel cell performance& Yanchao Xin， Jinzhu Tan，Y.J.Chao 299
Contact resistance and contact behavior prediction between the bipolar plate and the GDL in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell& Guo Li， Jinzhu Tan， Jianming Gong 305
A new form of strain gradient elasticity& Bing Zhao， Yingren Zheng， Xiaoqiang Yan， Jialin Hou 311
Structure strength and safety analysis of CO2 stripper with large opening under vertical position& Peng Wang， Jianping Zhao 317
Reinforcement of pressure vessels with large opening& Minshan Liu，Lina Mei， Qiwu Dong 323
Finite element analysis on welding residual stresses of T-Joint& Yuping Sun， Junbo Yan 329
Finite element analysis on the contact stress of automotive water pump bearing’s seal& Qiong Zhou， Zhengmei Li， Jianping Tang，Zemin Xu， Qi An 335
Numerical investigating the effect of braze processing parameters on residual stresses in an X-type lattice truss sandwich structure& Wenchun Jiang， Jianming Gong， Shan-Tung Tu 341
Numerical simulation of electromigration failure in IC interconnect structures&Yuanxiang Zhang， Yong Liu， Lihua Liang 349
Numerical simulation and structure optimization of coal-liquefying reactor&Yihao Wang， Shaopmg Zhou， Geling Yang， Jianhua Lan 356
FEA analyses under tension and bending fretting fatigue modes& C.Song，J.F.Peng， M.X.Shen， C.S.Jiang， M.H.Zhu 363
Finite element stress analysis of semi-trailer liquefied petroleum gas tanker& Jianhua Pan， Xuedong Chen， Zuoquan Yao， Zongchuan Qin， Huifeng Jiang 365
Analysis of uneven settlement effects on the widened bridge&Minshan Liu， Qing Cai， Qiwu Dong，Qiongshu Su 369
Identification of structural parameters by the weighted least square method based on wavelet packet transform&Yichun Ren， Weijian Yi 373
Study on the non-probabilistic interval reliability of pressure pipe containing defects& Linfeng Pan， Changyu Zhou 379
A new DEM for interaction between adjacent RC membrane structures& S.B.Cai， B.A.Izzuddin， A.Elghazouli， P Shen 385
A new method for assessment of spurious trip in safety instrumented system&Zhenyu Ding， Shiyi Bao， Zengliang Gao 393
On-line monitoring of high-temperature piping by strain sensing units& Ning Wang， Xiaoyin Hu， Jiuhong Jia， Zhengdong Wang， Shan-Tung Tu 399
Simulation of inclusion shape change in steel strips during cold rolling& Yuxi Yan， Ming Zhang， Hongliang Pan 405
A method of assessing power-law creep constants using small punch creep test in high temperature components& Kee Bong Yoon，Young Wha Ma 411
Ratcheting analysis of pressurized piping with pit defects& Qi Zhang， Dunji Yu， Zhen Xu， Xu Chen 417
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