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In-Situ Stress Measurement Comparison of Aluminum Pressure Vessels Under High Working Pressures

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Author(s)

Juscelino Leao, Justin L Milner

Abstract

The results of residual stress measurements on autofrettage monoblock pressure vessels before and after 100+ pressure and temperature cycles; and, for the first time, in-situ stress measurements on a vessel under high working pressures as measured by neutron diffraction is presented here. High-pressure vessel design depends heavily on finite element analysis (FEA) which, though useful, requires more data to execute a comparison of the stresses encountered in a working pressure vessel. In-situ pressure stress measurements by neutron diffraction may provide useful data for refinements in FEA calculations and determine vessel pressure/temperature cycling behavior.
Citation
Journal of Neutron Research
Volume
19
Issue
1

Keywords

Stress, Strain, Autofrettage, Hydrostatic Pressure, Neutron Scattering, Residual Stress

Citation

Leao, J. and , J. (2017), In-Situ Stress Measurement Comparison of Aluminum Pressure Vessels Under High Working Pressures, Journal of Neutron Research, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=922361 (Accessed April 24, 2024)
Created June 23, 2017, Updated October 4, 2017