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CYCLIC PRESSURE TESTS OF LARGE SIZE PRESSURE VESSELS. Progress Report No. 17 Covering the Period from February 15 to March 16, 1960

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4193789· OSTI ID:4193789
The vessels under plastic fatigue investigation have a 36-inch I.D. and 2-inch wall thickness and contain nozzles of several designs and sizes. The program includes essentially identical pairs of full size vessels fabricated from A-201, A-302, and T-1 steels. Stress analysis and fatigue cycling on the No. 1, A-201 vessel were completed, and fatigue cycling of the second vessel at 2650 psi is in progress. Stress concentration factors determined in the static stress analysis, initial cycling, and results of plastic fatigue tests will be correlated with results of related studies at other labs. (W.D.M.)
Research Organization:
Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio
Sponsoring Organization:
US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
NSA Number:
NSA-14-012658
OSTI ID:
4193789
Report Number(s):
TID-5699; Project No. 773-2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English