压力容器是许多工业领域的关键设备，自增强技术是提高压力容器安全性和承载能力的有效措施。本书从本质和机理出发，对压力容器的自增强技术进行了全面、系统的研究，重点介绍了自增强压力容器的结构原理、力学性能和设计方法；发现了许多有学术意义和实用价值的现象和相关规律，建立了自增强技术的新理论，并提出了新的自增强技术；研究了以热应力作为预应力的自增强技术。书中给出了大量的公式、图表和应用实例，以方便对自增强理论和技术的理解和应用；同时提出了许多能够充分保证压力容器的安全性、极大提高其承载能力的方法与措施。

Foreword
CHAPTER 1 Study on Elastic-Plastic Mechanical Stresses in Cylindrical Pressure Vessels 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Studies of Elastic Stresses 2
1.3 Analysis of Elastic-Plastic Stresses 7
1.4 Chapter Summary 17
References 20
CHAPTER 2 Mechanical Autofrettage Technology Based on Tresca Yield Criterion 21
2.1 General Study on Mechanical Autofrettage Technology 21
2.1.1 In General Forms 22
2.1.2 The Critical Radius Ratio 33
2.1.3 The Optimum Plastic Depth kj* (kj is Written as kj*) 34
2.1.4 The Results When kj = kj* 35
2.2 Mechanical Autofrettage Technology Under Entire Yield State 41
2.3 Mechanical Autofrettage Technology with Radius of Elastic-Plastic Juncture Being Arithmetic Mean Radius of Inside Radius and Outside Radius 46
2.4 Mechanical Autofrettage Technology with Radius of Elastic-Plastic Juncture Being Geometrical Mean Radius of Inside Radius and Outside Radius 52
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