This book presents the proceedings of the international symposium on structural integrity (ISSI), held in Shanghai on October 21-24, 2010. As the successor of Fracture Mechanics symposium series (from 2003 to 2009), ISSI is devoted to the exchange of information among the universities, research institutions and industry sectors in China and abroad. The first symposium on structural integrity (FM2003) was held in 2003 at East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai. Since then,annual meetings have taken place at different cities in China. This includes FM2004 in Huangshan,Anhui Province, FM2005 in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, FM2006 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province,FM2007 in Changsha, Hunan Province, FM2008 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province and FM2009 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.

Preface

Greener and higher energy efficiency for materials and structural systems sustaining against aggressive environment

Consideration of material aging properties in longer-term failure predictions of cracked components

Coupling effect of creep deformation and internal stress on scale growth

under the applied bending

Residual stresses in welded nuclear power components

Current research topics for nondestructive reliability evaluation in NIMS

Relaxation of residual stresses and grain boundary fracture in316H stainless steel

Effects of service cycles on the microstructure and tensile property of K4648 superalloy

Characterization of mechanical properties of HP40Nb using indentation creep test

Experimental study on the mechanical properties of H 13-TIC composite coatings

Experimental study on creep-ratcheting-fatigue interaction of SS304 stainless steel at room and high temperatures

High-temperature corrosion-resistance property of Fe-AI/Cr3CzRE

composite coatings produced by HVFS

Comparison of ductile-to-brittle transition curve fitting approaches

Microstructure and intergranular corrosion of 316L stainless steel diffusion bonded joint

Accelerated pitting corrosion of welded SUS304 under freezing and

thawing corrosive environmentMiura, Michiaki Kobayashi

Bending fretting fatigue damages of 316L austenitic stainless steel

plates against 52100 steel cylinders

Stress corrosion crack study of 304 and 316L stainless steel in dye solution

Corrosion resistance of 321 stainless steel in high-temperature naphthenic acid

Research on anisotropy properties of A350 pressure vessel steel forging by small punch test

Prediction methodology of stress relaxation performance based on continuum damage mechanics

Strengthened with carbon fiber sheets and its implementation

Failure analysis of 20G boiler tubes

A study on the plasma treatment effect carbon fibers on the wear properties of carbon/epoxy woven composites

Relationship between elevated strength and brazing parameters of Inconel

Superalloy vacuum brazed joints

Temperature rise rate of steam turbine at cold-state start-up

considering the hardness changes of rotor materialsRen, Jianlin Chen

Effect of solid solution treatment on microstructure and properties of

0Cr 18Ni9 Austenite stainless steel butt-welding pipe fittings

The influence of tensile stress on the magnetic memory signals of Q345R steel

Fracture mechanism of low cycle fatigue of 30CrlMolV steel at different loading rates

Determination of mode I fracture toughness, Gic, of dispersion improved

clay/epoxy nanocomposites

Analysis of fracture property for beam-column connections of steel frame with cracks

Free vibration analysis of thin rectangular cracked plate with four free

edges on nonlinear elastic foundation

Failure mechanism of inconel 718 at elevated temperature

Damage tolerance assessment and test verification for an aeroengine crankcase

Thermal damage of cementitious materials: an elasto-plastic damage model

for.plain concrete subjected to high temperatures

Two-step damage identification approach for a multi-layer concrete frame

structure based on wavelet analysis and BP neural network

3-D numerical of simulation of concrete failure process based on dynamic damage

Quantitative characterization and analysis of creep constraint induced

by specimen thicknesses in compact tension specimensZhengdong Wang

Experimental study on residual fatigue life for a nickel-based powder metallurgy superalloy

Fatigue crack growth behavior in stainless steel under cyclic torsion

A numerical method to simulate ductile failure of tensile plates with

interacting through-wall cracks

Numerical simulation of crack propagation and coalescence in plates under creep conditions

Research on effect of anti-vibration bars on dynamic characteristic of

U-tubes in steam generator

Fatigue-cracking representation and its evolution for spherical contacts

Prediction of creep life in terms of dissipated power

Study on limit load and safety assessment method for pressure pipe with

an internal pit at high temperature

Evaluating residual stress behaviour in 316H stainless steel using neutron diffraction

Limit loads for part-through surface axially cracked elbows under internal pressure

Safety assessment of pipes with multiple local wall thinning defects under bending moment

Effect of the applied torque on the PEM fuel cell performance

Contact resistance and contact behavior prediction between the bipolar

plate and the GDL in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell

A new form of strain gradient elasticity

Structure strength and safety analysis of CO2 stripper with large opening under vertical position

Reinforcement of pressure vessels with large opening

Finite element analysis on welding residual stresses of T-joint

Finite element analysis on the contact stress of automotive water pump bearing's seal

Numerical investigating the effect of braze processing parameters on

residual stresses in an X-type lattice truss sandwich structure

Numerical simulation of electromigration failure in IC interconnect structures

Numerical simulation and structure optimization of coal-liquefying reactor

FEA analyses under tension and bending fretting fatigue modes

Finite element stress analysis of semi-trailer liquefied petroleum gas tanker

Analysis of uneven settlement effects on the widened bridge

Identification of structural parameters by the weighted least square

method based on wavelet packet transform

Study on the non-probabilistic interval reliability of pressure pipe containing defects

A new DEM for interaction between adjacent RC membrane structures

A new method for assessment of spurious trip in safety instrumented system

On-line monitoring of high-temperature piping by strain sensing units

Simulation of inclusion shape change in steel strips during cold rolling

A method of assessing power-law creep constants using small punch creep test in high temperature components

Ratcheting analysis of pressurized piping with pit defects

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