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    Fatigue Crack Growth and Fracture Studies on Stainless Steel Straight Pipes Having Circumferential Surface Crack

    The primary objective of this manuscript is to verify the LBB criterion, by carrying out fatigue crack growth (FCG) and fracture tests on SA 312 Type 304LN stainless steel pipes having a part-through crack in ...

    M. Saravanan, S. Vishnuvardhan in Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention (2024)

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    Numerical Studies on Ratcheting Behaviour of Straight Pipes

    In order to simulate behaviour in SA 312 Type 304 LN stainless steel of 168 mm nominal outer diameter used in power plant systems, finite element studies were carried out under combined internal pressure ...

    M. Saravanan, S. Vishnuvardhan, P. Gandhi, G. Raghava in Structural Integrity Assessment (2020)

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    Assessment of Speckle Pattern for Use in Digital Image Correlation Analysis Using Simulated Displacement Field

    Local stresses and strains near the crack tip control fatigue crack growth process. Calculation of elastic–plastic strains and stresses at the crack tip requires solving the nonlinear boundary value problem of...

    Abhishek Kumar, S. Vishnuvardhan, P. Gandhi in Structural Integrity Assessment (2020)

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    Monotonic Fracture Studies on Bi-metallic Pipe Weld Joints Having Circumferential Through-Wall Crack

    Bi-metallic welded joints are necessary in pressurized and boiling water reactors where heavy section low alloy carbon steel components are connected to stainless steel primary pi** systems. The behaviour of...

    G. Raghava, S. Vishnuvardhan, M. Saravanan, P. Gandhi in Advances in Structural Integrity (2018)