Corrugated steel web with inherent high out-of-plane stiffness has a promising application in configuring large span highway bridge girders. Due to the irregularity of the configuration details, the local stress concentration poses a major fatigue problem for the welded flange plates of high strength low alloy structural steels. In this work, the methods of applying CFRP laminate and shot peeni...

Pressure vessels such as steam generators are subjected to high temperature, in addition pressure during the operating condition. Flanges and bolts made up of different materials whose coefficient thermal expansion varies. Usually, is greater than that flanges. At elevated temperatures expand more flanges, resulting decrease compression connected members achieved assembly stage, which turn decr...

Joining of tubes to by means plastic deformation at ambient temperature allows one solve the main limitations produced necessity joining thin-walled low-to-medium diameter size made from materials that are not suitable be welded and/or have reduced contact interfaces. The new solution obtain permanent mechanical joints or pipes an accessory lightweight sheet metal flange subjected annular inden...