New Weld Assessment

摘要

When the new edition of ASME's Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code is published, it will recognize a new, alternative method of assessing weld fatigue. Battelle has issued a statement saying that the method, mentioned in Section VIII, Division 2 of the Code, was developed by one of its scientists, Pingsha Dong.Neither Dong nor Batelle is named in the text of the Code, but according to Joseph Brzuszkiewicz, ASME staff secretary to the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Standards Committee, two pas-rnsages in the new Code, "Fatigue Assessment of Welds—Elastic Analysis and Structural Stress" and "Welded Joint Design Fatigue Curves" refer to technology developed by Dong.