Current American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) provisions require that acoustic emission testing for class II vessels be carried out at operating temperature in the event that the operating temperature exceeds . This causes increased cost due to the need for a boiler. Safety is also a concern due to the possibility of a leak or failure of the vessel during testing. More important than these two items is the lack of data that is available from fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) vessels and/or components that have been subjected to acoustic emission evaluation at elevated temperature. This has lead to speculation regarding the appropriateness of conducting acoustic emission evaluations at elevated temperature. To address these issues an experimental investigation was conducted on representative coupon specimens at differing temperatures. The results of the investigation are described.
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Effect of Temperature on Acoustic Emission Evaluation of FRP Vessels (Tensile Specimens)
Yizhuo Chen,
Yizhuo Chen
Graduate Research Associate
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
e-mail: chen43@engr.sc.edu
University of South Carolina
, 300 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29208
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Paul Ziehl,
Paul Ziehl
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
e-mail: ziehl@engr.sc.edu
University of South Carolina
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Guillermo Ramirez,
Guillermo Ramirez
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
e-mail: willy@uta.edu
University of Texas at Arlington
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Timothy J. Fowler
Timothy J. Fowler
Department of Civil Engineering, Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory,
e-mail: fowlermarietim@hughes.net
University of Texas at Austin
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Yizhuo Chen
Graduate Research Associate
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of South Carolina
, 300 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29208e-mail: chen43@engr.sc.edu
Paul Ziehl
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of South Carolina
, 300 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29208e-mail: ziehl@engr.sc.edu
Guillermo Ramirez
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Texas at Arlington
, P. O. Box 19308, Arlington, TX 76019-0308e-mail: willy@uta.edu
Timothy J. Fowler
Department of Civil Engineering, Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory,
University of Texas at Austin
, 10100 Burnet Road, Building No. 177, Austin, TX 78731e-mail: fowlermarietim@hughes.net
J. Pressure Vessel Technol. Aug 2007, 129(3): 516-524 (9 pages)
Published Online: June 29, 2006
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Received:
November 23, 2005
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June 29, 2006
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Chen, Y., Ziehl, P., Ramirez, G., and Fowler, T. J. (June 29, 2006). "Effect of Temperature on Acoustic Emission Evaluation of FRP Vessels (Tensile Specimens)." ASME. J. Pressure Vessel Technol. August 2007; 129(3): 516–524. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2748832
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