High-pressure vessels autofrettage

High pressure vessels should be designed to either Division 2 or Division 3, Section VIII of the ASME Code. This chapter evaluates the criteria of each division and its impact on the wall thickness of the vessel shell. There are two basic criteria for each division. They are Design by Rules and Design by Analysis. It should be noted that only Division 3 allows credit for pre-stress (autofrettage) for layered construction. 

This chapter presents some design aspects of solid and layered vessels with pressures in e range of 10,000 to 100,000 psi and higher. In these high pressures prestressing, or autofrettaging, becomes an important consideration in... 

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