Tube stress

While considering the thermal motions of the segments, the stretch-and-shrink motion of the primitive-chain contour length will help relax the tube stress at both ends of the tube. This effect occurs because when a chain moves out of the tube due to a stretching of the contour length following a... 

To sort out such a complicated dynamic situation, we first assume that the primitive chain is nailed down at some central point of the chain, i.e. the reptational motion is frozen only the contour length fluctuation is allowed. This is equivalent to setting rg —> oo while allowing the contour length fluctuation 5L(t) to occur with a finite characteristic relaxation time Tb- In this hypothetical situation, the portion of the tube that still possesses tube stress tt fa tb is reduced to a shorter length Lq, because of the fluctuation SL(t). Then, tt tube length that still possesses tube stress can be defined by... 

At t = Teg, the tube stress resides over the whole tube length — the average contour length of the primitive chain L (Eqs. (8.3) and (8.51)). From Eq. (9.2) we have... 

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The maximum allowable tube stress will need to be calculated in order to calculate the actual reformer tube life. This is accomplished by using the Mean Diameter Formula given below. 

Hhys, C. O., Application of Bailey s Theory of Tube Stress Calculations, Proc. API Refining Division, 193S, p. 102. 

Fligh-tech ceramics withstand great mechanical stresses even thin structures and sharp edges are feasible with high reliability. This allows connecting the HT cables reliably to the ceramic part of the tubes directly. Many available resin systems bond easily to ceramics. 

Flow behaviour of polymer melts is still difficult to predict in detail. Here, we only mention two aspects. The viscosity of a polymer melt decreases with increasing shear rate. This phenomenon is called shear thinning [48]. Another particularity of the flow of non-Newtonian liquids is the appearance of stress nonnal to the shear direction [48]. This type of stress is responsible for the expansion of a polymer melt at the exit of a tube that it was forced tlirough. Shear thinning and nonnal stress are both due to the change of the chain confonnation under large shear. On the one hand, the compressed coil cross section leads to a smaller viscosity. On the other hand, when the stress is released, as for example at the exit of a tube, the coils fold back to their isotropic confonnation and, thus, give rise to the lateral expansion of the melt. 

Resistance in °C is the temperature differential the two surfaces of a tube or a constrained plate that will cause a tensile stress of 6.9 MPa (1000 psi) on the cooler surface. 

Creep Rupture. The results from creep mpture tests on tubes under internal pressure at elevated temperatures (71,72) may be correlated by equation 16, in which is replaced by the tensile creep mpture stress after time t at temperature T. 

Defects such as hot tears or laps, quench cracks, localized overheating during stress rehef, and corrosion may occur during the tubemaking process (154). Magnetic particle, ultrasonic, and visual inspection techniques are used to ensure that relatively few tubes enter service with significant defects. 

Relaxation of the residual stresses induced by autofrettage at 720 MPa (104,400 psi) in reactor tubes k = 2.4), of AISI 4333 M6 at a uniform temperature of 300°C has been studied and it was concluded, on the basis of creep tests for 10,000 h, that after 5.7 years 60% of the original stress would remain (161). 

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