Structural Integrity Assessment

Author: Chen Guohua
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Publish Date: 2002-11-01
Features: This book strives to achieve: extensive selection and comprehensive integration; independent chapters with self-contained systems; the application of principles complementing each other; concise and clear explanations to meet the needs of readers at different levels. It is suitable for researchers engaged in factory equipment safety management, structural integrity assessment, and non-destructive testing, as well as faculty and students in related disciplines at higher education institutions. Structural integrity technology was a highly focused topic in the international engineering community in the 20th century, while risk engineering has been listed as one of the four shining technologies of the 21st century by the United States. This book takes the latest advancements, fundamental principles, evaluation methods, and engineering applications of structural integrity technology as its main focus, combining structural integrity assurance technology (risk engineering) to provide a relatively comprehensive introduction to the structural integrity technology system. It primarily includes: the fundamentals of structural integrity assessment, methods of structural integrity assessment, probabilistic assessment methods for structural integrity, engineering treatment of uncertainties in defect parameters, the distribution patterns and experimental research of fracture toughness in welded joints, non-destructive testing techniques for structural integrity assessment, engineering applications of structural integrity technology, and structural integrity assurance technology.