Proceedings of the ASME 2018 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference: volume 1A: Codes and Standard

In this book (volume 1A: Codes and Standards) are collected the 76 peer-reviewed technical papers presented at the ASME 2018 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference on July 2018 in Prague (Czech Republic). The main topics covered are: API 579/ASME Code Fitness-for-Service Activities; ASME Section XI Code Activities; Environmental Fatigue Issues; Fatigue and Ratcheting Issues in Pressure Vessel and Piping Design; Fatigue Monitoring and Related Assessment Methods; Hydrogen Effects on Material Behavior for Structural Integrity Assessment; Hydrogen Flakes Assessment in the RPVs; Improvement of Flaw Characterization Rules in Fitness-for-Service Codes; Integrity of Cast Stainless Steel Pipe; Integrity of Reactor Pressure Vessels and Internals for Codes; International Session for Fast Reactor Design and Construction; Master Curve Fracture Toughness and Other Small Specimen Mechanical Properties (Joint With MF-12). (O.M.)