Reference Stress Methods are a mature technique that offers asimplified way of identifying the critical areas of stress inmechanical or structural components. It is an approach thatis more intuitive and less sensitive to the details of materialproperties than the more complex and detailed full FEA/FEMprocedures. Some of the best structural/stress specialists have contributedto this book, making it of special interest to professional andacademic engineers concerned with structural integrity, stress,inspection, and failure analysis. Civil engineers will alsobe keen to find out more about this method, as will thoseinvestigating engineering accidents. Dr Ian Woodall is a member and currently Vice-Chairman of theIMechE Structural Technology and Materials Group. After over30 years in the nuclear industry involved in structural integrityand other related safety matters, he is now a ConsultantEngineer. Topics covered include: * Determining the basic parameters * Extending the approach to weldments * Applicationsweiterlesen