Design for Creep

This book is an updated, revised version of a text published in 1971 by the same authors. Although the fundamentals of creep deformation, continuum damage and cracking, and methods of component analysis are still described, there is substantial additional material concerning the concepts underlying damage and cracking as well as an update, review and analysis of developments of high temperature design methods in the last 20 years. There is also a discussion of the codes of practice or guidelines used internationally. A special feature of this text is that the emphasis is on the design of components and not just on research in materials. There is an indepth discussion of design analysis using approximate methods such as reference stress techniques, isochronous stress-strain methods and the use of finite element analysis packages. Consequently, it should serve as a reference text for all practising engineers involved with high temperature design or the operation and extension of plant life and of equal interest to any researcher concerned with creep, in particular those requiring a more practical approach. This book should be of interest to engineers in pressure vessel, petrochemical and turbine industries; design engineers; project engineers; development engineers; and consulting engineers.