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Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Newsletter Spring 2013

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Three Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016‐5990

expansion. For an example, one can look

at our annual PVP Conferences.

Our PVP Conferences have long been rec‐

ognized as outstanding international fo‐

rums for the exchange of knowledge and

information in the pressure technologies

disciplines. At the upcoming 2013 PVP

Conference in Paris, France, we will wel‐

come attendees from at least 46 different

countries representing all regions of the

globe. Such an exceptional global gather‐

ing of the engineering community pro‐

vides an excellent opportunity for potential

new members to experience our Confer‐

ence and get to know what the PVPD has

to offer. This extensive international repre‐

sentation also provides us with opportuni‐

ties to gain further knowledge and under‐

standing of regional topics on which future

conferences could focus and other ways in

which our PVPD can provide service to the

engineering community. As has always

been the case, the continued success of the

PVPD directly depends on the commit‐

ment, dedication, and active participation

of our members. As our membership con‐

tinues to grow and become even more in‐

ternational, so will our opportunities to

serve the engineering community.

I encourage you to read all the reports in

this newsletter to get the broadest sense of

all that is happening within our very active

division. Preparations for the 2013 PVP

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SME’s March, 2013

membership report

shows our Pressure Ves‐

sels & Piping Division

(PVPD) ranks as the sixth

largest of the 32 technical

divisions within the soci‐

ety. During the nine months thus far into

this membership year, we have added 819

new members — this growth places us

second in the number of new members

added. We warmly welcome these new

members into our PVPD family and en‐

courage them to actively participate in Di‐

vision activities because it is the commit‐

ment and dedication of all our members

that keeps our division strong and enables

us to plan and execute events such as our

annual PVP Conferences.

At the recent Leadership Training Confer‐

ence, ASME Executive Director, Mr. Tom

Loughlin, discussed the Society’s plans for

global outreach and membership growth

— details can be found at http: //

strategy.asme.org/home.cfm. These plans

include significantly increasing global

membership. Since the PVPD includes a

significant percentage of members from

outside the USA, our division is in an excel‐

lent position to potentially play an impor‐

tant role in helping ASME achieve the Soci‐

ety’s goals in international membership

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ur upcoming 2013 PVP Conference

in Paris, France will be spanning

five, very busy days from July 14–18. Situ‐

ated in downtown Paris, the four‐star Paris

Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference

Center will be the center of our many Con‐

ference activities. The Conference is spon‐

sored by the ASME Pressure Vessels &

Piping (PVP) Division with additional par‐

ticipation by the ASME Nondestructive

Examination (NDE) Division. The theme

of the 2013 PVP Conference is The Interna‐

tional Scene of Pressure Vessels & Piping.

Authors from 46 international countries

will be presenting papers in Paris, and the

2013 PVP Conference is expected to have

approximately 190 technical and panel

discussion sessions, two workshops, three

technical tutorials, two special tutorials,

and our outstanding Rudy Scavuzzo Stu‐

dent Paper Symposium and 21st Annual

PVPD Student Paper Competition. Our

traditional NDE and Software Demonstra‐


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Ronald S. Hafner Michael E. Nitzel

A Message from the

Conference Co‐Chairs

Michael E. Nitzel

A Message from the

PVP Division Chair

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Conference Co‐Chairs Message (Continued from page 1)

Division Chair Message (Continued from page 1)

Conference in Paris are rapidly being com‐

pleted and all indications are for another

outstanding event. My congratulations

and thanks go out to all the authors and

organizers for their hard work and com‐

mitment. Thanks also go out to the Con‐

ference sponsors — their contributions to

our success are very much appreciated.

Most importantly, I look forward to greet‐

ing the “PVP family” when we meet again

in Paris — see you there!

Mike Nitzel

Chair, PVP Division

mittees will also meet during the lunch

breaks on Monday and Tuesday. Confer‐

ence attendees are encouraged to attend

one or more of these Technical Committee

meetings and become active members in

these outstanding groups.

A key component of every PVP Conference

is the opportunity to socialize with old

friends and make new friends, and our

Conference in Paris offers several great

possibilities. The Conference‐Wide Recep‐

tion on Monday evening presents an excel‐

lent opportunity for meeting and interact‐

ing with all the attendees and their guests.

Two separate daytime tours have been ar‐

ranged for families and guests. On Mon‐

day, we will have the Paris City Tour.

Driving by all the famous spots of Paris,

you will get into the heart of the secrets of

the city: The Sun King, the French revolu‐

tion, Napoleon Bonaparte, many important

people and famous events have made Paris

the beautiful city it is now. During the

tour, two stops will be arranged for taking

pictures and stretching legs — the Tro‐

cadéro, facing the Eiffel Tower, and Notre‐

Dame, where a coffee break will be offered.

Among Parisian famous spots, you will

also discover the bustling Opera Square,

the spectacular Concorde Square, with its

famous obelisk, the Invalides, and the

Champs Elysee, with the famous Arc de

Triomphe.

On Tuesday, we will be offering a tour

through the Orsay Museum. The Gare

d’Orsay was inaugurated on the 14th of

July, in 1900, as a train station, for the Paris

World Exposition, and was considered a

masterpiece of industrial architecture at the

time. But soon the platforms had become

too short for the now much longer trains,

and, as early as 1939, the Gare d’Orsay was

out of use as a train station.

The train station had been completely

abandoned since 1961 when it was saved

from demolition by then French President

Pompidou. In 1978 French President Gis‐

card d’Estaing decided to use the gare in‐

side the museum d’Orsay as a museum for

19th and 20th century art. In November

1986, the museum was inaugurated by then

French president, François Mitterrand.

tion Forums are also included in the Con‐

ference schedule. Don’t miss out on any

of these perennial attractions.

PVP Conferences have had a long tradi‐

tion for providing an excellent venue for

exchanging state‐of‐the‐art technical infor‐

mation, and, over the years, they have

provided many social and networking

activities. The Conference will begin on

Sunday, July 14th, with the opening of on‐

site registration, both workshop sessions,

and the first of our two Special Tutorials.

Technical paper sessions begin on Mon‐

day morning. We are fortunate that

ASME President, Marc W. Goldsmith, and

incoming ASME President, Madiha M.

Kotb, will both be in attendance in Paris.

Each will provide opening remarks at the

Plenary Session. Presentations by Ms.

Anne Chaudouet, Senior Consulting Engi‐

neer at the Technical Centre for the Me‐

chanical Industry, and by Mr. Richard

Barnes, Principal Engineer of ANRIC En‐

terprises, Inc., will complete an interesting

and informative Plenary Session. In addi‐

tion to the numerous technical paper ses‐

sions, the popular NDE Demonstration

Forum and Software Forum will be pre‐

sented on Monday and Tuesday, respec‐

tively. Three technical tutorials will also

be presented during the Conference— one

each on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes‐

day. The PVP Division Technical Com‐

The museum contains 2,300 paintings,

1,500 sculptures and more than 1,000 other

objects. It covers a period from mid 19th

century through the mid 20th centuries,

and contains works from Monet, Manet,

Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh, and others.

The Conference website address is http://

www.asmeconferences.org/PVP2013/. The

website is continually being updated as the

Conference plans progress. Please visit the

website to complete your Conference regis‐

tration, to make hotel reservations, to view

preliminary program information, and to

obtain the latest new information.

Our final note is to offer our sincere thanks

to all of you who have provided your tre‐

mendous dedication, commitment, and

countless hours in the preparation for this

Conference. Likewise, our thanks go out to

all of the Conference sponsors. Our spon‐

sors’ support is a much appreciated com‐

ponent in assuring the continued success of

our Conference.

Please join us for a great Conference in the

beautiful international setting that is Paris!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Michael E. Nitzel

2013 PVP Conference Co‐Chair

Ronald S. Hafner

2013 PVP Conference Co‐Chair

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he main role of the

PVP Senate is to

support the Executive

Committee (EC) of the

PVP Division. One of the

major Senate functions is

to organize the Student

Paper Competitions and Symposium at

every annual PVP Conference. As a result,

the Rudy Scavuzzo Student Paper Sympo‐

sium and 21st Annual PVPD Student Paper

Competition are being prepared for the

2013 PVP Conference to be held in Paris,

France. In response to the Call‐for‐Papers,

68 abstracts were submitted to the Student


A Message from the

PVP Division Senate

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Young W. Kwon

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reparations for the

2013 ASME Pres‐

sure Vessels & Piping

Conference are almost

complete. The Conference

will be held in Paris,

France, at the Marriott

Rive Gauche Hotel, July 14–18, 2013. The

PVP Conference Co‐Chairs are Michael

Nitzel from M. E. Nitzel Engineering Ser‐

vices, and Ron Hafner from Lawrence Liv‐

ermore National Laboratory. The Techni‐

cal Program Chair for the Conference is

Daniel T. Peters. Approximately 190 paper

and panel sessions are planned, as well as

Tutorials, the NDE and Software Demon‐

stration Forums, and the Student Paper

Symposium & Competition.

The 2014 ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping

Conference is currently being planned for

Anaheim, California, USA at the Hyatt

Regency Orange County Hotel. The Con‐

ference dates will be July 20–24, 2014. The

PVP 2014 Conference Chair will be Daniel

T. Peters, and the PVP‐2014 Technical Pro‐

gram Chair will be Marina Ruggles‐Wrenn.

The Short‐Form Call for Papers has been

issued, and is presented on Page 12 of this

Newsletter. The Long‐Form Call for Papers

is still being prepared, and will soon be

available on the PVP Website at http://

www.asmeconferences.org/PVP2014.

Daniel T. Peters

Chair, PVPD Programs

oluntary contribu‐

tions to the Soci‐

ety, the PVP Division, and

the pressure vessels and

piping industry are recog‐

nized through a number

of ASME Society and Di‐

vision honors and awards.

Historically, the Honors & Awards Lunch‐

eon, held during the annual ASME Pres‐

sure Vessels & Piping Conference, is an

opportunity to recognize prominent mem‐

bers of the Division.

The ASME S. Y. Zamrik Pressure Vessels &

Piping Medal for 2012 was presented to Dr.

M. K. Au‐Yang. Dr. Au‐Yang is one of the

Paper Sessions. Among them, 45 draft pa‐

pers were submitted on or before the dead‐

line. To be eligible for competition each

paper submission must meet the deadlines.

The qualified papers represented 14 coun‐

tries from all over the world including

Asia, Europe, North and South Americas.

About one third of the total draft papers,

i.e. 16 papers, have been submitted to the

BS/MS category while the remaining pa‐

pers, i.e. 29 papers, have been applied to

the PhD category. We plan to invite eight

Finalists from BS/MS and PhD categories

each, for a total of 16 Finalists. Addition‐

ally, 16 Honorable Mentions will be in‐

vited. Because the number of PhD level

papers is much greater than that of the BS/

MS level papers, 12 Honorable Mentions

are likely to be selected from the PhD level

candidates while four Honorable Mentions

will be selected from the BS/MS level appli‐

cants. The Senate members contribute to

the selection process through their reviews

of the student papers as well as evaluations

of the students’ presentations.

I look forward to seeing you at the Student

Paper Competition and Symposium in

Paris!

Young W. Kwon

PVP Division Senate President

Message from Senate President (Continued from page 2)

Recognition were also presented to Honor‐

able Mentions, Finalists and Winners of the

Rudy Scavuzzo Student Paper Symposium

and 20th Annual Student Paper Competi‐

tion. Conference awards were presented to

the developers of the Outstanding Techni‐

cal Session and Outstanding International

Technical Session of the 2011 PVP Confer‐

ence. The ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel

Technology G.E.O. Widera Literature

Award and Editor’s Choice Award for 2011

were also presented.

Douglas A. Scarth

Chair, PVPD Honors and Awards Committee

most internationally renowned engineers

in the field of flow‐induced vibrations. Dr.

Au‐Yang spent the vast majority of his

professional career with various divisions

of the Babcock & Wilcox Company and

Framatome Technologies advancing the

state of the art in flow‐induced vibrations.

Dr. Au‐Yang served as the PVP Division

Fluid‐Structures Interaction Technical

Committee Chair, the Honors & Awards

Committee Chair, and the PVP Division

Chair. Dr. Au‐Yang also served as an As‐

sociate Editor of the ASME Journal of Pres‐

sure Vessel Technology. Through Dr. Au‐

Yang’s contributions, the nuclear power

industry has benefited from his publica‐

tions and direct leadership on numerous

international panels and committees. Dr.

Au‐Yang has also contributed significantly

to various ASME Codes dealing with flow‐

induced vibration analysis and with heat

exchanger testing.

ASME Dedicated Service Awards were

presented at the 2012 PVP Conference to

Poh‐Sang Lam and Ronald Hafner.

Ronald Hafner, outgoing Chair of the PVP

Division for 2011−2012, was also presented

the ASME Board of Governors Award.

The PVP Division was pleased to recognize

Gregory Anderson, Denis Demichael, Nar‐

endra Gupta, Jan Keltjens, Robert

McLaughlin, Peter Molvie, Clay Rodery,

Susumu Terada and Xian‐Kui Zhu as new

ASME Fellows. The PVP Division con‐

gratulates all of these outstanding mem‐

bers in their elevation to ASME Fellow

grade membership.

The S. S. Chen PVP Outstanding Service

Award was presented to Dr. William

Koves for his dedication and exemplary

service to the Division. Certificates of Ap‐

preciation were presented to individuals

for services including the PVP Senate

President, outgoing Technical Committee

Chairs, Plenary Speakers at the 2012 PVP

Conference, presenting a tutorial or work‐

shop at the 2012 PVP Conference, and au‐

thoring an Outstanding Technical Paper.

Certificates of Appreciation were also pre‐

sented to out‐going Associate Editors of

the ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Tech‐

nology. Certificates of Recognition were

presented to individuals for their role as

Technical Program Representative for the

2012 PVP Conference and for services to

the Technical Committees. Certificates of

Awards Presented at

PVP‐2012 Conference

in Toronto, ON, Canada

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Doug Scarth

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s I have taken over

the editorship of

the Journal of Pres‐

sure Vessel Technology

(JPVT) in January, I would

like to express my sincere

gratitude to Prof. Widera

for his excellent leadership and dedication

to the JPVT during the past years. During

his tenure as editor, the JPVT has grown

steadily with the publication of the journal

increasing to six issues per year with a total

of 900 publication pages.

There has also been cooperation with the

editor of the Applied Mechanics Review

(AMR) Transactions ASME. One of the fu‐

ture issues of AMR will be dedicated to‐

ward the Pressure Vessel Technology

(PVT). I am also planning a special issue

this year on the topic of Fluid‐Structure

Interaction in honor of the late Dr. Frank

Eisinger (Guest Editor: Njuki Mureithi).

Two special issues were published last

year: the February 2012 issue for Codes and

Standards (Guest Editor: Doug Scarth) and

the June 2012 issue for the 2011 Gun Tube

Conference (Guest Editor: Mordecai Perl).

There are two outgoing Associate Editors


he PVPD is com‐

mitted to the de‐

velopment of the engineer‐

ing profession in general

and in the pressure vessel

and piping area in particu‐

lar. As part of this continu‐

ing commitment, the division is arranging

two workshops, two special tutorials and

three technical tutorials for the PVP 2013

Conference. Attendees of the technical tuto‐

rials receive an attendance certificate.

The Microwave NDE Techniques for Rub‐

ber Expansion Joints and HDPE Butt Fu‐

sions in Power Plants workshop provides

an overview of the theory and operation of

the technique. This NDE technique is cur‐

rently in use on these materials in indus‐

tries worldwide. The lead presenter is Bob

Stakenborghs, the general manager of Evi‐

sive, Inc.

The NDT Workshop is arranged by the

European Federation for Non Destructive

Testing. Members of ECEC, ICNDT WG1

and ICEC are also contributing. This work‐

shop covers the EFNDT/ICNDT strategy on

certification. It covers an overview of sec‐

ond party qualification, and a comparison

with key criteria for third party qualifica‐

tion and certification. It covers the certifica‐

tion of personnel and assessment of certifi‐

cation bodies. The leader of this workshop

is John Thompson, Consulting Engineer,

Director, Multiple Support Systems Ltd.

The first special tutorial, titled

“Perspectives on Engineering Career Path

Development – What It Takes and Where It

Leads,” will be conducted in a panel dis‐

cussion format. Panelists will describe de‐

velopment paths that engineers take in

their professional life. Characteristics of

different career paths, expectations, respon‐

sibilities, tools needed as well as the mental

disposition generally useful for success will

be discussed, and the skills which can be

developed over the course of an engineer‐

ing career will be highlighted. The panel

will be led by Ike Ezekoye, Westinghouse

Electric Company with panelists, drawn

from the USA, Belgium, and Japan.

The second special tutorial covers the bene‐

France and USA.

The third technical tutorial is titled

“Computational Weld Modeling”. This

tutorial provides an overview, with exam‐

ples of the methods used to computation‐

ally model the weld process and experi‐

mentally measure the residual stress. The

engineering analysts will learn simple fun‐

damentals on how to calculate weld resid‐

ual stresses (WRS) and weld distortions,

and include them in life assessments and

techniques that can be used to manage

weld distortions. Project managers can

learn how control of WRS can greatly re‐

duce fabrication costs and improve service

performance, leading to fewer service prob‐

lems. This tutorial is lead by Dr. David

Rudland (US NRC), with a group of pio‐

neers and specialists in computational weld

modeling.

Maher Y. A. Younan

Chair, PVPD Professional Development

fits of participation in ASME Codes &

Standards development activities. This

tutorial covers the overall process used in

development of ASME Codes & Standards,

and specifically those in the area of Pres‐

sure Technology Codes & Standards. It

discusses the various types, and benefits of

participation in the Codes & Standards

Committees, qualifications, and the expec‐

tations of the participants. Mahendra Rana

of BPTCS and Bill Bees are the leaders of

this tutorial.

The first technical tutorial, Bolted Joint

Design, Analysis, and Code Compliance,

provides the design engineer with the nec‐

essary background for the design, analysis,

assembly, and ASME Code compliance of

Bolted Joint Systems. The first half of the

tutorial reviews and examines the basic

principles of bolted joint systems used in

structural, mechanical, or pressure bound‐

ary applications. This part emphasizes a

systems approach to the design, analysis,

and assembly of bolted joint systems. The

second half of the tutorial examines how

pressure boundary bolted joints are ad‐

dressed in ASME codes. Particular empha‐

sis is placed on the new guidance and cal‐

culations provided in ASME PCC‐1‐2010

and the upcoming changes in ASME PCC‐

1‐2013. Sayed A. Nassar, the Founding

Director, Fastening and Joining Research

Institute (FAJRI), Oakland University, and

Warren Brown, Managing Director of In‐

tegrity Engineering Solutions are the lead

developers and presenters of this tutorial.

The second technical tutorial is titled

“Application of Fitness‐for‐Service Codes

to Nuclear Installations”. The evaluation of

the fitness for service of structural compo‐

nents is a key aspect for developing safety

justifications for continued operation in

many industries concerned with pressur‐

ised piping and vessels, and in particular

for safety in nuclear power plants. This

tutorial focuses on the application of three

procedures commonly used in the nuclear

industry to evaluate structural integrity of

piping and vessels containing crack‐like

flaws. These are: RSEM/RCCMR Fitness

for Service Code / France, ASME Boiler

and Pressure Vessel Code, Section XI /

USA, and R6 Rev.4 Fitness for Service pro‐

cedure / UK. Bostjan Bezensek, Hunting

Energy Services Ltd. is the leader for this

tutorial with lead experts from the UK,

PVPD Professional

Development Report

Maher Younan

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Vessel Technology

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he PVP technical

division serves

engineers from around

the globe. This is rooted

in the nature of our

business with compa‐

nies operating world‐

wide. It shows in the

statistics of the participants at our annual

Conference. We also recognize it in the

LinkedIn forum online of international

discussions, job offers, and event promo‐

tions. PVP serves the global community

by providing information, by developing,

maintaining, and improving standards,

and by keeping people informed about the

latest developments in the industry.


this year: S. Chattopadhyay representing

Codes & Standards and S. Mokhatab repre‐

senting Pipeline. Their services and contri‐

butions to JPVT are greatly appreciated.

Those AE positions will be replaced

shortly.

Over time, more and more PVP Conference

papers have been submitted to JPVT. For

example, during the Calendar Year 2012,

approximately 30 percent of the total sub‐

mitted papers were previous Conference

papers. Maintaining high standards for the

PVP Conference papers is considered as

one of the contributing factors for the in‐

crease of the submitted Conference papers.

Please feel free to contact me for any sug‐

gestions to further improve the quality and

widest possible dissemination of JPVT.

Young W. Kwon

Journal Editor

JPVT (Continued from page 4)

VPD membership

remained solid

over the past year as 4,364

members are now associ‐

ated with our Division.

These numbers relate to

the PRIMARY Technical

Interest of members in the ASME database.

By comparison, our Division counted 4,391

members for same time in 2012. Therefore,

membership numbers remained essentially

constant. With 5.2% of the total member‐

ship within ASME our Division continues

to be the sixth largest of the 32 technical

divisions and institutes based on member‐

ship numbers. It should be noted that

ASME as a whole has increased its mem‐

bership by nearly 3% to almost 84,000 over

the last year, and hence, the PVPD portion

has dropped to 5.2% from 5.4%. In fact, the

records indicate that growth in PVPD

membership has ceased as 4,050 PVPD

members were recorded in 2010, 4,363 in

2011, and 4,391 for 2012. PVPD member‐

ship last grew by a significant margin of

about 8% annually between 2009 and 2011.

While our Division continues its strong

position in ASME it is of growing impor‐

tance to intensify our efforts in recruiting

new PVPD members. Please take a moment

to consider who in your organization may

be a good member, and encourage them to

become part of the ASME family. Ask your

colleagues to join ASME and mark “28 –

Pressure Vessels & Piping” as their primary

technical interest.

Since 2009 the PVP Division also maintains

a networking group on LinkedIn to foster

interaction and collaboration between PVP

members and interested non‐members.

This professional site is primarily man‐

aged by Michiel Brongers, who was the

membership chair until 2011. The

LinkedIn site enables you to create a per‐

sonal profile (resume) and share it with

others. Through creating links with your

colleagues and friends, and viewing each

other’s contacts, excellent networking op‐

portunities are given. Membership in our

LinkedIn site has continued its spectacular

growth reaching over 10,000 members,

which corresponds to an astonishing in‐

crease of nearly 100% from just a year ago.

The site also features nine subgroups,

which are ASME B31.3 International Re‐

view Group (18 members), Codes and

Standards (1,177 members), Computer

Applications/Technology & Bolted Joints

(30 members), Design and Analysis (641),

Fluid‐Structure Interaction (387 members),

High Pressure Technology (386 members),

Materials & Fabrication (804 members),

Operations, Applications, and Compo‐

nents (31 members), and Seismic Engi‐

neering (208 members). If you haven’t

tried our LinkedIn site yet, then we

strongly encourage you to do so; simply

visit www.linkedin.com. Join this truly

global community of professionals, take

part in the discussions and connect to col‐

leagues in your field.

Pierre Mertiny

Chair, PVPD Membership

ll papers pre‐

sented at the

PVP‐2012 Conference

were published on a CD

that was distributed to

the Conference atten‐

dees in their registration

packets. Seven volumes

of the PVP‐2012 Conference Proceedings

were published after the Conference:

Codes & Standards

Computer Technology & Bolted Joints

Design & Analysis

High‐Pressure Technology, Fluid‐

Structure Interaction, Nondestructive

Evaluation, Student Paper Symposium &

Competition

Materials and Fabrication

Operations, Applications, & Components

Seismic Engineering

Thank you to all who have worked so hard

to develop the PVP‐2012 program and to

all the authors for their contributions. The

CD and the volumes of the PVP‐2012 Con‐

ference Proceedings include pages recog‐

nizing the dedication and the outstanding

effort of the Track Organizers and Session

Organizers, who contribute countless hours

to the development of the PVP Conference

sessions.

The PVPD Newsletter is published every

year in the Fall/Winter and in Spring. All

articles of interest to the PVP community

are welcome. To submit an article to the

PVPD Newsletter, please contact Marina

Ruggles‐Wrenn at

[email protected].

Marina B. Ruggles‐Wrenn

Chair, PVPD Communications

PVPD Communications

Report

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Pierre Mertiny

PVPD International

Coordination

Michiel Brongers

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PVPD Membership

Report

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he D&A Techni‐

cal Committee is

chartered to provide a

forum to promote the

research, development

and practical application

of design and analysis

methods for the pressure

vessel and piping industries. The D&A

Committee focus is on both the advance‐

ment of traditional methods and the devel‐

opment of new analysis methods in the

areas of: component design, fatigue, inelas‐

tic analyses, stress classification, composite

materials, thermal stresses and elevated

temperature design, fitness for service,

piping and equipment dynamics, bolted

flange joints, probabilistic methods, com‐

putational fluid dynamics, and fracture.

Dr. San Iyer was the Technical Program

Representative for the PVP‐2012 Confer‐

ence in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The

D&A Technical Committee sponsored 34

technical sessions and one panel session in

17 technical topics. In these technical ses‐

sions, 123 technical papers were presented.

All technical sessions were well attended.

The D&A Technical Committee also had

the pleasure of sponsoring both Conference

Technical Tutorials: Use of CFD in Design,

by Sean McGuffie, Mike Porter and Tommy

Hirst, and Practical Piping Vibration, by

Charles Becht IV.

Mr. Sujay Krishnamurthy is the Technical

Program Representative for the upcoming

PVP‐2013 Conference in Paris, France. The

D&A Technical Committee is planning 31

technical sessions and two panel sessions in

14 technical topics, including two student

he Materials and

F a b r i c a t i o n

(M&F) Technical Com‐

mittee promotes re‐

search, development,

and sharing of technical

information related to

material properties, de‐

velopment and modeling, as well as fabri‐

cation and structural integrity technologies,

for piping, pipelines, components and pres‐

sure vessels. The efforts in recent years

have primarily focused on fracture meth‐

odologies and subcritical crack growth

with environmental effects including corro‐

sion, hydrogen and high temperature. Ar‐

eas of interest also include mechanistic

materials modeling, advanced materials

development including applications to

nuclear new builds, fracture toughness,

miniature mechanical testing, fabrication

processes, composite systems, non‐

destructive examination (NDE), weld integ‐

rity, creep‐fatigue interaction, integrity of

plastic pipe, fitness‐for‐service, and frac‐


ASME is a society of individuals represent‐

ing companies large and small, that operate

everywhere on earth. The annual Confer‐

ence in Toronto (2012) was attended by

more than 800 people. From that group,

about 300 came from the USA, 100 from

Canada, 100 from Japan, and 70 from the

UK. The remainder of the attendees repre‐

sented another 35 other countries. Wow!

In my work I regularly attend teleconfer‐

ences and other meetings with participants

from three or four continents. Email, in‐

stant messaging, on‐line meetings, and the

internet in general make this possible, and

in fact easy. Language barriers are

breached by sharing diagrams and images

of the equipment that is being discussed.

Files can be instantly shared, using the

built‐in camera on your laptop can show

the participants live.

PVP has set up a group on LinkedIn in

February of 2009 and growth has continued

rapidly. In March of 2013 we welcomed

our 10,000th member! If you are not a mem‐

ber of that group yet, I recommend you

check it out and add yourself

(www.linkedin.com). The discussions are

very interesting and it is easy to ask ques‐

tions of a broad PVP audience. You can see

and post job openings, and add or read

postings of interesting events. Some com‐

panies also provide links to their own web

sites offering their products and services.

In further recognition of PVPD’s commit‐

ment to serve globally, the PVP‐2013 Con‐

ference will be held in Paris, France. Con‐

sider bringing your family or friends and

enjoy being in France during the week of

PVP‐2013, because two major activities will

take place in Paris at that time:

Sunday July 14, 2013 is Bastille Day – a

national holiday with a parade and fire

works

Sunday July 21, 2013 is the Tour de

France finish – a cycling event control‐

ling the city

Travel to Europe/France/outside the U.S.

has some special aspects that Conference

participants should know. Make sure you

read up on some basic background about

the country, local customs, etc. Important

information to know about includes: cus‐

toms/visa requirements, currency & use of

money (checks no longer exist –debit cards

or cash are common), local transportation

(subway), language (typical French sen‐

tences), mobile connections, electrical out‐

lets, and info on Bastille Day and the Tour

de France finish.

Thanks for being part of the PVP commu‐

nity, and we are looking forward to seeing

you in Paris.

Michiel Brongers

Chair, PVPD International Coordination

paper sessions. In addition, one of our

Committee members is planned to collabo‐

rate on a technical tutorial on bolted flange

joints. Dr. Pierre Mertiny is the D&A Co‐

ordinator for the Student Paper Competi‐

tion.

The Design & Analysis Technical Commit‐

tee met on Monday, July 16, 2012 in the

Conference H Room at the Sheraton Centre

Toronto Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Seventeen members, one prospective

member and five visitors were in atten‐

dance. The D&A Technical Committee

welcomed one new elected member at this

meeting: Ms. Alicia Avery.

We look forward to seeing you at PVP‐

2013 in Paris, France. Anyone interested in

participating in the Committee activities is

invited to attend the D&A Committee

meeting at PVP‐2013 and/or contact Mr.

Trevor Seipp.

Trevor Seipp

Chair, Design & Analysis

International Coordination (Continued from page 5)

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Technical Committee:

Design & Analysis

Trevor Seipp

David Rudland

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Materials &

Fabrications

7

he Operations, Appli‐

cations & Compo‐

nents (OAC) Technical Com‐

mittee promotes applied

Pressure Vessel Technology

addressing a wide range of

topics of importance in the

power and process industries. Current

topics of particular interest include aging

and license renewal of nuclear power

plants, component inspection and degrada‐

tion of valves, piping, heat exchangers and

pumps, diagnostics and measuring meth‐

ods, applied risk analyses, and radioactive

material transportation, storage, and long

term disposition. These aspects of Pressure

Vessel Technology align with a common

theme of safe and efficient industrial op‐

erations where operating conditions in‐

volve highly hazardous materials and/or

challenging engineering environments

such as high temperatures and pressures.

For the 2013 PVP Conference, OAC has

continued its practice of encouraging pub‐

lication on a range of topics, by authors

from around the world. OAC also actively

participates in technical and special topic

tutorials. This year OAC is participating in

a tutorial on career development where a

respected group of international engineers

will share their experiences and insights.

The OAC program for PVP‐2013 includes

technical papers on the following topics:

Safety, Reliability and Risk Assessment

Qualification and Testing Monitoring, Diagnostics and Inspection

Toxic Substances: Storage and Transpor‐tation

Pumps and Valves

Operation and Maintenance of Pressure

Vessels, Heat Exchangers and Structures

Piping and Supports Aging Management and Life Extension

OAC anticipates providing more than 45

papers and presentations divided into 12

different sessions for the PVP‐2013. These

papers are important contributions to the

technology and operation for the power

and process industries which are vital to

efficiently and effectively meeting global

energy challenges in the future. The papers

presented in all sessions have been sub‐

jected to a formal review process in accor‐

dance with ASME requirements.

The OAC encourages sharing applied pres‐

sure vessel technology across industries

such as nuclear and petrochemical, across

international boundaries and continents,

and across generations. Please, join us in

Paris, and participate in an enjoyable, crea‐

tive and thought provoking atmosphere.

OAC actively seeks and encourages new

members.

Steve Hensel

Chair, OAC

topics are planned including three sessions

under the annual Student Paper Sympo‐

sium and Student Paper Competition, as

well as one panel session. These include

three joint sessions with the Codes & Stan‐

dards Technical Committee and one joint

session with the Nondestructive Evaluation

Committee. At the time of preparing this

newsletter, M&F had received 195 accepted

manuscripts. The M&F Technical Commit‐

tee will also be sponsoring the annual NDE

Demonstration Forum. We appreciate the

overwhelming response and support from

the authors and the pressure vessels and

piping community. We expect to have an‐

other successful year at the PVP Confer‐

ence in July 2013.

The M&F Technical Committee has grown

steadily through the years, and is commit‐

ted to stay current with the latest technolo‐

gies. We are proud to have a large interna‐

tional membership, which is open to all

individuals over a wide variety of disci‐

plines, and to those who are interested in

fostering research and development in

pressure vessel and piping materials and

technologies. For more information please

contact David Rudland at

[email protected].

David Rudland

Chair, Materials & Fabrication

If you are interested in applying for ASME Membership, please visit

http://www.asme.org/Membership/Join/ for either online or mail applications.

ture reliability. Efforts have recently been

very active in the area of dissimilar metal

welds including both numerical and ex‐

perimental predictions of weld residual

stresses to address stress corrosion crack‐

ing. The development of materials, NDE,

and fabrication technologies lead to im‐

provement in understanding of material

performance, as well as improvement in

structural design, structural integrity as‐

sessment including leak‐before‐break, plant

life management, and fitness‐for‐service

acceptance criteria for pressure vessels and

piping systems. A number of these activi‐

ties are performed in collaboration with the

Codes & Standards Technical Committee to

support international Codes and Stan‐

dards.

At the 2012 PVP Conference in Toronto,

Ontario, Canada, the M&F TPR (Track Or‐

ganizer) Dr. Chris Truman, along with the

topic/session organizers, developed 25 top‐

ics with 48 paper sessions. A total of 146

written papers from M&F topics were in‐

cluded in the Conference proceedings vol‐

ume, which was published in the 2012 PVP

Conference CD‐ROM. Because of the mul‐

tidisciplinary nature of the Materials and

Fabrication Technical Committee, three

sessions were organized in collaboration

with the Codes and Standards Technical

Committee, two sessions were organized in

collaboration with the Design and Analysis

Technical Committee, and eight sessions

were organized in collaboration with the

Operations, Applications and Components

Technical Committee and the NDE Divi‐

sion. The M&F Technical Committee also

sponsored the NDE Demonstration Forum.

The 2012 M&F Technical Committee Meet‐

ing was held during the 2012 PVP Confer‐

ence, and was attended by approximately

50 members and guests. Six new Technical

Committee members were welcomed in

2012.

For the 2013 PVP Conference to be held in

Paris France, the M&F Technical Program

is led by the M&F TPR Dr. Do‐Jun Shim. A

total of 51 paper sessions under 23 separate

Materials & Fabrication (Continued from page 6)


Operations,

Applications &

Components

Stephen J. Hensel

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8

he Computer Tech‐

nology & Bolted

Joints (CTBJ) Technical Com‐

mittee is a group of dedi‐

cated engineers, scientists

and academia that promotes

the development and shar‐

ing of technical information

and recent developments of computer

technology and bolted joints within the

Pressure Vessel & Piping Division.

CTBJ addresses issues relating to design

and analysis of pressurized joints with and

without gaskets, fastening and joining,

stuffing box technologies and leak testing.

It also advocates engineering process capa‐

bilities, hardware development and usage,

software tools, computational algorithms,

linear and nonlinear mechanics, material

behavior modeling, modeling techniques,

fatigue, fracture and damage mechanics,

probabilistic analysis, risk assessment and

manufacturing process simulations.

The CTBJ Technical Committee presented

eleven technical sessions and organized a

software demonstration forum at the 2012

PVP Conference in Toronto, all of which

were well attended and generated a high

level of interest. Special thanks go to Tech‐

nical Program Representative (TPR) Jerry

Waterland and to the session developers

for their support and dedication and for

making the 2012 CTBJ sessions a great

success. During the 2013 PVP Conference

in Paris, France, the CTBJ Technical Com‐

mittee is looking forward to fruitful techni‐

cal exchanges with participants from Bel‐

gium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Ger‐

many, Japan, UAE, UK, US, Saudi‐Arabia,

and Taiwan. Our 2013 TPR, Jose Carlos

Veiga and the session developers are do‐


he Codes & Stan‐

dards (C&S) Tech‐

nical Committee pro‐

vides a forum to promote

developments and ex‐

change of technical infor‐

mation on contemporary

topics related to the C&S

for pressure vessels and piping. There are a

multitude of consensus codes, standards,

rules and guidelines on design, construc‐

tion and fitness‐for‐service for vessels and

piping in the various industrial fields in

many countries. Although the evaluation

methodologies are different, there is a need

to have harmonization to obtain consistent

results among these different codes. The

C&S Technical Committee has supported

and offered opportunities to exchange in‐

formation of mutual interests at PVP Con‐

ference over the years.

The majority of the papers in C&S are re‐

lated to design and construction, metallic

and nonmetallic integrity methods, repair,

replacement and mitigation technologies,

in‐service inspection, high temperature

codes and new criteria for code improve‐

ment. The papers in C&S contain technical

basis documents for proposals of code

changes and introduction of new revisions

for the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel

Codes, API 579/ASME FFS, French Codes

RCC‐M and RSE‐M, German Guideline

FKM, British Standard BS 7910, Chinese

Code GB/T, Japanese Code JSME, etc. The

C&S Committee has become truly interna‐

tional in nature bringing together people

from many countries exchanging technol‐

ogy and sharing codes and standards de‐

velopments in their part of the world.

The 2012 PVP Conference in Toronto, Can‐

ada, was very successful. The C&S Com‐

mittee sponsored 18 major technical topics.

A total of 97 technical papers were pre‐

sented in 27 sessions at the Conference.

Some of these sessions were jointly spon‐

sored by the M&F Committee. The PVP

2012 C&S Committee meeting was at‐

tended by 37 members and visitors. During

the meeting, Honors and Awards Chair

Douglas Scarth awarded the Certificate of

Recognition to Bostjan Bezensek for the

2012 TPR (Technical Program Representa‐

tive) work and Certificate of Recognition to

Koji Takahashi for his C&S dedicated ser‐

vice, and Koji Takahashi and Reza Adibiasl

for serving as the Committee’s representa‐

tives in the Student Paper Symposium and

Competition. Steven Xu, Douglas Scarth

and Russell Cipolla received the PVP‐2012

Outstanding Technical Paper Award,

which was presented at the C&S session.

David Rudland and Gary Stevens received

the PVP Jim Farr Outstanding Conference

Session Award for organizing the ASME/

NRC Symposium on Nuclear Codes and

Standards at the PVP‐2011 Conference. The

C&S Committee has grown steadily

through the years, and we are proud to

have a large international membership.

This year’s PVP‐2013 Conference will be

held in Paris, France. Everyone involved in

the progress is working very hard to make

this a very successful conference. At the

time of preparing this newsletter, C&S has

received approximately 160 technical pa‐

pers within 34 sessions, the highest ever.

The C&S Committee sessions for this year’s

Conference are being jointly organized and

led by TPR, Jinyang Zheng from China and

Bostjan Bezensek from the UK. Coordina‐

tors from the student paper competition for

C&S are again Koji Takahashi from Japan

and Reza Adibiasl from Canada. New top‐

ics in the C&S sessions are Fatigue Moni‐

toring and Related Assessment Methods by

Juergen Rudolph, Steffen Bergholz and

Benedikt Heinz and Fracture and Mechani‐

cal Property Predictions by Sub‐Sized

Specimens for Standards by Bohumir

Strnadel, Ivo Dlouhy and Petr Dymacek.

We have high expectation for the upcom‐

ing Conference in Paris. A very unique

tutorial on Application of Fitness‐for‐

Service Procedures involving ASME Code

Sec. XI (US), RSE‐M (France), BS‐7910(UK)

and JSME (Japan) is being prepared by

Bostjan Bezensek, with summaries of code

changes, new codifications and their tech‐

nical background lectured by members

who are developing each Code. C&S Com‐

mittee also intends to hold panel sessions

on the Nuclear Code Harmonization Ac‐

tivities for Design. We believe it will be a

very successful conference.

The Committee is open to individuals who

are interested in Codes & Standards. Any‐

one interested in the C&S Technical Com‐

mittee activities is welcome to attend the

Committee meeting. For more informa‐

tion, please contact Kunio Hasegawa at

hasegawa‐[email protected].

Kunio Hasegawa Chair, Codes & Standards

Kunio Hasegawa


Codes & Standards

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Computer Technology

& Bolted Joints

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Hakim A. Bouzid

9

he High Pressure

Technology Com‐

mittee focuses on design,

research, development

and operation of high

pressure equipment and

systems. The end users’

experience is a key topic

during the PVP Conferences and it pro‐

vides important feedback for the develop‐

ment of ASME high pressure codes and

standards. The academia, exploring funda‐

mental, and disseminating cutting‐edge

aspects of High Pressure Technology, is

traditionally well represented.

The High Pressure Technology Committee

held its annual meeting during the PVP‐


he Fluid‐Structure

Interaction (FSI)

Technical Committee pro‐

motes the study and appli‐

cation of the dynamics of

fluid‐structure interaction

as they relate to the design

and operation of pressure

vessels, piping systems and components.

Emphasis is placed on the fundamental and

engineering aspects of flow‐induced vibra‐

tion, fluid‐solid interactions, shock and

wave propagation, fluid dynamics and

transient thermal hydraulics, multi‐physics,

as well as fluid‐structure dynamical sys‐

tems and their response. The Technical

Committee organizes sessions on these

topics at conferences and symposia, en‐

courages and supports publication in the

area of FSI and promotes the recognition of

outstanding engineering achievements and

significant individual contributions to pres‐

sure vessels and piping technology.

The forthcoming PVP‐2013 Conference,

which will be held in Paris, promises to be

a very interesting technical and social

event. The FSI TC is sponsoring more than

88 papers distributed over 22 sessions. A

student paper competition is also planned.

This impressive level of participation is due

to the hard work and dedication of the out‐

going Committee Chair, Jong Chull Jo, the

2013 FSI Technical Program Representa‐

tive, Arris Tijsseling, as well as the leaders

of the task groups: Njuki Mureithi, Shigeru

Itoh, Fred Moody, Howard Levine, George

Papadakis and Christina Giannopapa. In

my capacity as the new FSI Technical Com‐

mittee Chair, I thank them all for their ef‐

fort in organising such a promising event. I

also take this opportunity to strongly en‐

courage all individuals of the FSI commu‐

nity to attend the PVP 2013 Conference; I

am sure you will not be disappointed.

In honor of the late Dr. S. S. Chen who

passed away in February 2012, Young

Kwon and M. K. Au‐Yang organized a spe‐

cial session with invited speakers at the

PVP‐2012 in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Chen

made major contributions to the FSI Com‐

ing an excellent job in planning five bolted

joint sessions, three computer technology

sessions, one student paper session, a soft‐

ware demonstration forum and a special

tutorial on bolted joints organized jointly

with D&A. The CTBJ technical sessions

are: Design and Analysis of Bolted Flange

Joints, Design and Analysis of Pressure

Sealed Joints, Assembly and Tightening of

Bolted Joints, Threaded Fasteners, Ele‐

vated Temperature Behavior of Bolted

Joints, Computational Topics in Explicit

FEA, Computational Applications in Fa‐

tigue, Fracture and Damage Mechanics,

and Probabilistic and Risk Based Assess‐

ment.

The next CTBJ Technical Committee meet‐

ing to be held in conjunction with the 2013

PVP Conference in Paris, France will be

chaired by our incoming chair Wolf

Reinhardt. As the outgoing chair I would

like to thank all the CTBJ Committee mem‐

bers for their dedication and commitment

in organizing CTBJ events during the past

four years. Special thanks are also due to

the BJ group members within the CTBJ

Technical Committee for bearing with me

for the past 10 years.

The CTBJ Technical Committee is always

seeking to increase its active membership

and to facilitate individuals or groups

wishing to advance and/or promote novel

or advanced applications related to com‐

puter technology and bolted joints within

the pressure vessel industry. Those who

would like to join the Committee are in‐

vited to the Committee meeting, the time

and location of which will be listed in the

Conference final program.

Hakim A. Bouzid

Chair, Computer Technology & Bolted Joints

mittee and the flow‐induced vibration

field, especially in the area of tube bundles

vibration. Another great loss to the FSI

community is the passing away of Profes‐

sor John Fitzpatrick of Trinity College

Dublin in September 2012. In the PVP 2013

Conference, the opening session of the

Flow‐Induced Vibration Symposium will

be dedicated to his memory. A collection of

FIV papers will also be published in a spe‐

cial issue of the JPVT dedicated to his

memory.

The FSI Technical Committee has been

growing continuously over the years and

its current membership is truly interna‐

tional. The Committee welcomes new

members who are interested in promoting

research and development in the area of

FSI in general and its application to the

pressure vessel and piping technology in

particular. Those who would like to join

the FSI Committee as official members are

encouraged to send their resume to the FSI

Chair. In addition, anyone interested in the

Committee’s activities is invited to attend

the FSI Committee meeting at the PVP‐

2013, or contact the Committee Chair. The

time and location of the meeting will be

listed in the Conference program.

Samir Ziada

Chair, Fluid Structure Interaction

Computer Technology &

Bolted Joints (Continued from page 8)


Fluid Structure

Interaction

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Samir Ziada

T

Ricky D. Dixon


High Pressure

Technology

10

he Seismic Engi‐

neering Technical

Committee (SETC) is

focused on the promo‐

tion and enhancement of

the study and applica‐

tion of seismic engineer‐

ing, as it relates to the design and operation

of pressure vessels, liquid storage tanks,

piping systems and other structural sys‐

tems and components. Encouraging partici‐

pation in the annual ASME Pressure Ves‐

sels & Piping Conference has proven to be

an effective way to achieve the SETC’s

chartered goal. The Committee organizes

sessions covering emerging research and

applications in a broad range of topics in‐

cluding seismic design, modeling and

analysis; seismic response qualification;

damping and energy dissipation; seismic

isolation and vibration control; seismic

testing and verification; high level response

of piping and vessels; seismic codes, stan‐

dards and criteria; seismic damping exami‐

nation and strength reinforcement; fluid

and solid interaction; seismic analysis and

design of liquid storage tanks and pressure

vessels; seismic analysis and design of in‐

dustrial piping; and structural reliability

and risk assessment.

For the 2012 PVP Conference in Toronto,

Canada, the Seismic Engineering Technical

Committee (SETC) developed nine paper

sessions, with 29 technical papers and two

forum sessions. The subject of the first fo‐

rum session, organized by Gerry Slagis,

was the seismic design criteria of piping

components. The second forum session

concerned the presentation of an interim

report of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

The TPR for PVP 2012 was Tomoyo Tani‐

guchi, Professor at Tottori University, Ja‐

pan.

For the PVP 2013 Conference to be held in

Paris, France, the Seismic Engineering

Technical Committee has developed 12

paper sessions. The TPR for the PVP 2013

Conference in Paris will be Tomoyo Tani‐

guchi. One session of the above is dedi‐

cated to the Rudy Scavuzzo Student Paper

Symposium and Competition, whereas two

sessions are devoted to the results of the

European Research Program INDUSE

(Seismic Safety of Tanks, Pressure Vessels

and Piping, www.mie.uth.gr/induse), spon‐

sored by the European Commission during

2009‐2012.

The SETC officers are: Chair, Spyros A.

Karamanos; Vice Chair, Tomoyo Tanigu‐

chi; and Secretary, Chong‐Shien Tsai. Spy‐

ros Karamanos and Chong‐Shien Tsai are

currently Associate Editors of the ASME

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology.

Seismic engineering is a crosscutting disci‐

pline that interacts with many other tech‐

nical specialties. Since seismic issues are

globally important, our membership is a

truly international group that welcomes

new members. This offers an opportunity

to meet and interact with engineers and

researchers from around the world who

are working in the various topics associ‐

ated with Seismic Engineering. I encour‐

age all who may be interested in seismic

engineering issues and desire more infor‐

mation on the activities of PVP SETC to

contact me at +30 24210 74086, or via email

2012 Conference in Toronto, Canada. It is

an international committee with represen‐

tatives from nine countries and three conti‐

nents.

For the PVP 2012 Conference, the Commit‐

tee organized technical sessions that cov‐

ered various aspects of high pressure tech‐

nology. Over the last years especially, the

coverage of the field of impulsively loaded

vessels has increased strongly. This cutting

edge technology offers many new develop‐

ments which also will initiate changes in

other part of the High Pressure world. At the PVP‐2012 Conference, a special treat

was the David Kendall memorial session.

It was organized in remembrance of one of

the founding fathers of the HPT Commit‐

tee who passed away in 2011. The session

was truly moving. Special thanks goes out

to Ed Rodriguez and Jan Keltjens, the

Technical Program Representatives, ses‐

sion developers, chairmen and especially,

the authors.

In 2013 the PVP Conference will be in

Paris, France. Darren Stang and Rick

Hallman, the TPR’s, are working hard in

developing and planning sessions on vari‐

ous areas of High Pressure technology

such as Design and Analysis, Impulsively

Loaded Vessels and as session on Polyeth‐

ylene production. It promises to become a

very interesting Conference.

Anyone interested in high pressure tech‐

nology activities is invited to join us and

participate at the next Committee meeting

at PVP‐2013 in Paris, France.

Ricky D. Dixon

Chair, High Pressure Technology

High Pressure Technology (Continued from page 9)

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Spyros Karamanos


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PVP 2014 Anaheim

Hyatt Regency Orange County

July 20– 24, 2014

ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference Innovation and Imagination in Pressure Vessels and Piping

Join us in beautiful Anaheim, California, for the 2014 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference! PVP Conferences are known to be the outstanding international technical forum for participants to further their knowledge-base through exposure to diverse engineering topics and dissemination of cutting-edge technol-ogy. Opportunities abound to exchange opinions and ideas, both from industry and academia, in the many topical areas related to Pressure Vessel and Piping technologies for the Power and Process Industries. Par-ticipants from approximately 40 countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and the Oce-ania islands assure an interesting mixture of topics, ideas, and viewpoints. The ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Division is the primary sponsor of the PVP-2014 Conference, with ad-ditional participation by the ASME Nondestructive Examination (NDE) Division. More than 190 paper and panel sessions are planned, as well as workshops, tutorials, NDE and Software Demonstration Forums, and our traditional Student Paper Competition and Symposium. GENERAL TOPICS: (1) Codes & Standards; (2) Computer Technology & Bolted Joints; (3) Design & Analy-sis; (4) Fluid-Structure Interaction; (5) High Pressure Technology; (6) Materials & Fabrication; (7) Operations, Applications & Components; (8) Seismic Engineering; (9) Non-Destructive Examination; and (10) our Student Paper Competition and Symposium. SCHEDULE: Abstracts are due by November 11, 2013. Authors will be notified of abstract acceptance by December 2, 2013. Draft papers are due by February 10, 2014. Paper peer review comments will be re-turned by March 10, 2014. A Copyright Agreement Form for each paper, and the final manuscripts in the standard ASME format for publication, must be received by April 7, 2014. All presented technical papers will be published as referencable documents available post-conference via hardcopy or electronic media. INFORMATION: The conference website URL is: http://www.asmeconferences.org/PVP2014/. Technical paper abstracts must be submitted electronically through the website. Visit the website for additional informa-tion.

PVP Conference Chair Daniel T. Peters

Structural Integrity Associates, Inc. 16339 Irish Road

Edinboro, PA 16412, USA Phone/Fax: 814-440-8173/330-899-9753

Email: [email protected]

PVP Technical Program Chair Marina B. Ruggles-Wrenn

Air Force Institute of Technology 2950 Hobson Way

WPAFB, OH 45433-7765, USA Phone: 937-255-3636x4641

Email: [email protected] Sponsorship Chair

Carl E. Jaske Det Norske Veritas (USA), Inc.

5777 Frantz Road Dublin, OH 43017-1386, USA

Phone: 614-761-6916/Fax: 614-761-1633 E-mail: [email protected]

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Chair

Michael E. Nitzel

M.E. Nitzel Engineering Services

12839 Lakecrest Dr.

Nampa, ID 83686

Ph: 208‐465‐6434

E‐mail: [email protected]

Vice Chair

Daniel T. Peters

Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.

16339 Irish Road

Edinboro, PA 16412

Ph/Fax: 814‐440‐8173/330‐899‐9755


Programs

Daniel T. Peters


16339 Irish Road

Edinboro, PA 16412

Ph/Fax: 814‐440‐8173/330‐899‐9755


Communications


Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Air Force Institute of Technology AFIT/ENY

Wright‐Patterson AFB, OH 45433‐7765

Ph/Fax: 937‐255‐3636 ext. 4641/656‐7621

e‐mail: [email protected]

Honors and Awards

Douglas A. Scarth

Kinetrics Inc.

800 Kipling Ave

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ph: 416‐207‐6000 ext 6383/416‐236‐0979


Professional Development

Maher Y. A. Younan

The American University of Cairo

School of Sciences and Engineering

P.O. 74, New Cairo 11835

Cairo, Egypt

Ph: +20 2 2615 2583/+20 2 2795 7565


SENATE of PAST PVP CHAIRS

President

Young W. Kwon

Dept. of Mechanical &

Astronautical Engineering

Naval Postgraduate School

700 Dyer Road

Monterey, CA 93943

Ph/Fax: 831‐656‐3468 / 2238


J. of PRESSURE VESSEL TECHNOLOGY

Editor

Young W. Kwon

Naval Postgraduate School

700 Dyer Road

Monterey, CA 93943

Ph/Fax: 831‐656‐3468 / 2238


ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES

Membership Chair

Pierre Mertiny

Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G8 Canada

Ph/Fax: 780‐492‐6982/2200


Publicity Chair and Newsletter Editor


Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Air Force Institute of Technology AFIT/ENY

Wright‐Patterson AFB, OH 45433‐7765

Ph/Fax: 937‐255‐3636 ext. 4641/937‐656‐7621

e‐mail: marina.ruggles‐[email protected]

International Coordinator

Michiel Brongers

Det Norske Veritas (U.S.A.), Inc.

5777 Frantz Road

Dublin, OH 43017‐1386

Ph/Fax: 614‐761‐1214/1633


TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Codes & Standards

Kunio Hasegawa

Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization

Tokyo Reit Toranomon Bldg.

Toranomon 3‐17‐1, Minato‐ku

Tokyo, Japan 105‐0001

Ph/Fax: +81‐3‐4511‐1751/1897

E‐mail: hasegawa‐[email protected]

Computer Technology & Bolted Joints

Hakim Bouzid

Mechanical Engineering Department

Ecole de Technologie Superieure

1100 Notre‐Dame Quest

Montreal, Quebec H3C 1K3

Ph/Fax: 514‐396‐8563/8530


Design & Analysis

Trevor Seipp

Becht Engineering Canada, Ltd.

110‐259 Midpark Way SE

Calgary, Alberta, T2X 1M2, Canada

Ph/Fax:403‐256‐3575 / 3500


Fluid‐Structure Interaction

Samir Ziada

McMaster University

1280 Main St. W.

Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L7, Canada

Ph/Fax: 905‐572‐7530 / 7944


High‐Pressure Technology

Ricky Dixon


11515 Vanstory Drive, Suite 125

Huntersville, NC 28078

Ph: 704‐977‐1359 / 704‐597‐0335


Materials & Fabrication

David Rudland

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

21 Church Street, Room 5C14, Mail Stop CSB‐

5CA24

Rockville, MD 20853

Ph/Fax: 301‐251‐7622 / 7420


Operations, Applications, & Components

Stephen Hensel

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions

Building 705‐K

Aiken, SC 29802

Ph: 803‐557‐3523


Seismic Engineering

Spyros Karamanos

Dept. of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

University of Thessaly

Pedio Areos

Volos 38334, Greece Ph/Fax: +30‐24210‐74086/7412


ASME STAFF

Melissa Torres

Program Manager

Engineering Research &

Technology Development

ASME

Two Park Avenue

New York, NY 10016‐5990

Ph/Fax: 212‐591‐8257/7856


Jacinta McComie‐Cates

Administrator

Knowledge & Community

ASME

Two Park Avenue, 23W2

New York, NY 10016

Ph/Fax: 212‐591‐7052/7671


********** PVPD Newsletter Committee

Marina Ruggles‐Wrenn, Editor

and Division Communications Chair

Michael E. Nitzel, Division Chair **********

To submit an article for upcoming issues

of the PVPD Newsletter, please

contact Marina Ruggles‐Wrenn at

[email protected]

2012–2013 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Officers

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