Our primary focus as a R&D company is on the development of innovative structural integrity solutions that replicate “real world” behavior for the oil/gas and nuclear energy industries. We are both nationally and internationally recognized experts fracture mechanics, weld process modeling, safety assessments and risk analysis of complex engineered systems and structures. Our work has often been ground-breaking in nature and has been cited in the past when industry codes and standards are updated.
As a result of these past program successes, our staff routinely has the opportunity to publish their results and present them at conferences or have it included in technical journals. As a company, we have collectively published as many as twenty-five (25) technical papers in a single year and have averaged twenty (20) publications each year since 2007. To date, our staff members have published over 220 technical papers or journal articles since our founding in 1998 and the number of papers grows to over 500 when you factor in the publications from our staff members prior to their joining Emc2.
We are in the process of updating our list. the most recent papers can be found below, sorted by years. We will continue to update this list to add future work and complete the missing years
If you are looking for information on a particular topic and don’t see it here, please contact Mr. Gary Hattery at ghattery@emc-sq.com or Dr. Gery Wilkowski at gwilkows@emc-sq.com for further information.
2014 |
Fracture Toughness Behavior of Complex Cracks in Dissimilar Metal Welds Proceeding Proceedings of the ASME 2014 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference, (PVP2014-28105), 2014. |
2013 |
Comparison of Through-Wall and Complex Crack Behaviors in Dissimilar Metal Weld Pipe Using Cohesive Zone Modeling Proceeding Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference , (PVP2013-98041), 2013. |
Fracture Toughness Behavior of Through-Wall Cracks in Dissimilar Metal Welds Proceeding Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference , (PVP2013-97143), 2013. |
Simulating Natural Axial Crack Growth in Dissimilar Metal Welds due to Primary Water Stress Corrosion Cracking Proceeding Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference, (PVP2013-97188), 2013. |
2012 |
Natural PWSCC Crack Growth in Dissimilar Metal Welds With Inlay Proceeding Proceedings of IOM3, London, 2012. |
Dissimilar Metal Weld Pipe Fracture Testing– Analysis of Results and Their Implications Proceeding Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference , (PVP2012-78140), 2012. |
Natural Crack Growth Analyses for Circumferential and Axial PWSCC Defects in Dissimilar Metal Welds Journal Article Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 134 (5), pp. 051402, 2012. |
2010 |
Further Welding Residual Stress and Flaw Tolerance Assessment of Dissimilar Metal Welds with Alloy 52 Inlays Proceeding Proceedings of the ASME 2010 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference, (PVP2010-25433), 2010. |
Summary of Weld Residual Stress Analyses for Dissimilar Metal Weld Nozzles Proceeding Proceedings of the ASME 2010 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference, (PVP2010‑26106), 2010. |
The Impact of Key Simulation Variables on Predicted Residual Stresses in Pressurizer Nozzle Dissimilar Metal Weld Mock-Ups Proceeding Proceedings of the ASME 2010 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference, (PVP2010‑26025), 2010. |
Natural PWSCC Crack Growth in Dissimilar Metal Welds With Inlay Proceeding Proceedings of the ASME 2010 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference, (PVP2010‑26108), 2010. |
2009 |
Advanced Finte Element Flaw Growth Analysis of Stress Corrosion Cracks in Dissimilar Metal Butt Welds Proceeding TMS 2009 138th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 2009. |
2008 |
Welding Residual Stress Solutions for Dissimilar Metal Surge Line Nozzles Welds Proceeding Proceedings of the ASME 2008 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference, (PVP2008-61285), 2008. |
Development Of Z-Factor For Circumferential Part-Through Surface Cracks In Dissimilar Metal Welds Proceeding Proceedings of the ASME 2008 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference, (PVP2008-61110), 2008. |
1996 |
Fracture Evaluations of Fusion Line Cracks in Bimetallic Welds Proceeding Proceedings of the ASME 1996 Pressure Vessels & Piping Division Conference, 324 (pp 101-114), 1996. |
1995 |
Material Property Evaluations of Bimetallic Welds, Stainless Steel SAW Fusion Lines, and Materials Affected by Dynamic Strain Aging Proceeding Proceedings of the LBB 95 conference in Lyon (France), 1995. |
C(T) and Large Diameter Pipe Fracture Evaluations of a Fusion Line Crack in a Bimetallic Weld Proceeding SMiRT-13 Proceedings, 1995. |
Fracture Evaluations of Fusion-Line Cracks in Nuclear Pipe Bimetallic Welds Technical Report Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NUREG/CR-6297), 1995. |