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Digby D. Macdonald
This paper explores the roles of empiricism and determinism in science and concludes that the intellectual exercise that we call ?science? is best described as the transition from empiricism (i.e., observation) to determinism, which is the philosophy tha...
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Songsong Lu, Binchao Liu, Rong Yang, Qiuyi Wang and Rui Bao
Applying the machine learning (ML) technique in the modelling of crack growth (CG) behavior is a potential way to improve the efficiency and precision of CG assessment. However, research in this field at elevated temperatures is limited, although a lot o...
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Digby D. Macdonald, George R. Engelhardt and Andrei Petrov
A critical review is presented on modeling of the radiolysis of the coolant water in nuclear power reactors with emphasis on ITER. The review is presented in two parts: In Part I, we assess previous work in terms of compliance with important chemical pri...
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Yongmei Zhu, Rujun Li and Jiahao Yang
This study focused on the three-dimensional surface crack growth of a spherical pressure shell. Eight maraging steel 18Ni (250) samples were fabricated and tested, and the fatigue crack growth rate curves were obtained. Considering the influence of plast...
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Fang Wang and Weicheng Cui
Safety analysis and prediction of a marine structure is of great concern by many stakeholders and the general public. In order to accurately predict the structural reliability of an in-use marine structure, one needs to calculate accurately the fatigue c...
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