Aims to provide the reader the information on technologies in the fields of safety and structural integrity. This work addresses topics which span a wide range of issues: including fracture and fatigue cracking, reliability evaluation, NDE, modeling and design.

Corrosion and Corrosion Fatigue Characteristics of CF8A Steel Degraded for 3 Months at 400°CFatigue Life Evaluation of an Actual Structure under the Irregular Loading Using an Acceleration TestA Study on the Estimation of Fracture Behaviour for a Circumferentially Through-Wall Cracked PipeEffect of Loading Frequency on Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour and Microstructural Damage in P92 HAZDevelopment of Web-Based Fatigue Life Evaluation System for Reactor Pressure VesselSocket Weld Integrity in Nuclear Piping under Fatigue Loading ConditionFailure Probability Estimation of Pressure Tube Using Failure Assessment DiagramEvaluation of the Cleavage Fracture Toughness of RPV Steels Using Small Bend SpecimensRecent Japanese Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Researches Related to Failure Probability of Aged RPVAssessment of Steam Generator Tubes with Dual Axial Through-Wall CracksAllowable Subsurface Flaws Located Near Vessel Surface in JSME CodeDuctile Fracture Behaviour of Class 2 and 3 LWR Piping and Its Implications for Flaw Evaluation CriteriaCracking Behaviours of Thermal ComponentsThe Study of Fatigue Crack Growth of 304SS with the Influence of Loading Frequency and TemperatureEnhancement of Flaw Detectability Using Time Reversal TechniquesEconomic Evaluation of Maintenance Strategies for Steam Generator Tubes Using Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics and a Financial MethodAn Efficient General Purpose Contact Search Algorithm Using the Relative Coordinate System for Multibody System DynamicsStudies on a High-Temperature Air Combustion Burner for a Compact Fuel-Cell ReformerAnalysis of Thermal Stress and Flow Characteristics in a Bellows-Seal Valve for the Reliability EstablishmentFinite Element Alternating Method for Interacting Surface CracksDevelopment of an Integrity Evaluation System for Steam Generator Tubes in a Nuclear Power PlantFriction and Wear of POE and PAG Oils in the Carbon Dioxide EnvironmentFault Detection for the Reliability of the Refrigerant Inventory of the System Air ConditionerEnhanced Reliability of Mold Close and Open Control in Injection Molding Machine through Fuzzy AlgorithmWear Characteristics of Tube-Support Components for a Nuclear Steam Generator under Fretting ConditionsAnalysis of Burst Pressure of Damaged Tubes Using Plastic Instability AnalysisAging Management of Nuclear Power Plants in KoreaProposal of Rationalized Assessment Procedure for Buckling of Thin-Walled Cylindrical TanksThe Sliding and Overturning Analysis of a Free-Standing Cask under EarthquakeThe Application of Risk-Informed-Inservice Inspection to Recirculation Piping Welds of a Nuclear Power PlantAdvanced Active Safety System Using Separated Front and Rear Motor Control for a 4WD Hybrid Electric VehicleMultilayered and Arrayed Flexible Tactile Sensor Using PVDFA Knowledge Representation Framework in Design RepositoryA Perturbation Observer Based Robust Estimation Technique for Structural Monitoring and ControlRobust Sensor Placement to Measurement Noise for Structural Dynamic SystemsAn Analysis of Liquid Film Condensation Occurring Inside Rotating Heat Pipes with a Trigonal Cross SectionWall Shear Stress in the Helical Annular Flow with Rotating Inner CylinderDevelopment of Digital Speckle Tomography for Analysis of Unsteady and Asymmetric FlowsApplication of Aerodynamic Lenses to In Situ Particle Monitors (ISPM) for Higher Reliability in Semiconductor Fabrication ProcessThe Effects of Acid Treatment Methods on the Diameter Dependent Fracture of Single Walled Carbon NanotubesMechanical and Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes in Copper-Matrix NanocompositesA Carbon Nanotube Smart Material for Structural Health Monitoring