Robust limit load determination using variational principles in plasticity

设计和服务适宜性评估对工业生产设施具有重要意义，因为它们可以用来确保人员安全、提高生产和经济运行。拟议的研究开发了新一代评估潜在故障的方法，这些故障有时会产生严重的后果。调查的结果将对设计工程师和工业工厂人员有利。研究的影响将在提高工业设施的安全性、可靠性和生产率方面。预计所开发的方法将被工程顾问、研究人员、工厂工程人员使用。拟议的研究侧重于新一代稳健的分析方法，适用于与石油天然气、石化、化石和核能发电部门相关的工业加压系统和部件的设计和完整性评估。对加拿大的好处将体现为更安全的工业工作环境和更具竞争力的工程产品。

Design and "fitness-for-service" evaluations are of significance to industrial production facilities, as they can be used to ensure safety of personnel,enhanced production and economical operation.The proposed research develops a new generation of methods for the assessment of potential failures that can sometimes have serious consequences.  The outcome of the investigation will be of benefit to design engineers and industrial plant personnel.The impact of the research will be in terms of improved safety, reliabiltiy and productivity of industrial facilities.  It is expected that the methods developed would be used by engineering consultants, researchers, plant engineering personnel, and codes and standards organizations.The proposed research focuses on a new generation of robust methods of analysis suitable for design and integrity evaluation of industrial pressurized systems and components that are relevant to the oil and gas, petrochemical, and fossil and nuclear power generation sectors.The benefits to Canada would manifest as a safer industrial work environment, and a more competitive engineered product.