Issue 2, April 1998
By: S Al Laham
Structural Integrity Branch
Authorised By: R A Ainsworth
Title: Group Head, Assessment Technology GroupSUMMARY
This report provides a collation of stress intensity factor and limit load solutions for defective components.
It includes the Stress Intensity Factor (SIFs) in the R6 Code software and in other computer programs,
which have not previously been contained in a single source reference. This document has been produced
as part of the BRITE-EURAM project SINTAP which aims to develop a defect assessment approach for
the European Community. Most of the solutions presented in this document were collated from industry
and establishments in the UK (Nuclear Electric Ltd, Magnox Electric Plc and HSE), Sweden (SAQ
Kontroll AB) and Germany (Fraunhofer IWM, and GKSS). The solutions are compared to standard
solutions published elsewhere and to those in the American Petroleum Institute document API 579. In this
second issue, the quality of the figures has been improved, minor typographical errors found in the
previous issue have been corrected, and comments from partners in SINTAP have been addressed.
