... the magnification and shielding effects and the reference stress solutions, a newly developed assessment procedure for multiple discrete cracklike flaws in the failure assessment diagram is proposed. fitness for service (FFS) FAD multiple cracklike flaws stress intensity factor interaction factor collapse...

... ratio is large, buckling may occur at any stage of these events. fitness for service (FFS) collapse limit p-M diagram local thin area internal pressure external bending moment buckling stress plastic initiation load twice elastic slope (TES) load plastic instability load bending...

... is verified by comparison with the finite element analysis results and the numerous results of experiment for a cylinder with a volumetric flaw obtained through the reference literatures. It was clarified that the differences in collapse limit between the p - M line and DNV guideline under both internal...