International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Editor-in-Chief R. Ainsworth School of Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering (MACE), University of Manchester, Sackville Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK, Editorial Board H. Adeli Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, G. Chell Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA, Q. Chen Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, J. Darlaston Strutech Consultancy, Dursley, UK, P. Dong The University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA, S.J. Garwood Rolls Royce Associates, Derby, UK, M. Kikuchi University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Y.J. Kim Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, South Korea, M. Kirk US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, USA, M. D. Mathew Indira Gandhi Centre Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India, N. Miyazaki Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, D. Nash University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, A. Neimitz Kielce University of Technology, Kielce, Poland, J. Price Monash University, Clayton, Australia, R. Rintamaa VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, VTT, Finland, E. Roos Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, E. Smith Wilmslow, England, UK, C.E. Truman University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, S.-T. Tu East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, G.M. Wilkowski Engineering Mechanics Corp, Columbus, OH, USA, W. Yang Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, S. Yoshimura University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan