Vol.16, No.3, 2016, pp.167–170
UDC  620.18:697.33

EFFECT OF LOCALLY DAMAGED ELBOW SEGMENTS ON THE INTEGRITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE HEATING SYSTEM

Simon Sedmak1, Miodrag Arsić2, Srđan Bošnjak3, Zoranka Malešević4, Zoran Savić2, Dorin Radu5

1)University of Belgrade, Innov. Centre of the Faculty of Mech. Engng., Belgrade, Serbia, simon.sedmak@yahoo.com

2)Institute for Materials Testing, Belgrade, Serbia

3)Univ. of Belgrade, Faculty of Mech. Engng., Belgrade, Serbia

4)High Technical School of Professional Studies, Aranđelovac, Serbia

5)University of Brasov, Faculty of Civil Engng., Romania

Abstract

This paper presents the integrity and reliability evaluation of the heating system as a whole, based on results of metallographic tests performed on parent material and the ultrasonic measurement of wall thickness of elbows made of steel St 35.8.

Keywords: heating system, elbow, reliability

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