Simplified Toughness Resistance Curve

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Carlucci ◽  
Kamel Mcirdi ◽  
Pierre-Louis Auvret ◽  
Jun Li
Keyword(s):  
Present Method ◽  
Resistance Curve ◽  
Criticality Assessment ◽  
Welding Procedure ◽  
Stable Tearing

This paper presents a method in order to plot a simplified toughness resistance curve (R-Curve) from three single conventional toughness tests. The simplified toughness resistance curve will be used to carry out a tearing assessment as part of Engineering Criticality Assessment (ECA) (ref. to Level 3B, [2]). This level of assessment takes into account of stable tearing in order to reduce over-conservatism, but it usually requires additional toughness tests to identify the toughness resistance curve. This present method allows to reach this assessment level without impacting the welding procedure qualification (WPQ).

Determination of Plasminogen in Human Plasma by the Lysis Time Method

1966 ◽  
Vol 16 (01/02) ◽  
pp. 001-017 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Berg ◽  
K Korsan-Bengtsen ◽  
J Ygge
Keyword(s):  
Human Plasma ◽  
Present Method ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Fibrinogen Concentration ◽  
Plasmin Activity ◽  
Time System ◽  
Lysis Time ◽  
High Dilutions ◽  
Single Determination

SummaryA one-stage lysis time system containing fibrinogen, streptokinase, thrombin, and a known, small amount of plasminogen was used to determine plasminogen in plasma.The known amount of plasminogen was added to the system in order to keep the lysis times relatively short when a highly diluted plasma was tested. High dilutions of plasma were used to reduce the influence of the plasma inhibitors.The calculation of the plasminogen concentration was made on the basis of the correlation: “plasminogen = fibrinogen/lysis time” which was valid in the system. The method allowed determination of plasminogen in plasma with varying fibrinogen concentrations, as the fibrinogen concentration in plasma was considered in the calculation.The presence of “spontaneous” plasmin activity in the plasma did not influence the plasminogen determination. Estimated by this method, the plasminogen content in plasma from 32 blood donors aged 25-45 years was 13.1 ±2.4 casein u/ml. The error of a single determination was 0.3 casein u/ml. The plasminogen content in plasma, determined with the present method, is about 3-4 times higher than the content found when a caseinolytic method is used.

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