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It is shown that some of the software tools that are currently in use cannot conservatively estimate the stressed state of high-temperature steam lines, information especially important in determining whether their further operation beyond the fleet resource is possible.
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Original Russian Text © A.B. Popov, V.A. Vetoshkin, V.A. Bukov, 2007, published in Teploenergetika.
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Popov, A.B., Vetoshkin, V.A. & Bukov, V.A. The use of different software tools in designing high-temperature steam lines and carrying out their check calculations. Therm. Eng. 54, 836–841 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040601507100126
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