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Volume II, WRC Bulletin 363, describes the preliminary design procedures that provided practical design and analysis guidelines for specific structural design problems encountered in the past and the design solutions used to solve the problems. Also included is a detailed discussion of simplified methods to support both preliminary and final design evaluations. Publication of this Bulletin - WRC Bulletin No. 363 was sponsored by the Committee on Elevated Temperature Design of the Pressure Vessel Research Council. The purpose of this report is to document elevated temperature design knowledge and experience accumulated over the past two decades by engineers in France, Germany, Japan, and United Kingdom (U.K.) and the United States (U.S.). The recommendations, guidance and proposed use of structural design methods presented here are based upon the development programs pursued by these five countries. Although there are some differences in research priorities, overall similarities among national development programs confirm a common perspective of elevated temperature structural design problems. The commonalities in problem identification and resolutions have created an international consensus on LMFBR structural design technology development needs and future technology directions.