The degradable performance of bile‐duct stent based on a continuum damage model: A finite element analysis

Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Ni ◽  
Yanhong Zhang ◽  
Changwang Pan



2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Richard Kim ◽  
Cheolmin Baek ◽  
B. Shane Underwood ◽  
Vijay Subramanian ◽  
Murthy N. Guddati ◽  
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Author(s):  
Nazrul Islam ◽  
Tasnim Hassan

Abstract This study evaluates creep-fatigue damage in the modified Grade 91 thick-cylinder tested by Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), to understand the failure mechanism of critical components of Fast Reactor nuclear plants. As modified Grade 91 demonstrated creep-fatigue interaction induced failure mechanisms, finite element analysis of high-temperature components will require a unified constitutive model (UCM) that can simulate various creep-fatigue responses with reasonable accuracy. Hence, a UCM coupled with various advanced modeling features including the continuum damage modeling features is investigated to demonstrate their predictability of the fatigue, creep and creep-fatigue responses of the modified Grade 91 steel. The modified UCM is implemented into ABAQUS for analysis of creep deformation in the thick cylinder benchmark problem. Finite element analysis results are presented to demonstrate how the thermal cycling influences the creep-deformation of this high-temperature component. It is also demonstrated how thermal cycling’s influence on fatigue life can be determined based on the damage variable incorporated in the UCM.



Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 2885 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyohei Takeo ◽  
Yuya Aoki ◽  
Toshio Osada ◽  
Wataru Nakao ◽  
Shingo Ozaki

The most prominent effect of the weakest link theory, which is used to derive the Weibull statistics of ceramic strength, is the size effect. In this study, we analyze the size effect on ceramic strength using the finite element analysis (FEA) methodology previously proposed by the authors. In the FEA methodology, the data of the microstructure distribution (i.e., relative density, size, and aspect ratio of the pore and the grain size) are considered as input parameters of a continuum damage model via a fracture mechanical model. Specifically, we examine five sizes of rectangular specimens under three types of loading conditions. Then, we simulate the fracture stresses of sets of 30 specimens under each size and loading condition and obtain the relationship between the scale parameter and effective volume using the Weibull distribution. The results suggest that the proposed FEA methodology can be applied to the analysis of the fracture probability of ceramics, including the size effect.



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