scholarly journals Taking residual stresses into account in low-cycle fatigue design using the adjustable localisation operator method

2021 ◽  
pp. 106322
Author(s):  
Bruno Levieil ◽  
Cédric Doudard ◽  
David Thevenet ◽  
Florent Bridier ◽  
Anthony Ezanno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Operator Method ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Design

Pipe Elbows Under Strong Cyclic Loading

2012 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
George E. Varelis ◽  
Spyros A. Karamanos ◽  
Arnold M. Gresnigt
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Seismic Loading ◽  
Fatigue Curve ◽  
Design Codes ◽  
Loading Conditions ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Finite Element Analyses ◽  
Fatigue Design ◽  
Process Piping

Motivated by the response of industrial piping under seismic loading conditions, the present study examines the behavior of steel process piping elbows, subjected to strong cyclic loading conditions. A set of experiments is conducted on elbow specimens subjected to constant amplitude in-plane cyclic bending, resulting into failure in the low-cycle-fatigue range. The experimental results are used to develop a low-cycle-fatigue curve within the strain-based fatigue design framework. The experimental work is supported by finite element analyses, which account for geometrical and material nonlinearities. Using advanced plasticity models to describe the behavior of elbow material, the analysis focuses on localized deformations at the critical positions where cracking occurs. Finally, the relevant provisions of design codes (ASME B31.3 and EN 13480) for elbow design are discussed and assessed, with respect to the experimental and numerical findings.

Effect of Residual Stresses on the Low Cycle Fatigue Life of Large Scale Weldments in High Strength Steel

1970 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. V. Cordiano
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Biaxial Stress ◽  
Fillet Welds ◽  
Hole Drilling ◽  
Limited Area ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Type Specimens

A determination was made of the influence of various mechanical finishing procedures on residual stresses and the resulting effect on the low cycle fatigue life of tee-fillet welds in 1-1/2 in. thick rolled steel plate with a yield strength of 80,000 psi. Included in this work were tee-fillet welds in the as-welded, ground, shot-peened, ground and shot-peened, and mechanically peened condition. Residual stresses were measured by a hole drilling technique developed at the Naval Applied Science Laboratory for application to linearly varying biaxial stress fields. This method has been found suitable for determining residual stresses at any point over a limited area at the toe of the weld. Fatigue tests were conducted on plate type specimens, 32 in. by 29 in. by 1-1/2 in. which were simply supported at two edges, free at the other two edges, and uniformly loaded with compressed air to develop a zero to maximum tension range of stress at the toe of the fillet weld. It was found that tensile residual stresses do not have a significant effect on fatigue life for the type of pulsating load used. Compressive residual stresses have been found to have a beneficial effect on fatigue life. Welds with relatively high residual stresses which were ground smooth to eliminate “stress raisers” showed very good fatigue resistance.

Influence of Initial and Welding Residual Stresses on Low Cycle Fatigue and Ratcheting Response Simulations of Elbows

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazrul Islam ◽  
Tasnim Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Residual Stress Field ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Girth Welding ◽  
Stress States ◽  
Welding Processes

Earlier studies [1] showed that the ANSYS software package customized with an advanced rate-independent constitutive model was unable to simulate some of the low-cycle fatigue responses of elbow components. Hence, simulations are performed to investigate the influence of manufacturing and welding residual stresses on elbow low-cycle fatigue responses. The sequentially coupled thermo-mechanical finite element analysis is performed to determine the initial residual stress states in elbows due to the elbow manufacturing processes and welding of elbows to straight pipes. Real-time girth-welding processes are taken into account to simulate the welding induced residual stress field. Incorporating these initial residual stresses in the computations, low-cycle fatigue and strain ratcheting responses are simulated by ANSYS. The simulation responses demonstrate that the influence of manufacturing and welding residual stresses in elbows on its low-cycle fatigue responses is negligible. Hence, the question remains what is missing in the simulation models that some of the elbow low-cycle fatigue responses cannot be simulated.

Evaluation of Low-Cycle Fatigue in Simulated PWR Environment

2006 ◽  
Vol 326-328 ◽  
pp. 1011-1014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ill Seok Jeong ◽  
Sang Jai Kim ◽  
Taek Ho Song ◽  
Sung Yull Hong
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Design ◽  
Number Of Cycles ◽  
Measured Length

For developing fatigue design curve of cast stainless steel that is used in piping material of nuclear power plants, a low-cycle fatigue test rig was built. It is capable of performing tests in pressurized high temperature water environment of PWR. Cylindrical solid fatigue specimens of CF8M were used for the strain-controlled environmental fatigue tests. Fatigue life was measured in terms of the number of cycles with the variation of strain amplitude at 0.04%/s strain rates. The disparity between target length and measured length of specimens was corrected by using finite element method. The corrected test results showed similar fatigue life trend with other previous results.

High-Cycle and Low-Cycle Fatigue Resistance of Girth Welds in Sour Service

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Buitrago ◽  
Stephen Hudak ◽  
David Baxter
Keyword(s):  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Fatigue Performance ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Production Lines ◽  
Hydrocarbon Production ◽  
Steel Catenary Riser ◽  
Fatigue Design ◽  
Girth Welds ◽  
Constant Slope

The fatigue performance of fracture-critical production lines, such as risers and flowlines, has been shown to significantly degrade in the presence of sour hydrocarbon production caused by water injection of reservoirs. To ensure the reliability of the fatigue design under such conditions, experimental verification of the degradation effect on fatigue life due the presence of H2S is required. To that end and over the past several years, ExxonMobil has developed new testing methodologies to evaluate the riser fatigue performance for both in-air and sour conditions. This paper reviews the general elements of the fatigue qualification process and presents new sour fatigue data aimed at assessing performance at the high-cycle fatigue (HCF) and low-cycle fatigue (LCF) regimes. These new data are relevant to that seen in steel catenary riser (SCR) and flowline thermal responses, respectively. Testing methodologies for each regime are discussed and results presented. The new data are interpreted within the context of previous data in the intermediate-cycle fatigue (ICF) to provide a more robust basis for riser design. The main finding is that the new data support a constant slope S-N curve for the practical domain of fatigue lives to which offshore lines are typically designed under sour conditions.

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