Effect of Lüders strain on engineering crack opening displacement estimations for leak-before-break analysis: finite element study

2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 617-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.-J. Kim ◽  
N.-S. Huh ◽  
Y.-J. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Crack Opening Displacement ◽  
Crack Opening ◽  
Opening Displacement ◽  
Finite Element Study ◽  
Leak Before Break ◽  
Element Study

scholarly journals Engineering Leak-Before-Break Analyses of Pressurized Piping: Part I- Crack Opening Displacement

2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 591-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-Jae KIM ◽  
Nam-Su HUH ◽  
Young-Jin KIM ◽  
Jun-Seok YANG
Keyword(s):  
Crack Opening Displacement ◽  
Crack Opening ◽  
Opening Displacement ◽  
Leak Before Break

Estimation of Elastic Crack Opening Displacement for Thin Elbows With Circumferential Through-Wall Cracks

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-Kyu Kim ◽  
Han-Bum Surh ◽  
Min-Gu Won ◽  
Nam-Su Huh ◽  
Moon-Ki Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crack Opening Displacement ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Crack Opening ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Opening Displacement ◽  
Dimensional Finite Element ◽  
Elastic Crack ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
Three Dimensional Finite Element ◽  
Leak Before Break

Leak-before-break (LBB) is an important concept that could confirm design and integrity evaluation of nuclear power plant piping. For the LBB analysis, the detective leakage rate should be calculated for a through-wall cracked pipes. For this calculation, the crack opening displacement (COD) calculation is essential. Recently, sodium faster reactor (SFR) which has thin-walled pipes with Rm/t ranged 30–40 was introduced and then the investigation of these thin walled pipes and elbows has received great attention in the LBB evaluation. In this context, the three-dimensional finite element (FE) analyses for thin elbows with circumferential crack under in-plane bending are carried out to investigate the elastic COD values. Finally, the solution for elastic COD which can cover sufficiently thin elbow is successfully addressed.

Estimates of Elastic Crack Opening Displacements of Slanted Through-Wall Cracks in Plate and Cylinder

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nam-Su Huh ◽  
Do-Jun Shim ◽  
Yeon-Sik Yoo ◽  
Suhn Choi ◽  
Keun-Bae Park
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Crack Opening ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Bending Moment ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Finite Element Analyses ◽  
Opening Displacement ◽  
Elastic Crack ◽  
Leak Before Break ◽  
The Finite Element Model

This paper provides tractable solutions for elastic crack opening displacement (COD) of slanted through-wall cracks in plates and cylinders. The solutions were developed via detailed three dimensional elastic finite element analyses. The COD values were calculated along the thickness at the center of the crack. As for the loading conditions, only remote tension was considered for the plates, whereas remote tension, global bending moment, and internal pressure were considered for the cylinders. The finite element model employed in the present analysis was verified by using existing solutions for a cylinder with an idealized circumferential through-wall crack. The present results can be used to evaluate leak rates of slanted through-wall cracks, which can be used as a part of a detailed leak-before-break analysis considering more realistic crack shape development.

Crack Opening Displacement Model for Through-Wall Axial Cracks in Cylinders

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Benson ◽  
Bruce A. Young ◽  
Do-Jun Shim ◽  
Frederick W. Brust
Keyword(s):  
Internal Pressure ◽  
Crack Opening Displacement ◽  
Wall Thickness ◽  
Pipe Wall ◽  
Crack Opening ◽  
Pressure Loading ◽  
Opening Displacement ◽  
Piping Systems ◽  
Displacement Model ◽  
Leak Before Break

For piping systems, leak-before-break calculations rely on estimates of leak rates when postulated cracks grow through the pipe wall. The leak rate, in turn, depends on the crack opening dimensions. Previous work on crack opening displacement (COD) includes recent advances in COD estimates for circumferentially-oriented cracks in cylinders under tension, bending, and internal pressure loading conditions. This paper summarizes previous work in this area and reports on new solutions for COD in the case of axially-oriented cracks under internal pressure. The results reported here include COD solutions at three locations through the wall thickness for axial cracks.

Effect of Weld Induced Residual Stresses on Pipe Crack Opening Areas and Implications on Leak-Before-Break Considerations

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Fredette ◽  
F. W. Brust
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Crack Opening Displacement ◽  
Crack Opening ◽  
Crack Size ◽  
Battelle Memorial Institute ◽  
Pipe Material ◽  
Correction Factors ◽  
Opening Displacement ◽  
Leak Before Break ◽  
Current Guidelines

The USNRC is anticipating updating their leak-before-break (LBB) procedures. One of the technical areas of concern in the existing procedures is the prediction of the crack-opening-displacements (COD) needed for estimating the postulated leakage crack size for a prescribed leakage detection capability. If cracks develop in the welded area of a pipe, as is often the case, residual stresses in the weld may cause the crack to be forced closed. Earlier studies have shown that pipe welding produces high residual stresses with a sharp stress gradient ranging from tension to compression through the thickness of the welded area of the pipe. The current guidelines are inadequate to predict crack size based on leak rates for cracks in welded areas of pipes. The current guidelines rely on the calculation of the crack-opening-displacement as related to pipe loading. Values from the current guidelines are used to predict a crack’s cross sectional area and, in turn, to determine the severity of an existing crack by monitoring in-service leakage rates. The equations currently in use are applicable to service loaded pipe material only. Residual stresses caused by cold work, welding, etc. are neglected. This study uses two and three dimensional finite element models and weld residual stress calculation software created at Battelle Memorial Institute to develop correction factors to be used with the traditional design equations. The correction factors will compensate for the effects of welding induced residual stresses on cracks in pipe welds. This study concentrates on type 316 stainless steel material properties, but the COD corrections should be equally applicable to all stainless steels, and also can be used for ferritic steels. A test matrix of pipe radius, thickness, and crack size was used to develop the equation correction factors. Pipe wall thicknesses (t) of 7.5 mm (0.295 in.), 15 mm (0.590 in.), 22.5 mm (0.886 in.), and 30 mm (1.181 in.) were studied in pipes with mean radius to thickness ratios of 5, 10, and 20. Cracks with half-lengths in radians of π/16, π/8, π/4, and π/2 were introduced in these virtual pipes. The matrix of results was used to produce correction factors for crack opening displacement equations applicable to a broad range of pipe sizes.

A Method of J Testing Based on Crack Opening Displacement for Circumferential Through-Wall Cracked Pipes under Combined Tension and Bending

2006 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
Nam Su Huh ◽  
Ludwig Stumpfrock ◽  
Eberhard Roos ◽  
Yun Jae Kim ◽  
Young Jin Kim
Keyword(s):  
Crack Opening Displacement ◽  
Conventional Method ◽  
Crack Opening ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Combined Loading ◽  
Resistance Curve ◽  
Opening Displacement ◽  
Load Line ◽  
Load Line Displacement ◽  
Leak Before Break

Application of the leak-before-break concept to nuclear piping requires accurate fracture mechanics assessment on pipes with postulated circumferential through-wall crack subject to combined tension and bending. One important element is determination of relevant J-resistance curve for pipes under combined loading. This paper provides experimental J estimation method for the circumferential through-wall cracked pipe under combined tension and bending, based on the load-crack opening displacement (COD) record to estimate J-resistance curve. To give confidence in the proposed method, the J results from detailed elastic-plastic finite element (FE) analysis are also compared with estimated J based not only on proposed method but also on conventional method using load-load line displacement, which shows that estimated J based on the proposed method provides reliable J estimates regardless of analysis condition, on the other hand, the conventional method using the load-load line displacement record gives erroneous results for shallow cracks.

Crack face sliding displacement (CSD) as an input in exact GLOB-LOC expressions for in-plane elastic constants of symmetric damaged laminates

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Sahbi Loukil ◽  
Janis Varna
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Crack Opening Displacement ◽  
Crack Opening ◽  
Crack Density ◽  
Opening Displacement ◽  
Crack Face ◽  
Out Of Plane ◽  
Crack Sliding Displacement ◽  
Element Method

The crack opening and crack sliding displacements of both faces of an intralaminar crack are the main parameters defining the significance of each crack in laminate stiffness degradation, according to the previously published GLOB-LOC approach for symmetric laminates with an arbitrary number of cracks in all plies. In the exact stiffness expressions of this approach, the crack density is always multiplied by crack opening displacement and crack sliding displacement. The dependence of crack opening displacement on geometrical and elastic parameters of adjacent plies was studied previously and described by simple fitting functions. The crack sliding displacement has been analyzed for low-crack densities only and the proposed finite element method-based fitting expressions are oversimplified not including the out-of-plane ply stiffness effects. Based on finite element method analysis, more accurate expressions for so-called non-interactive cracks are suggested in the presented article. For the first time the shear stress perturbations are analyzed and interaction functions are presented with the feature that they always lead to slightly conservative predictions. The presented simple fitting functions, when used in the GLOB-LOC model, give predictions that are in a good agreement with finite element method results and with experimental data for laminates with damaged off-axis plies in cases when crack face sliding is of importance. The significance of including crack sliding displacement in stiffness predictions is demonstrated.

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