Multiaxial Fatigue of 16MnR Steel

2008 ◽  
Vol 131 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zengliang Gao ◽  
Tianwen Zhao ◽  
Xiaogui Wang ◽  
Yanyao Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Pure Shear ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Shear Loading ◽  
Multiaxial Fatigue ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Pressure Vessel Steel ◽  
Critical Plane ◽  
Cracking Behavior ◽  
Vessel Steel ◽  
Axial Torsion

Uniaxial, torsion, and axial-torsion fatigue experiments were conducted on a pressure vessel steel, 16MnR, in ambient air. The uniaxial experiments were conducted using solid cylindrical specimens. Axial-torsion experiments employed thin-walled tubular specimens subjected to proportional and nonproportional loading. The true fracture stress and strain were obtained by testing solid shafts under monotonic torsion. Experimental results reveal that the material under investigation does not display significant nonproportional hardening. The material was found to display shear cracking under pure shear loading but tensile cracking under tension-compression loading. Two critical plane multiaxial fatigue criteria, namely, the Fatemi–Socie criterion and the Jiang criterion, were evaluated based on the experimental results. The Fatemi–Socie criterion combines the maximum shear strain amplitude with a consideration of the normal stress on the critical plane. The Jiang criterion makes use of the plastic strain energy on a material plane as the major contributor to the fatigue damage. Both criteria were found to correlate well with the experiments in terms of fatigue life. The predicted cracking directions by the criteria were less satisfactory when comparing with the experimentally observed cracking behavior under different loading conditions.

Multiaxial Fatigue of 16MnR Steel

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanyao Jiang ◽  
Tianwen Zhao ◽  
Xiaogui Wang ◽  
Zengliang Gao
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Multiaxial Fatigue ◽  
Pressure Vessel Steel ◽  
Critical Plane ◽  
Cracking Behavior ◽  
Vessel Steel ◽  
Axial Torsion ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
Fatigue Criterion ◽  
Tubular Specimens

Uniaxial, torsion, and axial-torsion fatigue experiments were conducted on a pressure vessel steel, 16MnR, at room temperature. The uniaxial experiments were conducted using solid cylindrical specimens. Axial-torsion experiments employed thin-walled tubular specimens subjected to proportional and nonproportional loading. A critical plane multiaxial fatigue criterion recently developed was found to correlate well with all the experiments conducted for the material. In addition, the fatigue criterion correctly predicted the cracking behavior of the material subjected to different loading paths.

Assessment of Pressure Vessel Steel Irradiation Embrittlement Up to 40 Years Using Local Approach to Fracture Modelling: Application to the French Surveillance Program

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Tanguy ◽  
A. Parrot ◽  
F. Cle´mendot ◽  
G. Chas
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Physical Models ◽  
Surveillance Program ◽  
Pressure Vessel Steel ◽  
Irradiation Embrittlement ◽  
Vessel Steel ◽  
Different Levels

For western pressure vessel reactors, assessment of pressure vessel steels irradiation embrittlement due to neutron irradiation is based on a semi-empirical formulae which predicts the shift of a reference lower bound fracture toughness curve as a function of fluence and embrittlement-involved chemical elements. Periodically, in order to monitor the embrittlement of each RPV, the predictions of the formulae is confronted to experimental results obtained from Charpy specimens located in surveillance capsules irradiated with a higher fluence level than the pressure vessel itself. Historically only the shift of the temperature index defined for a given level of energy, e.g. 56J in the French surveillance program, is used. In support to the French surveillance program methodology, for some of the French RPVs, physical models of fracture (for both cleavage and ductile fracture) are used to analyse in details the whole experimental basis available at different levels of fluence. This study presents the methodology developed in order to analyse the experimental results of a RPV steel from the french surveillance program, including Charpy and fracture toughness tests at different levels of fluence i.e. of embrittlement. The methodology applied aims to use the numerous Charpy tests results available in order to assess, at the same fluence levels, the fracture toughness embrittlement. The results are then compared to available fracture toughness results for a given level of embrittlement.

In-Phase and Out-of-Phase Multiaxial Fatigue

1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Ellyin ◽  
K. Golos ◽  
Z. Xia
Keyword(s):  
External Pressure ◽  
Damage Parameter ◽  
Multiaxial Fatigue ◽  
Pressure Vessel Steel ◽  
Proportional Loading ◽  
Vessel Steel ◽  
Total Strain Energy Density ◽  
Number Of Cycles ◽  
Life Predictions ◽  
Cycles To Failure

In this investigation, thin-walled circular cylindrical specimens fabricated from a low alloy pressure vessel steel (ASTM A-516 Gr. 70) were subjected to various multiaxial loading conditions. The tests were conducted under strain-controlled condition, and loading was provided through an axial actuator and internal and external pressure across the specimen wall. Four in-plane strain ratios (ρ = Δεt/Δεa) were tested, and the most damaging case was the equi-biaxial in-plane straining, ρ = 1. For the latter condition, 90 deg out-of-phase loading was also investigated. These tests indicated a dramatic decrease in the number of cycles to failure, Nf, as a result of out-of-phase loading. The influence of the plastic strain path on life is thus clearly demonstrated. It is shown that the total strain energy density, ΔWt = ΔWe+ + ΔWp, correlates with both the in-phase and out-of-phase cyclic tests, and therefore is a proper damage parameter to be used for life predictions. A brief description of how ΔWt can be calculated is given for the case of proportional loading. The predicted results are compared with the experimental data, and the agreement is found to be very good indeed.

Experimental Study on the Cleavage Fracture Behavior of an ASTM A285 Grade C Pressure Vessel Steel

2014 ◽  
Vol 137 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael G. Savioli ◽  
Claudio Ruggieri
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Cleavage Fracture ◽  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Fracture Behavior ◽  
Pressure Vessels ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Pressure Vessel Steel ◽  
Crack Tip Opening Displacement ◽  
Opening Displacement ◽  
Vessel Steel

This work addresses an experimental investigation on the cleavage fracture behavior of an ASTM A285 Grade C pressure vessel steel. One purpose of this study is to enlarge previously reported work on mechanical and fracture properties for this class of steel to provide a more definite database for use in structural and defect analyses of pressurized components, including pressure vessels and storage tanks. Another purpose is to determine the reference temperature, T0, derived from the Master curve methodology which defines the dependence of fracture toughness with temperature for the tested material. Fracture toughness testing conducted on single edge bend SE(B) specimens in three-point loading extracted from an A285 Grade C pressure vessel steel plate provides the cleavage fracture resistance data in terms of the J-integral and crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) at cleavage instability, Jc and δc. Additional tensile and conventional Charpy tests produce further experimental data which serve to characterize the mechanical behavior of the tested pressure vessel steel. The experimental results reveal a strong effect of specimen geometry on Jc and δc-values associated with large scatter in the measured values of cleavage fracture toughness. Overall, the present investigation, when taken together with previous studies, provides a fairly extensive body of experimental results which describe in detail the fracture behavior of an ASTM A285 Grade C pressure vessel steel.

Biaxial Fatigue of A533B Pressure Vessel Steel

1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. V. Nelson ◽  
A. Rostami
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Equivalent Strain ◽  
Plastic Work ◽  
Pressure Vessel Steel ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Cracking Behavior ◽  
Vessel Steel ◽  
Biaxial Fatigue ◽  
Phase Data

The low-to-intermediate cycle fatigue behavior of A533B steel is investigated using solid round bar specimens tested in combined bending and torsion. Loadings are applied in-phase and 90 deg out-of-phase to produce cases of proportional and nonproportional biaxial fatigue. Out-of-phase loadings are found to be more damaging than in-phase loadings. Two equivalent strain criteria similar to those in the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and a newer approach based on cyclic plastic work are used to correlate fatigue lives. The equivalent strain criteria are found to underestimate the fatigue damage in out-of-phase tests, but to provide reasonably good correlations overall. The plastic work approach provides a conservative treatment of the out-of-phase data and somewhat better overall correlation. Cracking behavior observed during the tests is also summarized.

Modeling Shear Performance of High-Speed Ridged Nail in Aluminum Joints

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sundeep Krishna Siripurapu ◽  
Anthony F. Luscher
Keyword(s):  
Automobile Industry ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Pure Shear ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Plate Thickness ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Shear Loading ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Bottom Plate ◽  
Fea Model

The automobile industry is currently moving towards increasing fuel economy by reducing vehicle weight. A high-speed ridged nailing technology is a new technology which can solve the challenges involved with multi-material joining in automobile industry. This study investigated the performance of the high speed ridged nail joints made with Aluminum 6061-T6 in pure shear loading. An LS-DYNA FEA model of high-speed ridged nail joint was developed and model results were validated against corresponding experimental results from pure shear loading tests till failure. It was shown that the proposed shear model agreed with experimental results. A set of sensitivity studies were carried out to identify the influential material model type, influence of petalling and effect of ridge-engagement on the joint strength in shear. The model was further used to simulate performance of high-speed ridged nail joints with different thickness combinations. The findings of these simulations indicate that high-speed ridged nail is a viable solution for material joining. Regression models based on bottom plate thickness were proposed.

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