Shakedown Behavior of a Two-Layer Beam Considering Ductile Damage Under Thermo-Mechanical Loadings

Author(s):  
Xiao-Tao Zheng ◽  
Fu-Zhen Xuan

In this paper, the nonlinear kinematic hardening material based on Armstrong-Fredrick model coupled with ductile damage was used to estimate the shakedown behavior of a two-layer beam under constant bending moment and cyclic temperature loads. The shakedown limit loads were determined by the accumulation of plastic straining after enough cycles under various loads combination and presented by the Bree-type diagram. The results indicated that the twice yield stress limit of shakedown behavior was considerable conservative compared to the shakedown domain obtained by nonlinear kinematic hardening model without damage. However, shakedown limit loads considering ductile damage decreased remarkably compared with the undamaged material modal, In this case, the twice yield stress limit of shakedown behavior may be not safe for engineering application, especially when the thermal load is prominent.

Author(s):  
Hany F. Abdalla ◽  
Mohammad M. Megahed ◽  
Maher Y. A. Younan

A simplified technique for determining the shakedown limit load for a long radius 90-degree pipe bend was previously developed [1, 2]. The simplified technique utilizes the finite element method and employs the small displacement formulation to determine the shakedown limit load (moment) without performing lengthy time consuming full cyclic loading finite element simulations or utilizing conventional iterative elastic techniques. The shakedown limit load is determined through the calculation of residual stresses developed within the pipe bend structure. In the current paper, a parametric study is conducted through applying the simplified technique on three scheduled pipe bends namely: NPS (Nominal Pipe Size) 10" Sch. No. 20, NPS 10" Sch. No. 40 STD, and NPS 10" Sch. No. 80. Two material models are assigned namely; an elastic-perfectly-plastic (EPP) material and an idealized elastic-linear strain hardening material obeying Ziegler’s linear kinematic hardening (KH) rule. This type of material model is termed in the current study as the KH-material. The pipe bends are subjected to a spectrum of constant internal pressure magnitudes and cyclic bending moments. The cyclic bending includes three different loading patterns namely: in-plane closing (IPC), in-plane opening (IPO), and out-of-plane (OP) bending moment loadings of the pipe bends. The shakedown limit moments output by the simplified technique are used to generate shakedown diagrams of the scheduled pipe bends for the spectrum of constant internal pressure magnitudes. A comparison between the generated shakedown diagrams for the pipe bends employing the EPP- and the KH-materials is presented. Relatively higher shakedown limit moments were recorded for the pipe bends employing the KH-material at the medium to high internal pressure magnitudes.


2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Barbera ◽  
Haofeng Chen

ABSTRACTStructural integrity plays an important role in any industrial activity, due to its capability of assessing complex systems against sudden and unpredicted failures. The work here presented investigates an unexpected new mechanism occurring in structures subjected to monotonic and cyclic loading at high temperature creep condition. An unexpected accumulation of plastic strain is observed to occur, within the high-temperature creep dwell. This phenomenon has been observed during several full inelastic finite element analyses. In order to understand which parameters make possible such behaviour, an extensive numerical study has been undertaken on two different notched bars. The notched bar has been selected due to its capability of representing a multiaxial stress state, which is a practical situation in real components. Two numerical examples consisting of an axisymmetric v-notch bar and a semi-circular notched bar are considered, in order to investigate different notches severity. Two material models have been considered for the plastic response, which is modelled by both Elastic-Perfectly Plastic and Armstrong-Frederick kinematic hardening material models. The high-temperature creep behaviour is introduced using the time hardening law. To study the problem several results are presented, as the effect of the material model on the plastic strain accumulation, the effect of the notch severity and the mesh element type and sensitivity. All the findings further confirm that the phenomenon observed is not an artefact but a real mechanism, which needs to be considered when assessing off-design condition. Moreover, it might be extremely dangerous if the cyclic loading condition occurs at such a high loading level.


Author(s):  
Hany F. Abdalla ◽  
Mohammad M. Megahed ◽  
Maher Y. A. Younan

A simplified technique for determining the shakedown limit load of a structure employing an elastic-perfectly-plastic material behavior was previously developed and successfully applied to a long radius 90-degree pipe bend. The pipe bend is subjected to constant internal pressure and cyclic bending. The cyclic bending includes three different loading patterns namely; in-plane closing, in-plane opening, and out-of-plane bending moment loadings. The simplified technique utilizes the finite element method and employs small displacement formulation to determine the shakedown limit load without performing lengthy time consuming full cyclic loading finite element simulations or conventional iterative elastic techniques. In the present paper, the simplified technique is further modified to handle structures employing elastic-plastic material behavior following the kinematic hardening rule. The shakedown limit load is determined through the calculation of residual stresses developed within the pipe bend structure accounting for the back stresses, determined from the kinematic hardening shift tensor, responsible for the translation of the yield surface. The outcomes of the simplified technique showed very good correlation with the results of full elastic-plastic cyclic loading finite element simulations. The shakedown limit moments output by the simplified technique are used to generate shakedown diagrams of the pipe bend for a spectrum of constant internal pressure magnitudes. The generated shakedown diagrams are compared with the ones previously generated employing an elastic-perfectly-plastic material behavior. These indicated conservative shakedown limit moments compared to the ones employing the kinematic hardening rule.


Author(s):  
Heng Peng ◽  
Yinghua Liu

Abstract In this paper, the Stress Compensation Method (SCM) adopting an elastic-perfectly-plastic (EPP) material is further extended to account for limited kinematic hardening (KH) material model based on the extended Melan's static shakedown theorem using a two-surface model defined by two hardening parameters, namely the initial yield strength and the ultimate yield strength. Numerical analysis of a cylindrical pipe is performed to validate the outcomes of the extended SCM. The results agree well with ones from literature. Then the extended SCM is applied to the shakedown and limit analysis of KH piping elbows subjected to internal pressure and cyclic bending moments. Various loading combinations are investigated to generate the shakedown limit and the plastic limit load interaction curves. The effects of material hardening, elbow angle and loading conditions on the shakedown limit and the plastic limit load interaction curves are presented and analysed. The present method is incorporated in the commercial finite element simulation software and can be considered as a general computational tool for shakedown analysis of KH engineering structures. The obtained results provide a useful information for the structural design and integrity assessment of practical piping elbows.


2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahdi Kiani ◽  
Roger Walker ◽  
Saman Babaeidarabad

One of the most important components in the hydraulic fracturing is a type of positive-displacement-reciprocating-pumps known as a fracture pump. The fluid end module of the pump is prone to failure due to unconventional drilling impacts of the fracking. The basis of the fluid end module can be attributed to cross bores. Stress concentration locations appear at the bores intersections and as a result of cyclic pressures failures occur. Autofrettage is one of the common technologies to enhance the fatigue resistance of the fluid end module through imposing the compressive residual stresses. However, evaluating the stress–strain evolution during the autofrettage and approximating the residual stresses are vital factors. Fluid end module geometry is complex and there is no straightforward analytical solution for prediction of the residual stresses induced by autofrettage. Finite element analysis (FEA) can be applied to simulate the autofrettage and investigate the stress–strain evolution and residual stress fields. Therefore, a nonlinear kinematic hardening material model was developed and calibrated to simulate the autofrettage process on a typical commercial triplex fluid end module. Moreover, the results were compared to a linear kinematic hardening model and a 6–12% difference between two models was observed for compressive residual hoop stress at different cross bore corners. However, implementing nonlinear FEA for solving the complicated problems is computationally expensive and time-consuming. Thus, the comparison between nonlinear FEA and a proposed analytical formula based on the notch strain analysis for a cross bore was performed and the accuracy of the analytical model was evaluated.


2011 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianbai Li ◽  
Haofeng Chen ◽  
Weihang Chen ◽  
James Ure

This paper presents the ratchet limit analysis of a pipe with an axisymmetric circumferential crack in a mismatched weld by using the extended linear matching method (LMM). Two loading conditions are considered: (i) a cyclic temperature load and a constant internal pressure and (ii) a cyclic temperature load and a constant axial tension. Individual effects of (i) the geometry of the Weld Metal (WM), (ii) the size of the crack, (iii) the location of the crack, and (iv) the yield stress of WM on the ratchet limits, maximum temperature ranges to avoid ratchetting, and limit loads are investigated. Influence functions of the yield stress of WM on the maximum temperature ranges and limit loads are generated. The results confirm the applicability of the extended LMM to the cracked welded pipe.


2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Brunet ◽  
F. Morestin ◽  
S. Godereaux

Abstract An inverse identification technique is proposed based on bending-unbending experiments on anisotropic sheet-metal strips. The initial anisotropy theory of plasticity is extended to include the concept of combined isotropic and non-linear kinematic hardening. This theory is adopted to characterise the anisotropic hardening due to loading-unloading which occurs in sheet-metals forming processes. To this end, a specific bending-unbending apparatus has been built to provide experimental moment-curvature curves. The constant bending moment applied over the length of the specimen allows to determined numerically the strain-stress behaviour but without Finite Element Analysis Four constitutive parameters have to be identified by an inverse approach. Our identification results show that bending-unbending tests are suitable to model quite accurately the constitutive behaviour of sheet metals under complex loading paths.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles R. Krouse ◽  
Grant O. Musgrove ◽  
Taewoan Kim ◽  
Seungmin Lee ◽  
Muhyoung Lee ◽  
...  

Abstract The Chaboche model is a well-validated non-linear kinematic hardening material model. This material model, like many models, depends on a set of material constants that must be calibrated for it to match the experimental data. Due to the challenge of calibrating these constants, the Chaboche model is often disregarded. The challenge with calibrating the Chaboche constants is that the most reliable method for doing the calibration is a brute force approach, which tests thousands of combinations of constants. Different sampling techniques and optimization schemes can be used to select different combinations of these constants, but ultimately, they all rely on iteratively selecting values and running simulations for each selected set. In the experience of the authors, such brute force methods require roughly 2,500 combinations to be evaluated in order to have confidence that a reasonable solution is found. This process is not efficient. It is time-intensive and labor-intensive. It requires long simulation times, and it requires significant effort to develop the accompanying scripts and algorithms that are used to iterate through combinations of constants and to calculate agreement. A better, more automated method exists for calibrating the Chaboche material constants. In this paper, the authors describe a more efficient, automated method for calibrating Chaboche constants. The method is validated by using it to calibrate Chaboche constants for an IN792 single-crystal material and a CM247 directionally-solidified material. The calibration results using the automated approach were compared to calibration results obtained using a brute force approach. It was determined that the automated method achieves agreeable results that are equivalent to, or supersede, results obtained using the conventional brute force method. After validating the method for cases that only consider a single material orientation, the automated method was extended to multiple off-axis calibrations. The Chaboche model that is available in commercial software, such as ANSYS, will only accept a single set of Chaboche constants for a given temperature. There is no published method for calibrating Chaboche constants that considers multiple material orientations. Therefore, the approach outlined in this paper was extended to include multiple material orientations in a single calibration scheme. The authors concluded that the automated approach can be used to successfully, accurately, and efficiently calibrate multiple material directions. The approach is especially well-suited when off-axis calibration must be considered concomitantly with longitudinal calibration. Overall, the automated Chaboche calibration method yielded results that agreed well with experimental data. Thus, the method can be used with confidence to efficiently and accurately calibrate the Chaboche non-linear kinematic hardening material model.


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