scholarly journals Ductile Crack Initiation Behavior of Structural Materials under Low Stress Triaxiality

2002 ◽  
Vol 2002 (192) ◽  
pp. 563-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideki Hiramatsu ◽  
Kouji Michiba ◽  
Masao Toyoda
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Stress Triaxiality ◽  
Structural Materials ◽  
Ductile Crack

Ductile Crack Initiation Behavior of Prestrained Steels

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takehisa Yamada ◽  
Yoichi Yamashita
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Void Nucleation ◽  
Equivalent Plastic Strain ◽  
Stress Triaxiality ◽  
Ductile Crack ◽  
Round Bar ◽  
Point Bend ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Cracked Specimens ◽  
Triaxiality Factor

Ductile crack initiation behaviors were experimentally and analytically investigated using compressively prestrained notched round bar specimen (lower stress triaxiality condition) and four point bend specimen (higher stress triaxiality condition). The materials used were SM400B and HT780. It was observed that ductile crack initiation of notched round bar specimen occurred at the center of specimen and was caused by coalescence of micro voids. Ductile limit curves, which are the relationships between equivalent plastic strain and stress triaxiality factor at ductile crack initiation, were obtained using FE-analyses and experimental results. Ductile crack initiation of four point bend specimens as cracked specimens could be evaluated using ductile crack initiation limit curves obtained from notched round bar specimens if the positions of void nucleation at crack tip are properly considered. It has been found that ductile crack initiation limits can be evaluated using ductile limit curves under both low and high constraint conditions (stress triaxiality conditions.

Prediction of Ductile Crack Growth from Ductility of Steel

2007 ◽  
Vol 539-543 ◽  
pp. 2186-2191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuru Ohata ◽  
Takuya Fukahori ◽  
Fumiyoshi Minami
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Stress Triaxiality ◽  
Local Strain ◽  
Strength Properties ◽  
Ductile Crack ◽  
Ductile Crack Growth ◽  
Point Bend

This study pays attention to reveal the material properties that control resistance curve for ductile crack growth (CTOD-R curve) on the basis of the mechanism for ductile crack growth, so that the R-curve could be numerically predicted only from those properties. The crack growth tests using 3-point bend specimens with fatigue pre-crack were conducted for two steels that have different ductile crack growth resistance with almost the same CTOD level for crack initiation, whereas both steels have the same “Mechanical properties” in terms of strength and work hardenability. The observation of crack growth behaviors provided that different mechanisms between ductile crack initiations from fatigue pre-crack and subsequent growth process could be applied. It was found that two “Mechanical properties” associated with ductile damage of steel could mainly influence CTOD-R curve; one is a resistance of ductile crack initiation estimated with critical local strain for ductile cracking from the surface of notched specimen, and the other one is a dependence of stress triaxiality on ductility obtained with circumferentially notched round-bar specimens. The damage model for numerically simulating the R-curve was proposed taking the two “ductile properties” into account, where ductile crack initiation from crack-tip was in accordance with critical local strain based criterion, and subsequent crack growth GTN (Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman) based triaxiality dependent damage criterion. The proposed model accurately predicted the measured R-curve for the two steels used with the same “strength properties” through ductile crack initiation to growth.

Two-Parameter Criteria for Ductile Crack Initiation and Propagation in High-Grade Line Pipes

2007 ◽  
Vol 348-349 ◽  
pp. 493-496
Author(s):  
Yoichi Kayamori ◽  
P.S.J. Crofton ◽  
Roderick A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Plastic Strain ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Equivalent Plastic Strain ◽  
Stress Triaxiality ◽  
High Grade ◽  
Ductile Crack ◽  
Force Curve ◽  
Crack Driving Force ◽  
The Relationship

Full-scale burst test data of high-grade line pipes for high-pressure gas pipelines were referred to, and 3-D elastic-plastic finite element analysis was carried out using the test data for the calculation of fracture parameters. Ductile crack initiation was evaluated by the intersection of a toughness locus and a crack driving force curve, where the toughness locus was indicated by the relationship between the critical equivalent plastic strain and the stress triaxiality, and the crack driving force curve was shown by a history of the equivalent plastic strain and the stress triaxiality at characteristic distance. In addition, ductile crack rapid propagation was assessed by the relationship between the critical CTOA and the global constraint factor, where the critical CTOA remained almost constant because of high constraint.

Effect of Strength Mismatch on Ductile Crack Initiation Behavior from Notch Root under Static Loading

2005 ◽  
Vol 297-300 ◽  
pp. 756-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gyu Baek An ◽  
Mitsuru Ohata ◽  
Masahito Mochizuki ◽  
Han Sur Bang ◽  
Masao Toyoda
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Static Loading ◽  
Notch Root ◽  
Equivalent Plastic Strain ◽  
Stress Triaxiality ◽  
Critical Conditions ◽  
Ductile Crack ◽  
Surface Cracking ◽  
Triaxial Stresses ◽  
Ductile Fractures

It has been well known that ductile fractures of steels are accelerated by triaxial stresses. The characteristics of ductile crack initiation in steels are evaluated quantitatively using two-parameter criterion based on equivalent plastic strain and stress triaxiality. It has been demonstrated by authors using round-bar specimens with circumferential notch in single tension that the critical strain to initiate ductile crack from specimen center depends considerably on stress triaxiality, but surface cracking of notch root is in accordance with constant strain condition. This study fundamentally clarifies the effect of strength mismatch, which can elevate plastic constraint due to heterogeneous plastic straining under static loading, on critical conditions for ductile cracking from the pre-notch root. In order to evaluate the stress/strain state in the pre-notch root of specimens, a thermal elastic-plastic finite element (FE) analysis has been carried out.

Ductile Crack Extension Analysis for X80 Bending Deformation Using Damage-Based Model

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Igi ◽  
Mitsuru Ohata ◽  
Takahiro Sakimoto ◽  
Kenji Oi ◽  
Joe Kondo
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Strain ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Extension ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Stress Triaxiality ◽  
Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Ductile Crack ◽  
Ductile Crack Growth ◽  
Notch Tip

This paper presents experimental and analytical results focusing on the strain limit of X80 linepipe. Ductile crack growth behavior from a girth weld notch is simulated by FE analysis based on a proposed damage model and is compared with the experimental results. The simulation model for ductile crack growth accompanied by penetration through the wall thickness consists of two criteria. One is a criterion for ductile crack initiation from the notch-tip, which is described by the plastic strain at the notch tip, because the onset of ductile cracking can be expressed by constant plastic strain independent of the shape and size of the components and the loading mode. The other is a damage-based criterion for simulating ductile crack extension associated with damage evolution influenced by plastic strain in accordance with the stress triaxiality ahead of the extending crack tip. The proposed simulation model is applicable to prediction of ductile crack growth behaviors from a circumferentially-notched girth welded pipe with high internal pressure, which is subjected to tensile loading or bending (post-buckling) deformation.

A strain gauge method for detecting ductile crack initiation

1978 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. R199-R204 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Kamath ◽  
M. J. Neaves
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Strain Gauge ◽  
Ductile Crack

Design of crack arrestors for ultra high grade gas transmission pipelines: simulation of crack initiation, propagation and arrest

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-319
Author(s):  
F. Van den Abeele ◽  
M. Di Biagio ◽  
L. Amlung
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Large Diameter ◽  
Pipe Material ◽  
High Grade ◽  
Gas Pipelines ◽  
Ductile Crack ◽  
Reinforced Plastics ◽  
Four Point Bending

One of the major challenges in the design of ultra high grade (X100) gas pipelines is the identification of areliable crack propagation strategy. Recent research results have shown that the newly developed highstrength and large diameter gas pipelines, when operated at severe conditions, may not be able to arrest arunning ductile crack through pipe material properties. Hence, the use of crack arrestors is required in thedesign of safe and reliable pipeline systems.A conventional crack arrestor can be a high toughness pipe insert, or a local joint with higher wall thickness.According to experimental results of full-scale burst tests, composite crack arrestors are one of the mostpromising technologies. Such crack arrestors are made of fibre reinforced plastics which provide the pipewith an additional hoop constraint. In this paper, numerical tools to simulate crack initiation, propagationand arrest in composite crack arrestors are introduced.First, the in-use behaviour of composite crack arrestors is evaluated by means of large scale tensile testsand four point bending experiments. The ability of different stress based orthotropic failure measures topredict the onset of material degradation is compared. Then, computational fracture mechanics is applied tosimulate ductile crack propagation in high pressure gas pipelines, and the corresponding crack growth inthe composite arrestor. The combination of numerical simulation and experimental research allows derivingdesign guidelines for composite crack arrestors.

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