Metal Magnetic Memory Testing of the Drilling Riser Pipeline Steel Based on Pulsating-Impact-Fatigue Test

2020 ◽  
Vol 975 ◽  
pp. 15-24
Author(s):  
Wei Zhou ◽  
Jian Chun Fan ◽  
Xiang Yuan Liu ◽  
Shu Jie Liu

To know the fatigue damage state of X80 pipeline steel which is used for the drilling riser and prevent the occurrence of fatigue fracture accidents. Pulsating-impact-fatigue tests were conducted in laboratory, magnetic memory signals were measured during the whole fatigue process. The distribution of stress and magnetic field vector with different crack depth was analyzed by using finite element (FE) method. During fatigue crack initiation stage, magnetic signals increased slowly with fatigue loading cycles because of the effect of stress-magnetization. When fatigue crack appeared, magnetic signals were mainly affected by magnetic flux leakage (MFL) which was induced by fatigue crack. Magnetic memory characteristic parameters had a good linear relationship with fatigue crack depth. Magnetic memory signals were able to reflect the change of fatigue damage status.

Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Wei Zhou ◽  
Jianchun Fan ◽  
Jinlu Ni ◽  
Shujie Liu

To monitor fatigue crack initiation and propagation, and to judge the fatigue damage status of ferromagnetic material, fatigue bending tests of four-point single edge notch bend (SENB4) specimens were carried out. Metal magnetic memory signals were measured during the whole fatigue process. The results showed that the fatigue process could be divided into four stages by observing the morphology of the fracture surface. With the increase of fatigue loading cycles, the tangential component of the magnetic field (Hx) and the normal component of the magnetic field (Hy) increased. At the notch Hx presented a “trough” shape and had a maximum value at the midpoint, while Hy at the notch rotated clockwise around the midpoint. Compared with the tangential characteristic parameters, the variation of normal characteristic parameters (i.e., maximum gradient value of Hy (Ky-max) and the variation range of Hy at the notch (∆Hyn), with the fatigue loading cycles are more similar to the variation of fatigue crack length with loading cycles), both Ky-max and ∆Hyn had a good linear relationship with fatigue crack length. Plastic deformation accumulated on both sides of the fatigue crack, and metal magnetic memory (MMM) signals measured from the specimens were able to indicate the location of the fatigue crack and the variation of the fatigue crack length. Furthermore, the distribution of magnetic signals was analyzed according to the theories of stress magnetization and magnetic flux leakage.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Xiaohui Zhao ◽  
Gen Liu ◽  
Desheng Xu ◽  
Chunhua Hu ◽  
Yu Liu

Fatigue life tests and fatigue crack growth rate (FCGR) tests in the air and water environment were conducted on X80 pipeline steel welded joints (welded by CO2 arc welding). Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) were utilized to investigate the internal influential mechanisms of the water environment during fatigue crack initiation and propagation stages, respectively. Results show that a great many oxide particles induced by the water environment gradually formed the fatigue crack initiation site and decreased fatigue life of welded joints. Meanwhile, the preferred grain orientation of <001>//ND and CSL boundaries of Σ3, Σ11, Σ13c, Σ17b, Σ25a, and Σ25b are both prone to fatigue propagation when loading in the water environment. In addition, a coalescence of the stress intensity factor (SIF) range and water environment accelerated FCGR by motivating secondary slip systems of {112}<111> and {123}<111> in bcc crystalline structures.


2014 ◽  
Vol 891-892 ◽  
pp. 1711-1716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loic Signor ◽  
Emmanuel Lacoste ◽  
Patrick Villechaise ◽  
Thomas Ghidossi ◽  
Stephan Courtin

For conventional materials with solid solution, fatigue damage is often related to microplasticity and is largely sensitive to microstructure at different scales concerning dislocations, grains and textures. The present study focuses on slip bands activity and fatigue crack initiation with special attention on the influence of the size, the morphology and the crystal orientation of grains and their neighbours. The local configurations which favour - or prevent - crack initiation are not completely identified. In this work, the identification and the analysis of several crack initiation sites are performed using Scanning Electron Microscopy and Electron Back-Scattered Diffraction. Crystal plasticity finite elements simulation is employed to evaluate local microplasticity at the scale of the grains. One of the originality of this work is the creation of 3D meshes of polycrystalline aggregates corresponding to zones where fatigue cracks have been observed. 3D data obtained by serial-sectioning are used to reconstruct actual microstructure. The role of the plastic slip activity as a driving force for fatigue crack initiation is discussed according to the comparison between experimental observations and simulations. The approach is applied to 316L type austenitic stainless steels under low-cycle fatigue loading.


2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanyao Jiang ◽  
Miaolin Feng

Fatigue crack propagation was modeled by using the cyclic plasticity material properties and fatigue constants for crack initiation. The cyclic elastic-plastic stress-strain field near the crack tip was analyzed using the finite element method with the implementation of a robust cyclic plasticity theory. An incremental multiaxial fatigue criterion was employed to determine the fatigue damage. A straightforward method was developed to determine the fatigue crack growth rate. Crack propagation behavior of a material was obtained without any additional assumptions or fitting. Benchmark Mode I fatigue crack growth experiments were conducted using 1070 steel at room temperature. The approach developed was able to quantitatively capture all the important fatigue crack propagation behaviors including the overload and the R-ratio effects on crack propagation and threshold. The models provide a new perspective for the R-ratio effects. The results support the notion that the fatigue crack initiation and propagation behaviors are governed by the same fatigue damage mechanisms. Crack growth can be treated as a process of continuous crack nucleation.


Metals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryoichi Saito ◽  
Nao-Aki Noda ◽  
Yoshikazu Sano ◽  
Jian Song ◽  
Takeru Minami ◽  
...  

This paper deals with the roller chain commonly used for transmission of mechanical power on many kinds of industrial machinery, including conveyors, cars, motorcycles, bicycles, and so forth. It consists of a series of four components called a pin, a bush, a plate, and a roller, which are driven by a sprocket. To clarify the fatigue damage, in this paper, the finite element method (FEM) is applied to those components under three different types of states, that is, the press-fitting state, the static tensile state, and the sprocket-engaging state. By comparing those states, the stress amplitude and the average stress of each component are calculated and plotted on the fatigue limit diagram. The effect of the plastic zone on the fatigue strength is also discussed. The results show that the fatigue crack initiation may start around the middle inner surface of the bush. As am example, the FEM results show that the fatigue crack of the inner plate may start from a certain point at the hole edge. The results agree with the actual fractured position in roller chains used in industry.


Author(s):  
Qingquan Duan ◽  
Hong Zhang ◽  
Feng Yan

The tests of fatigue crack overload retardation were performed to gain a some what deeper understanding of overload retardation. We present an experimental investigation of fatigue crack retardation behavior caused by intermediate single peak tensile overload under constant amplitude cyclic loading. The compact tension (CT) specimens of API grade X80 pipeline steel were used in fatigue test. The results show there was an instant crack extension during overloading for the tested overload ratios. As soon as the overload cycle was removed, instant delay in crack growth occurred. The results should be of interest for fracture mechanics prediction models on fatigue crack growth under variable amplitude loading and overloading effect for oil and gas pipelines.


Author(s):  
Satoshi Iida ◽  
Shigeki Abe ◽  
Takao Nakamura ◽  
Masayuki Kamaya

Fatigue accumulation is one of the ageing phenomena considered in the plant design and maintenance. The degree of fatigue damage is evaluated by cumulative usage factor using design fatigue curve, which is determined from results of uniaxial fatigue tests. The stress caused by thermal transients is generally equibiaxial, not uniaxial. Fluid temperature fluctuation due to changes in plant conditions, such as plant start-up and shutdown, is the primary cause of fatigue damage. For accurate fatigue damage evaluation, it is important to be conducted under equi-biaxial condition. In this study, pressurized disc fatigue test was conducted in order to simulate the cyclic equi-biaxial stress. In order to clarify how the crack initiates and grows under the equi-biaxial stress condition. Cracking behavior was examined by replica observation method. The crack growth rates were identified by the change in the crack length. It was shown that the fatigue crack growth rate under equi-biaxial stress was faster than that under uniaxial stress for the same equivalent stress intensify factor. It was concluded that the reduction in the fatigue life under equi-biaxial stress was brought about by the accelerated crack growth.


Author(s):  
Hyeong-Yeon Lee ◽  
Se-Hwan Lee ◽  
Jong-Bum Kim ◽  
Jae-Han Lee

A structural test and evaluation on creep-fatigue damage, and creep-fatigue crack initiation have been carried out for a Mod. 9Cr-1Mo steel structural specimen with weldments. The conservatisms of the design codes of ASME Section III subsection and NH and RCC-MR codes were quantified at the welded joints of Mod.9Cr-1Mo steel and 316L stainless steel with the observed images from the structural test. In creep damage evaluation using the RCC-MR code, isochronous curve has been used rather than directly using the creep law as the RCC-MR specifies. A y-shaped steel specimen of a diameter 500mm, height 440mm and thickness 6.35mm is subjected to creep-fatigue loads with two hours of a hold time at 600°C and a primary nominal stress of 30MPa. The defect assessment procedures of RCC-MR A16 guide do not provide a procedure for Mod.9Cr-1Mo steel yet. In this study application of σd method for the assessment of creep-fatigue crack initiation has been examined for a Mod. 9Cr-1Mo steel structure.


2012 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 798-801
Author(s):  
Yu Rong Jiang ◽  
Mei Bao Chen

It is impossible to keep pipelines free from defects in the manufacturing, installation and servicing processes. In this paper, pre-tension deformation of X60 pipeline steel was employed to experimentally simulate the influence of dents and the mechanism of fatigue crack initiation of X60 pipeline steel after per-tension deformation under cyclic loading were investigated. The results indicate that the mechanism of fatigue crack initiation is the typical cleavage fracture characteristics and the cracks mainly initiates from the non-metallic inclusions which was the local brittle fracture materials such as MnS inclusion. With the pre-tension deformation increase, the yield strength of the matrix was increased and the toughness decreased due to the work-hardening effect. With the effects of the non-metallic inclusions larger, the fatigue cracks initiated from the non-metallic inclusions easier.


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