Life Assessment Method of Reformer Tube by Instrumented Indentation Technique

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 225-229
Author(s):  
Woo Young Kim ◽  
Jeong Hee Kim ◽  
Sang Hwi Kim ◽  
San Chong Pyo ◽  
Chung-Youb Kim ◽  
...  
2008 ◽  
Vol 385-387 ◽  
pp. 893-896
Author(s):  
Kyung Woo Lee ◽  
Hyun Uk Kim ◽  
Sang Wook Park ◽  
Jung Suk Lee ◽  
Kwang Ho Kim ◽  
...  

This study focused on the determination of fracture toughness by instrumented indentation technique. A theoretical model to estimate the fracture toughness of ductile materials is proposed and used to verify those results. Modeling of IIT to evaluate fracture toughness is based on two main ideas; the energy input up to characteristic fracture initiation point during indentation was correlated with material’s resistance to crack initiation and growth, and this characteristic fracture initiation point was determined by concepts of continuum damage mechanics. The estimated fracture toughness values obtained from the indentation technique showed good agreement with those from conventional fracture toughness tests based on CTOD. In addition, we confirmed that the proposed model can be also applied in the brittle material through modification of void volume fraction.


2017 ◽  
Vol 754 ◽  
pp. 383-386
Author(s):  
Kee Nam Song

Different microstructures in the weld zone of a metal structure including a fusion zone and a heat affected zone, are formed as compared to the base material. Consequently, the mechanical properties in the weld zone are different from those in the base material to a certain degree owing to different microstructures and residual welding stresses. When a welded structure is loaded, the mechanical behavior of the welded structure might be different from the case of a structure with homogeneous mechanical properties. It is known that obtaining the mechanical properties in the weld is generally difficult owing to the narrow regions of the weld and interfaces. As an alternative way to obtain the weld mechanical properties, the weld mechanical properties of Alloy800HT, SUS316L, and Alloy617, were recently measured using an instrumented indentation technique, and the representative weld mechanical properties of these materials were estimated with a 95% lower confidence level for later structural analyses of the welded structures.


1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott E. Zilincik ◽  
Wm. Jeffrey DeFrank ◽  
Scott G. Miller

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 1680-1686
Author(s):  
L.Z. Liu ◽  
Y.W. Bao ◽  
Y.C. Zhou

Finite element analyses were carried out to simulate the loading, unloading, and reloading processes of indentation tests. It was found that the validity of applying the elastic contact theory to the indentation unloading process is strongly related to the strain hardening and residual stress in impression. It is the combination of strain hardening and residual stress that causes the unloading or reloading curves to show elastic loading in the range from zero to the maximum load whereas the reloading curve on the impression without strain hardening and residual stress shows elastic–plastic loading in the same range. These computations indicate that applying the elastic contact theory to the unloading or reloading processes, the fundamental prerequisite of the instrumented indentation technique, is valid because of the existence of strain hardening and residual stress. The mechanism of this hardening effect is discussed through energy analysis.


Author(s):  
Taku Ohira ◽  
Ryo Morita ◽  
Kazuhiro Tanji ◽  
Shinji Akiba ◽  
Koichi Niiyama ◽  
...  

Liquid droplet impediment erosion (LDI) is a pipe wall thinning phenomena that a droplet accelerated by steam flow attacks pipe surface. It is difficult to evaluate LDI behavior in the system of NPP. Therefore, in current pipe wall thinning management, the pipe element is replaced conservatively when it is recognized to become thinner by pipe wall thinning measurement result. If LDI behavior at each point of the system can be estimated, it is possible to measure the pipe wall thickness and replace the pipe element at an appropriate time, in accordance with reasonable pipe wall measurement schedule. CRIEPI has constructed the evaluation system for LDI by using flow dynamics. This paper is concerned with the following items: • the applicability of the LDI evaluation system by a comparative verification between pipe wall thinning rate calculated by LDI system and that by actual measurement result; • establishment of remaining life assessment method of pipe in LDI environment by using LDI model.


Author(s):  
Dongil Kwon ◽  
Jung-Suk Lee ◽  
Kwang-Ho Kim ◽  
Afshin Motarjemi ◽  
Julian Speck

The weld joints in structural components have long been considered important sites for safety and reliability assessment. In particular, the residual stress in piping weldments induced by the welding process must be evaluated accurately before and during service. This study reports an indentation technique for evaluating welding residual stress nondestructively. Indentation load-depth curves were found to shift with the magnitude and direction of the residual stress. Nevertheless, contact depths in the stress-free and stressed states were constant at a specific indentation load. This means that residual stress induces additional load to keep contact depth constant at the same load. By taking these phenomena into account, welding residual stress was obtained directly from the indentation load-depth curve. In addition, the results were compared with values from the conventional hole-drilling and saw-cutting method.


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