scholarly journals Simplified limit load estimation using mα-tangent method for branch pipe junctions under internal pressure and in-plane bending

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 2583-2590
Author(s):  
Sang-Hyun Kim ◽  
Jae-Min Gim ◽  
Wang Miao ◽  
Yun-Jae Kim
2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 1881-1887
Author(s):  
P. Ramaswami ◽  
P. Senthil Velmurugan ◽  
R. Rajasekar

Abstract The present paper makes an attempt to depict the effect of ovality in the inlet pigtail pipe bend of a reformer under combined internal pressure and in-plane bending. Finite element analysis (FEA) and experiments have been used. An incoloy Ni-Fe-Cr B407 alloy material was considered for study and assumed to be elastic-perfectly plastic in behavior. The design of pipe bend is based on ASME B31.3 standard and during manufacturing process, it is challenging to avoid thickening on the inner radius and thinning on the outer radius of pipe bend. This geometrical shape imperfection is known as ovality and its effect needs investigation which is considered for the study. The finite element analysis (ANSYS-workbench) results showed that ovality affects the load carrying capacity of the pipe bend and it was varying with bend factor (h). By data fitting of finite element results, an empirical formula for the limit load of inlet pigtail pipe bend with ovality has been proposed, which is validated by experiments.


2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Hari Manoj Simha

In this article, limit load solutions for cracked elbows containing through-wall and part through-wall axial and circumferential cracks under internal pressure and in-plane bending loading are presented. For elbows with axial cracks, limit pressure solutions are presented, and modifications to existing limit moment solutions are proposed. The foregoing limit pressure and limit moment solutions are used in conjunction with a novel interaction curve to obtain limit load solutions for elbows with axial cracks under combined pressure and moment loading. If the applied moment and pressure are within (outside) the envelope of the interaction curve, no failure (failure) is indicated. Furthermore, limit pressure and limit moment solutions for circumferentially cracked elbows are developed using the same interaction curve. Limit loads computed with the solutions presented in this work are compared with experimental results and the agreement is found to be within acceptable limits after accounting for the uncertainties in the experimental results.


2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y‐J Kim ◽  
K‐H Lee ◽  
C‐Y Park

Closed‐form yield loci are proposed for branch junctions under combined pressure and in‐plane bending, via small‐strain three‐dimensional finite element (FE) limit load analyses using elastic—perfectly plastic materials. Two types of bending loading are considered: bending on the branch pipe and that on the run pipe. For bending on the run pipe, the effect of the bending direction is further considered. Comparison with extensive FE results shows that predicted limit loads using the proposed solutions are overall conservative and close to FE results. The proposed solutions are believed to be valid for the branch‐to‐run pipe ratios of radius and of thickness from 0.0 to 1.0, and the mean radius‐to‐thickness ratio of the run pipe from 5.0 to 20.0.


2001 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Chapuliot ◽  
D. Moulin ◽  
D. Plancq

A numerical and experimental study on the behavior of a branch pipe is presented in this article. The test is the first one of a series analyzing the behavior of the branch pipe under out-of-plane bending load in the presence of a crack near the junction, a weld or internal pressure. It is performed under bending alone, without weld and without internal pressure, so as to constitute a reference for the series, and thus to estimate each parameter influence. In complement to the experimental study, finite element calculations are performed and presented in this article, so as to analyze the elastic-plastic behavior of the branch pipe and its limit state.


2007 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 1413-1424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-Jae Kim ◽  
Kuk-Hee Lee ◽  
Chang-Sik Oh ◽  
Bong Yoo ◽  
Chi-Yong Park

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.


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