A JSME Code Case on Piping Seismic Design Based on Inelastic Response Analysis and Strain-Based Fatigue Criteria

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaki Morishita ◽  
Akihito Otani ◽  
Izumi Nakamura ◽  
Tomoyoshi Watakabe ◽  
Tadahiro Shibutani ◽  
...  

Abstract A Code Case in the framework of the Nuclear Codes and Standards of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) has been published to incorporate seismic design evaluation methodologies for piping systems by detailed inelastic response analysis and strain-based fatigue criteria as an alternative design rule to the current rule, in order to provide a more rational seismic design evaluation by taking directly the response reduction due to plasticity energy absorption into account. The Code Case provides two strain-based criteria: one is a limit to maximum amplitude of equivalent strain amplitude derived from detailed analysis and the other is a limit to the fatigue usage factor also based on the equivalent strain amplitude. Some discussions are provided on the adequacy of additional damping in the simplified inelastic analysis and the safety margin and reliability of fatigue evaluation by the detailed inelastic response analysis provided in the Code Case.

Author(s):  
Masaki Morishita ◽  
Akihito Otani ◽  
Tomoyoshi Watakabe ◽  
Izumi Nakamura ◽  
Tadahiro Shibutani ◽  
...  

A Code Case in the framework of the Nuclear Codes and Standards of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) is currently under development to incorporate seismic design evaluation methodologies for piping systems by detailed inelastic response analysis and strain-based fatigue criteria as an alternative design rule to the current rule, in order to provide a more rational seismic design evaluation by taking directly the response reduction due to plasticity energy absorption into account. The Code Case provides two strain-based criteria; one is a limit to maximum amplitude of equivalent strain amplitude derived from detailed analysis and the other is a limit to the fatigue usage factor also based on the equivalent strain amplitude. The Code Case also provides an evaluation method by simplified inelastic analysis with an additional damping taking the response reduction due to plasticity into account. Some discussions are provided on the adequacy of additional damping in the simplified inelastic analysis and the safety margin and reliability of fatigue evaluation by the detailed inelastic response analysis provided in the Code Case.


Author(s):  
Akihito Otani ◽  
Tadahiro Shibutani ◽  
Masaki Morishita ◽  
Izumi Nakamura ◽  
Tomoyoshi Watakabe ◽  
...  

A Code Case in the framework of JSME Nuclear Codes and Standards is currently being developed to incorporate seismic design evaluation of piping by detailed elastic-plastic response analysis and strain-based fatigue criteria as an alternative design rule to the current rule, in order to provide a more rational seismic design evaluation. The Code Case provides two strain-based criteria; one is a limit to maximum amplitude of equivalent strain amplitude derived from detailed analysis and the other is a limit to the fatigue usage factor also based on the equivalent strain amplitude. A guideline for piping seismic analysis based on inelastic response analysis is also being developed as a mandatory appendix for the code case. The guideline provides the methodology to obtain the elastic and plastic strains in seismic response and contains descriptions for analysis code, FE modeling including material property definition, time history analysis method, damping, seismic input condition and verification and validation method. This paper introduces the outlines of them.


Author(s):  
Akihito Otani ◽  
Satoru Kai ◽  
Naoaki Kaneko ◽  
Tomoyoshi Watakabe ◽  
Masanori Ando ◽  
...  

A Code Case in the framework of JSME Nuclear Codes and Standards is being developed to incorporate a seismic design evaluation methodology for piping by means of advanced elastic-plastic response analysis methods and strain-based fatigue criteria. The Code Case as an alternative seismic design rule over the current rule will provide a more rational seismic design evaluation than the current criteria. This paper demonstrates an application result of the JSME Seismic Code Case to an actual complex piping system. The secondary coolant piping system of Japanese Fast Breeder Reactor, Monju, was selected as a representative of the complex piping systems. The elastic-plastic time history analysis for the piping system was performed and the piping system has been evaluated according to the JSME Seismic Code Case. The evaluation by the Code Case provides a reasonable result in terms of the piping fatigue evaluation that governs seismic integrity of piping systems. Moreover, it is found that the supporting forces and the response accelerations of the piping system obtained by the elastic-plastic response analysis also become more rational results than those with the current elastic response analysis. The contradiction of two requirements in piping design, flexibility for thermal expansion and rigidity for seismic response, can be effectively relaxed by use of the Code Case being developed.


Author(s):  
Tomoyoshi Watakabe ◽  
Masaki Morishita

The current seismic design rule on piping assumes elastic analysis without the effect of response reduction due to plasticity, although some degree of plasticity is allowed in its allowable limits. Damping for the seismic design analysis is conservatively determined depending on the number of supports and thermal insulation conditions. These conservative assumptions lead to large amount of design margin. Based on such recognition, to provide a more rational seismic design method, a new Code Case for seismic design of piping is now under development in the framework of JSME Nuclear Codes and Standards as an alternative rule to the current design rule. The Code Case provides detailed inelastic analysis with using shell or solid FEA models as a more rational method. Simplified analysis with an additional damping taking the response reduction due to plasticity into account is now under consideration to incorporate the convenience in design. In this study, a series of analysis was made to see the adequacy of the simplified inelastic analysis. Design margins contained in the current design analysis method composed of response spectrum analysis and stress factors was quantitatively assessed in the view point of additional damping.


2005 ◽  
Vol 482 ◽  
pp. 179-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Petrenec ◽  
Veronique Aubin ◽  
Jaroslav Polák ◽  
Suzanne Degallaix

Austenitic-ferritic duplex stainless steel has been subjected to uniaxial and biaxial nonproportional cyclic loading with the same equivalent strain amplitude. The dislocation structures in specimens fatigued to fracture using both types of loadings were studied and compared. Uniaxial cyclic loading, both in austenitic and in ferritic grains, produces simple structures due to activation of predominantly one slip system. Non-proportional cyclic loading results in formation of cell and wall structures and thus in higher stress response of the material.


Author(s):  
Tomoyoshi Watakabe ◽  
Izumi Nakamura ◽  
Akihito Otani ◽  
Masaki Morishita ◽  
Tadahiro Shibutani ◽  
...  

Some studies concerning ultimate strength of piping under seismic loads concluded that there is a large design margin until failure, even if the stress calculated based on the current design method does not satisfy design criteria. To provide a more rational seismic design, a new Code Case for seismic design of piping is now under development in the framework of JSME Nuclear Codes and Standards. The Code Case incorporates a dynamic elastic-plastic analysis procedure by employing finite element analysis as an alternative to the current design analysis method of elastic assumption. To confirm the applicability of inelastic response analysis, benchmark analyses have been conducted. In the first round benchmark, a carbon steel elbow analysis was performed. In this report, a second round benchmark with a stainless steel elbow and tee is introduced. The second benchmark aims to establish an analysis procedure for stainless steel piping and tee piping of complicated shapes. The second benchmark results provided a practical analysis method for stainless steel piping, and the Code Case was expanded so that it could be applied not only to carbon steel piping but also to stainless steel piping. The second benchmark also challenged analyses of a tee having complicated geometry. These results provide some important knowledge, and they will be included in the Code Case.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowei Wang ◽  
Yutao Pang ◽  
Aijun Ye

AbstractCoastal highway bridges are usually supported by pile foundations that are submerged in water and embedded into saturated soils. Such sites have been reported susceptible to scour hazard and probably liquefied under strong earthquakes. Existing studies on seismic response analyses of such bridges often ignore the influence of water-induced hydrodynamic effect. This study assesses quantitative impacts of the hydrodynamic effect on seismic responses of coastal highway bridges under scour and liquefaction potential in a probabilistic manner. A coupled soil-bridge finite element model that represents typical coastal highway bridges is excited by two sets of ground motion records that represent two seismic design levels (i.e., low versus high in terms of 10%-50 years versus 2%-50 years). Modeled by the added mass method, the hydrodynamic effect on responses of bridge key components including the bearing deformation, column curvature, and pile curvature is systematically quantified for scenarios with and without liquefaction across different scour depths. It is found that the influence of hydrodynamic effect becomes more noticeable with the increase of scour depths. Nevertheless, it has minor influence on the bearing deformation and column curvature (i.e., percentage changes of the responses are within 5%), regardless of the liquefiable or nonliquefiable scenario under the low or high seismic design level. As for the pile curvature, the hydrodynamic effect under the low seismic design level may remarkably increase the response by as large as 15%–20%, whereas under the high seismic design level, it has ignorable influence on the pile curvature.


Author(s):  
Izumi Nakamura ◽  
Akihito Otani ◽  
Masaki Morishita ◽  
Masaki Shiratori ◽  
Tomoyoshi Watakabe ◽  
...  

It is recognized that piping systems used in nuclear power plants have a significant amount of the safety margin, up to the point of boundary failure, even when the input seismic load exceeds the allowable design level. The reason is attributed to the large strength capacity of the piping systems in the plastic region. In order to establish an evaluation procedure, in which the inelastic behavior of piping systems is considered in a rational way, a task group activity under the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) has been conducted. As a deliverable of this activity, a Code Case in the framework of the JSME Nuclear Codes and Standards is now being developed. The Code Case provides the strain-based criteria, an evaluation procedure using the response-spectrum based inelastic analysis, and detailed inelastic response analysis based on a finite element model. For developing the Code Case, inelastic benchmark and parametric analyses of the tests of a pipe element and piping system made of carbon steel were conducted to investigate the variation of the elastic-plastic analyses results. Based on these analytical results, it is assumed that setting the yield stress has a significant influence on the inelastic analytical results, while the work hardening modulus in the bi-linear approximation of the stress-strain curve has little influence. From the results of the parametric analyses, it is confirmed that the variation in the analytical results among the analysts would be reduced by having a unifying analysis procedure. In this paper, the results of the parametric analyses and the variation in the elastic-plastic analysis are discussed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 456-460
Author(s):  
Hong Huan Cui ◽  
Li Qun Zhang ◽  
Hai Long Wang

Compacted soil-cement pile possess the excellences both flexible pile and rigid pile. The composite foundation of compacted soil-cement pile are getting more and more applicable to construction. However, the research on their response under dynamic load, especially under earthquake load,is quite limited.Now the seismic response analysis in time domain is performed with finite element method(ABAQUS).Some parameters influencing the anti-seismic behavior of half-rigid pile composite foundation are studied. Based on these research , some conclusions which may be of some value for anti-seismic design of this type of composite foundations are drawn.


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