Bench-KJ: Benchmark on Analytical Calculation of Fracture Mechanics Parameters KI and J for Cracked Piping Components

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Marie ◽  
C. Faidy
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Fracture Mechanics ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Analytical Calculation ◽  
Complex Load ◽  
Global Comparison ◽  
Reference Stress ◽  
Calculation Task ◽  
As Stress

For many design and ageing considerations fracture mechanics is needed to evaluate cracked components. The major parameters used are K and J. For that, the different codes (RSE-M appendix 5, RCC-MRx appendix A16, R6 rule, ASME B&PV Code Section XI, API, VERLIFE, Russian Code…) propose compendia of stress intensity factors, and for some of them compendia of limit loads for usual situations, in terms of component geometry, type of defect and loading conditions. The benchmark bench-KJ, proposed in the frame of the OECD/IAGE Group, aims to compare these different estimation schemes by comparison to reference analyses done by Finite Element Method, for representative cases (pipes and elbows, mechanical or/and thermal loadings, different type and size of cracks). The objective is to have a global comparison of the procedures but also of all independent elements as stress intensity factor or reference stress. The benchmark will cover simple cases with basic mechanical loads like pressure and bending up to complex load combinations and complex geometries (cylinders and elbows) including cladding or welds: these cases are classified into 6 tasks. Twenty-eigth partners are involved in this benchmark. This paper gives a global overview of the different tasks of the benchmark and presents the analysis of the results for the first task, devoted on the elastic stress intensity factor calculation (task 1).

Bench-KJ: Benchmark on Analytical Calculation of Fracture Mechanics Parameters KI and J for Cracked Piping Components — Progress of the Work

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Marie ◽  
C. Faidy
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Fracture Mechanics ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Analytical Calculation ◽  
Complex Load ◽  
Global Comparison ◽  
Reference Stress ◽  
Calculation Task ◽  
As Stress

For many design and ageing considerations fracture mechanics is needed to evaluate cracked components. The major parameters used are K and J. For that, the different codes (RSE-M appendix 5, RCC-MRx appendix A16, R6 rule, ASME B&PV Code Section XI, API, VERLIFE, Russian Code…) propose compendia of stress intensity factors, and for some of them compendia of limit loads for usual situations, in terms of component geometry, type of defect and loading conditions. The benchmark bench-KJ, proposed in the frame of the OECD/IAGE Group, aims to compare these different estimation schemes by comparison to reference analyses done by Finite Element Method, for representative cases (pipes and elbows, mechanical or/and thermal loadings, different type and size of cracks). The objective is to have a global comparison of the procedures but also of all independent elements as stress intensity factor or reference stress. The benchmark will cover simple cases with basic mechanical loads like pressure and bending up to complex load combinations and complex geometries (cylinders and elbows) including cladding or welds: these cases are classified into 6 tasks. Twenty-nine partners are involved in this benchmark. This paper gives a short overview of the different tasks of the benchmark and presents the analysis of the results for the four first tasks, devoted on the elastic stress intensity factor calculation (task 1) and J calculation in cracked pipes (taks 2 and 3).

scholarly journals Evaluation of Stress Intensity Factor of Cracked Plates

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VII) ◽  
pp. 1994-1998
Author(s):  
Reshma C
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Fracture Mechanics ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Factor Of Safety ◽  
Analytical Determination ◽  
Rectangular Plates ◽  
Cracked Plates ◽  
Heavy Loads ◽  
As Stress

Structures are subjected to undesirable changes in their structural properties mainly due to errors in design and construction, heavy loads, fatigue or other degradation. Plate structures are highly sensitive to the formation of cracks and its growth which adversely affects its performance. Notches, induced or self occurring defects, holes acts as stress concentration zone which initiates the crack formation. Knowledge about the severity of cracks is important to predict the component’s life. According to linear elastic fracture mechanics, a key parameter in determining the crack severity is stress intensity factor. Years ago , high factor of safety was chosen to account for unforeseen factors. Development of fracture mechanics enables a designer to use a lower factor of safety, thereby reducing structural components cost. The components weight is also reduced and their reliability is thus enhanced. In this work, experimental and analytical determination of combination of stress intensity factors for rectangular plates with inclined through crack subjected to uniaxial load at failure is found out.

An Investigation of the Stress Intensity Factor Along a Corner Crack in Pressurizer Vent Nozzle Penetration Weld

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang-Min Lee ◽  
Jeong-Soon Park ◽  
Jin-Su Kim ◽  
Young-Hwan Choi ◽  
Hae-Dong Chung
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Fracture Mechanics ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Plastic Zone ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Corner Crack ◽  
Elastic Plastic ◽  
Material Fracture

Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics as well as linear-elastic fracture mechanics may be applied to evaluate a flaw in ferritic low alloy steel components for operating conditions when the material fracture resistance is controlled by upper shelf toughness behavior. In this paper, the distribution of the stress intensity factor along a corner crack using elastic-plastic fracture mechanics technique is investigated to assess the effect of a structural factor on mechanical loads in pressurizer vent nozzle penetration weld. For this purpose, the stress intensity factor and plastic zone correction of a corner crack are calculated under internal pressure, thermal stress and residual stress in accordance with Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) equation and Irwin’s approach, respectively. The resulting stress intensity factor and plastic zone correction were compared with those obtained from Structural Integrity Associates (SIA) and Kinectrics, and were observed to be good agreement with Kinectrics results.

Fracture Mechanics Analysis of a PWR Under PTS Using XFEM and Input From TRACE

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego F. Mora ◽  
Roman Mukin ◽  
Oriol Costa Garrido ◽  
Markus Niffenegger
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Fracture Mechanics ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Integrity Assessment ◽  
Mechanics Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Cooling

Abstract In this paper, an integrity assessment of a reference Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) under Pressurized Thermal Shock (PTS) is performed. The assessment is based on a multi-step simulation scheme, which includes the thermo-hydraulic, thermo-mechanical and fracture mechanics analyses. The proposed strategy uses a three dimensional (3D) finite element model (FEM) of the RPV with the Abaqus code to solve the thermo-mechanical problem for the scenario of a Large-Break Loss-of-Coolant Accident (LBLOCA). In order to obtain the boundary conditions for the thermal analysis, the thermo-hydraulic results from a 3D RPV model developed in the system code TRACE are used. The fracture mechanics analysis is carried out on submodels defined on the areas of interest. Submodels containing cracks or flaws are also located in regions of the RPV where there might be a concentration of stresses during the PTS. The calculation of stress intensity factor (SIF) makes use of the eXtended FEM (XFEM) approach. The computed SIF of the postulated cracks at the inner surface of the RPV wall are compared with the ASME fracture toughness curve of the embrittled RPV material. For different transient scenarios, the boundary conditions were previously calculated with a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. However, cross-verification of the results has shown consistency of both CFD and TRACE models. Moreover, the use of the later is very convenient for the integrity analyses as it is clearly less computationally expensive than CFD. Therefore, it can be used to calculate different PTS scenarios including different break sizes and break locations. The main findings from fracture mechanics analyses of the RPV subjected to LBLOCA are summarized and compared. The presented results also allow us to study the influence of the dynamic cooling plume on the stress intensity factor in more detail than with the conventional one-dimensional method. However, the plumes calculated with both approaches are different. How much this difference affects the integrity assessment of the RPV is discussed in the paper.

Effect of Cladding Residual Stress Modeling Technique on Shallow Flaw Stress Intensity Factor in a Reactor Pressure Vessel

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Kusnick ◽  
Mark Kirk ◽  
B. Richard Bass ◽  
Paul Williams ◽  
Terry Dickson
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Fracture Mechanics ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Pressure Vessels ◽  
Temperature Model ◽  
Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics ◽  
Reactor Pressure

Prior probabilistic fracture mechanics (PFM) analysis of reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) subjected to normal cool-down transients has shown that shallow, internal surface-breaking flaws dominate the RPV failure probability. This outcome is caused by the additional crack driving force generated near the clad interface due to the mismatch in coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) between the cladding and base material, which elevates the thermally induced stresses. The CTE contribution decreases rapidly away from the cladding, making this effect negligible for deeper flaws. The probabilistic fracture mechanics code FAVOR (Fracture Analysis of Vessels, Oak Ridge) uses a stress-free temperature model to account for residual stresses in the RPV wall due to the cladding application process. This paper uses finite element analysis to compare the stresses and stress intensity factor during a cool-down transient for two cases: (1) the existing stress-free temperature model adopted for use in FAVOR, and (2) directly applied RPV residual stresses obtained from empirical measurements made at room temperature. It was found that for a linear elastic fracture mechanics analysis, the application of measured room temperature stresses resulted in a 10% decrease in the peak stress intensity factor during a cool-down transient as compared to the stress-free temperature model.

Guidance on a Defect Interaction Effect for In-Plane Surface Cracks Using Elastic Finite Element Analyses

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nam-Su Huh ◽  
Suhn Choi ◽  
Keun-Bae Park ◽  
Jong-Min Kim ◽  
Jae-Boong Choi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Fracture Mechanics ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Elastic Stress ◽  
Plane Surface ◽  
Surface Cracks ◽  
Defect Interaction

The crack-tip stress fields and fracture mechanics assessment parameters, such as the elastic stress intensity factor and the elastic-plastic J-integral, for a surface crack can be significantly affected by adjacent cracks. Such a defect interaction effect due to multiple cracks can magnify the fracture mechanics assessment parameters. There are many factors to be considered, for instance the relative distance between adjacent cracks, crack shape and loading condition, to quantify a defect interaction effect on the fracture mechanics assessment parameters. Thus, the current guidance on a defect interaction effect (defect combination rule), including ASME Sec. XI, BS7910, British Energy R6 and API RP579, provide different rules for combining multiple surface cracks into a single surface crack. The present paper investigates a defect interaction effect by evaluating the elastic stress intensity factor of adjacent surface cracks in a plate along the crack front through detailed 3-dimensional elastic finite element analyses. The effects of the geometric parameters, the relative distance between cracks and the crack shape, on the stress intensity factor are systematically investigated. As for the loading condition, only axial tension is considered. Based on the elastic finite element results, the acceptability of the defect combination rules provided in the existing guidance was investigated, and the relevant recommendations on a defect interaction for in-plane surface cracks in a plate were discussed.

scholarly journals Numerical Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Cracked Fibre-Metal Laminates with Cut-Outs

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
B.E. Cudzilo ◽  
C.L. Tan
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Fracture Mechanics ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Fibre Metal Laminates ◽  
Fibre Bridging ◽  
Bridging Stresses ◽  
Fibre Metal ◽  
Bridged Crack

The boundary element method (BEM) for two-dimensional numerical stress analysis is employed to investigate crack-face bridging of cracked fibre-metal laminates (FML) with cut-outs in this study. The fracture mechanics prediction of crack growth in these perforated laminates involves the interaction of the geometry and crack size, the delamination between the pre-peg and metal layers, and the extent of fibre-bridging of the crack flanks with the stress field caused by the cut-out. The present work investigates the effects of a stress concentration on the fibre-bridging stress and the stress intensity factor of a bridged crack in fibre-metal laminates. A number of cracked configurations are analyzed and the FML, ARALL2, is considered. The bridging stresses on the crack flanks are modeled in the 2-D analysis using power-law expressions and with the mechanical properties of the laminate homogenized through the thickness. An iterative scheme is employed to solve for the bridging stresses as they are not known a priori. Three dimensional finite element method (FEM) analyses are also carried out to confirm the validity of the 2-D BEM models. FML's with circular cut-outs will contain high bridging stresses near the cut-out resulting in fibre failure there, causing a reduction of the extent of fibre bridging of the crack. Results of the study show a likelihood of fibre failure near the edge of the cut-out and this could lead to a reduction of the bridging length. Comparison of the BEM with the FEM stress intensity factors for the range of problems analyzed reveals that the percentage difference is generally less than about 6%, except for a few cases when the power-law index of 0.5 is assumed. The BEM results indicate an increasing bridging stress and stress intensity factor with decreasing bridging length and the benefits of the fibre bridging of the crack are clearly demonstrated. This numerical study confirms that the 2-D BEM models employed can indeed be used to provide a quick and reasonable estimate of the stress intensity factor for a bridged crack in a FML with a circular cut-out.

Stress Intensity Factors for Complex-Cracked Pipes Based on Elastic Finite Element Analyses

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Uk Jeong ◽  
Jae-Boong Choi ◽  
Nam-Su Huh ◽  
Yun-Jae Kim
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Fracture Mechanics ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Stress Intensity Factors ◽  
Intensity Factors ◽  
Integrity Assessment ◽  
Complex Crack ◽  
Leak Before Break

A complex crack is one of severe crack that can occur at the dissimilar metal weld of nuclear piping. A relevant fracture mechanics assessment for a pipe with a complex crack has become interested in structural integrity of nuclear piping. A stress intensity factor is not only an important parameter in the linear elastic fracture mechanics to predict the stress state at the crack tip, but also one of variables to calculate the J-integral in the elastic plastic fracture mechanics. The accurate calculation of stress intensity factor is required for integrity assessment of nuclear piping system based on Leak-Before-Break concept. In the present paper, stress intensity factors of complex-cracked pipes were calculated by using detailed 3-dimensional finite element analysis. As loading conditions, global bending, axial tension and internal pressure were considered. Based on the present FE works, the values of shape factors for stress intensity factor of complex-cracked pipes are suggested according to a variables change of complex crack geometries and pipes size. Furthermore, the closed-form expressions based on correction factor are newly suggested as a function of geometric variables. These new solutions can be used to Leak-Before-Break evaluation for complex-cracked pipes in the step of elastic J calculation.

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