scholarly journals Numerical Simulation of Creep Damage and Life Prediction of Superalloy Turbine Blade

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donghuan Liu ◽  
Haisheng Li ◽  
Yinghua Liu
Keyword(s):  
Creep Strain ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Life Prediction ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Creep Damage ◽  
Model Material ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Damage Effect ◽  
Superalloy Turbine Blade

Creep caused failure is an important failure mode of the turbine blade. A numerical approach of life assessment of the superalloy turbine blade is proposed in the present paper based on the Lemaitre-Chaboche creep damage model. Material damage is introduced into each element based on the ANSYS APDL function, and the creep damage effect is considered through the modification of Young’s modulus. At last, the strength life and stiffness life of the blade can be obtained through the maximum damage and maximum creep strain criterion, respectively. The present method can not only consider the effect of creep damage, but also give the time histories of the element stresses, damage, and creep strain. The above life prediction results based on the proposed method are compared with theθprojection method, and the results suggest that the present life prediction method of turbine blade is feasible and turbine blade’s life in the present study is determined by creep fracture rather than creep deformation.

An Improved Analytical Method for Life Prediction of Bolting

2000 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. V. Ellis ◽  
D. R. Sielski ◽  
R. Viswanathan
Keyword(s):  
Stress Relaxation ◽  
Creep Strain ◽  
Life Prediction ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Uniaxial Stress ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Flow Rule ◽  
Creep Equation ◽  
Strain Limit ◽  
History Of

A research project was conducted to develop and validate an improved, analytical life prediction method for high-temperature turbine and valve studs/bolts. The life prediction method used the two-parameter creep equation, an incremental calculation procedure and a strain hardening flow rule. The failure criterion was an accumulated inelastic or creep strain limit of 1 percent. The life prediction procedure recommends the use of the service history of operating temperature, number/stress level of tightenings, cycle time, etc., to calculate the stress relaxation behavior. Life assessment uses the measured bolt length to calculate the accumulated creep strain. The link between the current condition, i.e., accumulated creep strain, and the remaining creep life, i.e., time to accumulate 1 percent strain, is obtained by a prediction of the future creep strain accumulation under the intended loading cycle(s) imposed during future operation. In order to validate the approach, the calculated results were compared to the results of uniaxial stress relaxation testing, bolt model testing, and service experience. The analytical procedure coupled with other industry wide NDE and measurement procedures is expected to provide broad guidelines to utilities for bolting life assessment.

Full Size Internal Pressure Creep Test for Welded P91 Hot Reheat Piping

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isamu Nonaka ◽  
Takuya Ito ◽  
Fumio Takemasa ◽  
Kensuke Saito ◽  
Yoshikazu Miyachi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Pressure ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Creep Test ◽  
Life Prediction ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Creep Damage ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Full Size ◽  
Test Component

In order to establish the life assessment method for the welded modified 9Cr-1Mo steel hot reheat piping, an internal pressure creep test is conducted with a full size test component. As a result, the fracture mode of the component is clarified and the life prediction method is established. Furthermore, the creep damage detection procedures are proposed.

Full Size Internal Pressure Creep Test for Welded P91 Hot Reheat Elbow

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isamu Nonaka ◽  
Takuya Ito ◽  
Fumio Takemasa ◽  
Kensuke Saitou ◽  
Yoshikazu Miyachi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Pressure ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Creep Test ◽  
Life Prediction ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Creep Damage ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Full Size ◽  
Test Component

In order to establish the life assessment method for the welded modified 9Cr-1Mo steel hot reheat elbow, an internal pressure creep test is conducted with a full size test component. As a result, the fracture mode of the component is clarified and the life prediction method is established. Furthermore, the creep damage detection procedures are proposed.

Life Prediction Method of CC and DS Ni Base Superalloys Under High Temperature Biaxial Fatigue Loading

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Ogata
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Life Prediction ◽  
Compressive Strain ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Strain Range ◽  
Fatigue Loading ◽  
Normal Strain ◽  
Biaxial Fatigue

Polycrystalline conventional casting (CC) and directionally solidified (DS) Ni base superalloys are widely used as gas turbine blade materials. It was reported that the surface of a gas turbine blade is subjected to a biaxial tensile-compressive fatigue loading during a start-stop operation, based on finite element stress analysis results. It is necessary to establish the life prediction method of these superalloys under biaxial fatigue loading for reliable operations. In this study, the in-plane biaxial fatigue tests with different phases of x and y directional strain cycles were conducted on both CC and DS Ni base superalloys (IN738LC and GTD111DS) at high temperatures. The strain ratio ϕ was defined as the ratio between the x and y directional strains at 1/4 cycle and was varied from 1 to −1. In ϕ=1 and −1. The main cracks propagated in both the x and y directions in the CC superalloy. On the other hand, the main cracks of the DS superalloy propagated only in the x direction, indicating that the failure resistance in the solidified direction is weaker than that in the direction normal to the solidified direction. Although the biaxial fatigue life of the CC superalloy was correlated with the conventional Mises equivalent strain range, that of the DS superalloy depended on ϕ. The new biaxial fatigue life criterion, equivalent normal strain range for the DS superalloy was derived from the iso-fatigue life curve on a principal strain plane defined in this study. Fatigue life of the DS superalloy was correlated with the equivalent normal strain range. Fatigue life of the DS superalloy under equibiaxial fatigue loading was significantly reduced by introducing compressive strain hold dwell. Life prediction under equibiaxial fatigue loading with the compressive strain hold was successfully made by the nonlinear damage accumulation model. This suggests that the proposed method can be applied to life prediction of the gas turbine DS blades, which are subjected to biaxial fatigue loading during operation.

The Effects of Cooling Holes on the Creep Life in a Modeling Specimen of Single Crystal Air-Cooled Turbine Blade

2011 ◽  
Vol 284-286 ◽  
pp. 1678-1683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Da Shun Liu ◽  
Bai Zhi Wang ◽  
Zhi Xun Wen ◽  
Zhu Feng Yue
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Creep Damage ◽  
Creep Life ◽  
Damage Development ◽  
User Subroutine ◽  
Initial Rupture ◽  
Creep Deformations ◽  
Sem Analyses

This paper presents the study of the influences of cooling holes on the creep life behavior in the modeling specimen of single crystal cooling turbine blade at high temperature. Thin-walled cylindrical specimens with holes are tested to model the air-cooled turbine blade. Specimens without holes are also studied to make comparisons. Experimental results show that at 900°C, the creep lives of specimens with holes are longer than those of specimens without holes. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analyses reveal that creep deformations occur firstly around the cooling holes and finally rupture at the region with low stress and strain. Finite element analyses are used to study the creep damage development by a K-R damage model which has been implemented into the Abaqus user subroutine (UMAT). Simulation results show that stress concentration and redistribution occur around the cooling holes during the creep development. It is also shown that the maximum strain and stress are around the cooling holes which are the initial rupture region in the experiments.

Damage Evolution and Life Prediction of a P91 Longitudinal Welded Tube Under Internal Pressure Creep

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Ogata ◽  
Takayuki Sakai ◽  
Masatsugu Yaguchi
Keyword(s):  
Internal Pressure ◽  
Heat Affected Zone ◽  
Void Growth ◽  
Damage Evolution ◽  
Life Prediction ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Creep Damage ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Creep Analysis ◽  
Welded Tube

Clarification of creep damage mechanism and establishment of remaining life prediction methods of longitudinal welded piping of P91 steel are important subjects to maintain reliable operation of boilers in thermal power plants. Internal pressure creep tests were conducted on P91 steel longitudinal welded tubes to characterize the evolution of creep damage with time and to evaluate a life prediction method. Interrupted creep tests were utilized for damage observation in addition to rupture tests. Three dimensional FE creep analysis of the creep tested specimens were conducted to identify stress and creep strain distribution within the specimen during creep. Failure occurred at a heat affected zone without significant macroscopic deformation. It was found that initiation of creep voids had concentrated at mid-thickness region rather than surface. The creep analysis results indicated that triaxial tensile stress yielded at the mid-thickness region of the heat affected zone due to difference of creep deformation property between the base metal, heat affected zone and weld metal. It was suggested that the triaxial stress state caused acceleration of the creep damage evolution in the heat affected zone resulting in internal failure of the tube specimens. A rupture time prediction method of the welded tube is proposed based on the maximum principal stress and the triaxial stress factor. Void growth behavior in the heat affected zone was well predicted by the previously proposed void growth simulation method by introducing void initiation function to the method.

scholarly journals Experimental and Theoretical Studies on the Creep Behavior of Bayer Red Mud

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baoyun Zhao ◽  
Wei Huang ◽  
Zhile Shu ◽  
Mengmeng Han ◽  
Yanbo Feng
Keyword(s):  
Creep Strain ◽  
Creep Behavior ◽  
Red Mud ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Creep Damage ◽  
Creep Model ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Accelerated Creep ◽  
Bayer Red Mud ◽  
Creep Damage Model

Long-term stability and safety of the Bayer red mud (BRM) disposal field is very important for the local residents’ life, which necessitates the knowledge of its creep behavior. In order to investigate the creep behavior of BRM, a series of triaxial drained creep tests were conducted by using an improved triaxial creep apparatus. The results indicate that the creep behavior of BRM is significant with confining and deviatoric stresses being critical factors. The creep strain is in a nonlinear relationship with stress and time, and a larger deviator stress will lead to a larger creep strain. The main failure mechanism of BRM is plastic shear, accompanied by a significant compression and ductile dilatancy. Based on the test results, two well-established creep models, the Burgers creep model and Singh–Mitchell creep model, were used to comparatively analyze the creep behavior of the Bayer red mud under a certain stress level. Then, an improved Burgers creep damage constitutive model with the addition of a damage variable was proposed, whose parameters were also analyzed in detail. The comparison of the calculated values of the creep model and the experimental values shows that the proposed creep damage model can better describe the instant elastic deformation, attenuation creep, steady-state creep, and accelerated creep stages of the Bayer red mud.

scholarly journals Coating Life Prediction for Combustion Turbine Blades

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwai S. Chan ◽  
N. Sastry Cheruvu ◽  
Gerald R. Leverant
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Cycle Time ◽  
Life Prediction ◽  
Aluminide Coating ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Remaining Life ◽  
Degradation Mechanisms ◽  
Useful Life

A life prediction method for combustion turbine blade coatings has been developed by modeling coating degradation mechanisms including oxidation, spallation, and aluminum loss due to inward diffusion. Using this model, the influence of cycle time on coating life is predicted for GTD-111 coated with an MCrAlY, PtAl, or aluminide coating. The results are used to construct a coating life diagram that depicts failure and safe regions for the coating in a log-log plot of number of startup cycles versus cycle time. The regime where failure by oxidation, spallation, and inward diffusion dominates is identified and delineated from that dominated by oxidation and inward diffusion only. A procedure for predicting the remaining life of a coating is developed. The utility of the coating life diagram for predicting the failure and useful life of MCrAlY, aluminide, or PtAl coatings on the GTD-111 substrate is illustrated and compared against experimental data.

Fatigue Life Prediction of Composite Laminate

2012 ◽  
Vol 472-475 ◽  
pp. 591-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Liu ◽  
Feng Peng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Damage ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Life Prediction ◽  
Plate Theory ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Fatigue Life Prediction ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Adjacent Layer

Abstract. based on the accumulating fatigue damage model, with single ply plate theory and experiment data as the foundation, consider the interaction between adjacent layer and material degradation, a kind of fatigue life prediction method of fiber reinforced composite laminates is developed. The stiffness decline of each ply during cyclic loading is determined by the fatigue damage variable and the load amplitude and the fatigue life of any laminates can be predicted using the fatigue properties of single ply plate. Using this method a 3D Finite element model is established by ABAQUS software and the fatigue life and the fatigue damage evolution of a T300 / QY8911 laminats are analyzed, the results are more closer to the experimental results.

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