热喷涂零件界面裂纹扩展行为影响因素研究

热喷涂技术在提高构件寿命等方面得到了广泛应用,但界面裂纹的存在对零件寿命的影响尤其明显。本工作利用有限元法研究了残余应力、涂层厚度以及初始裂纹长度等因素对界面裂纹扩展的影响。研究结果表明:残余压应力的增加会导致临界载荷的降低,促使裂纹尖端应力相角增大,更易萌生界面裂纹;而残余拉应力的增加会导致临界载荷的升高,促使裂纹尖端应力相角降低,更易萌生垂直于界面的裂纹。此外,厚涂层易产生平行于界面的裂纹,以剪切失效为主导;薄涂层易产生垂直于界面的裂纹,以拉伸失效为主导。初始裂纹长度越长越易出现涂层与基体的剥离,导致涂层的失效。通过三点弯曲实验对不同初始长度的裂纹进行验证,实验结果与有限元模拟结果相近,验证了有限元模拟的正确性,为精确控制热喷涂零件界面的裂纹扩展提供了科学依据和理论基础。     

Q355钢板对接接头裂纹扩展所致焊接残余应力重分布研究

目的 定量研究裂纹扩展导致的焊接残余应力重分布效应,得到残余应力随裂纹扩展的变化规律。方法 首先采用盲孔法测试了Q355钢板对接接头的初始残余应力;其次利用线切割技术模拟了平行以及垂直于焊缝的裂纹扩展情况,并测试了裂纹扩展导致的残余应力变化量;最后根据测试数据提出了残余应力释放量Δσ与裂纹长度a之间的函数关系式,进一步得到了基于裂纹扩展的应力重分布计算公式。结果 Q355钢板对接焊的焊缝区纵向(沿焊缝方向)存在较大的残余拉应力,拉应力峰值出现在焊趾处,为屈服强度的1.13倍。焊缝区横向存在梯度较大、拉压交替变化的残余应力,压应力峰值出现在焊趾处,大小为52.6 MPa,拉应力峰值出现在距焊缝中心线17 mm处,大小为63.5 MPa。裂纹扩展能显著释放残余拉应力:裂纹沿焊缝中心扩展,横向残余拉应力峰值降低了45.8%;裂纹沿垂直于焊缝方向扩展,焊趾处的拉应力峰值降低了63.3%。结论 裂纹扩展会显著影响焊接构件的残余应力分布,根据实测数据提出的裂纹扩展应力重分布计算公式能够较好地反映残余应力重分布情况。     

圆钢管加工方法诱导的残余应力分布检测与分析

为了研究圆钢管加工方法诱导的纵向残余应力分布规律,该文采用盲孔法对截面规格为 φ325×8的5组15个不同强度、不同加工方法的圆钢管试件进行了测量。基于测量数据,得到了试件截面残余应力分布和拉、压残余应力的数值大小,研究了埋弧焊、高频焊和热轧三种不同加工方法对残余应力分布的影响。试验结果表明,埋弧焊对圆钢管截面纵向残余应力的影响强于高频焊,高强度焊接圆钢管的残余应力分布比较均匀,且焊缝区最大残余拉应力分布在焊缝两侧各40 mm区域内;普通强度钢管截面的最大纵向残余压应力为0.35σ_y,而Q690高强钢焊接圆钢管截面的最大纵向残余压应力为0.21σ_y,同中点截面的纵向残余应力峰值相比,起焊点和落焊点截面处的纵向残余应力峰值偏小。不同于焊接圆钢管,热轧无缝圆钢管同一截面内外表面的最大纵向残余应力数值大小相同,符号相反,其最大值为0.15σ_y。     

2D-C/ SiC 复合材料的宏观拉压特性和失效模式

通过拉伸、压缩实验, 从宏观上研究了平纹编织C/ SiC 复合材料在简单载荷作用下模量、残余应变及泊松比的变化。通过断口观察, 分析了材料在面内拉、压载荷作用下的损伤与失效模式。实验结果表明, 拉伸载荷作用下, 材料在低应力就开始损伤。0°纤维束表面基体开裂和层间裂纹是主要损伤形式。损伤后, 随着应力增加, 拉伸卸载模量、泊松比线性减小, 残余应变增加; 压缩应力-应变基本呈直线关系, 模量、泊松比基本不变。拉伸破坏表现为韧性断裂, 断裂机理为分层后0°纤维束的断裂、携带90°纤维束拔出; 压缩破坏形成一个与加载方向成13°的断裂平面, 破坏机理为层间裂纹、0°/ 90°纤维束之间裂纹和90°纤维束内裂纹的产生和迅速扩展、最后0°纤维束剪切断裂。      

主动围压下岩石爆炸动态响应数值模拟

针对深部岩石在爆破作用下的失效机理和破坏过程,基于ANSYS/LSDYNA软件,在水平方向和竖直方向进行围压约束来模拟岩石受到的地应力作用。选取单向围压、等值双向围压和非等值双向围压对中心孔爆破下岩石动态响应进行研究。将数值模拟结果与模型实验结果对比,分析爆炸应力波的传播过程,并讨论了不同围压约束对爆炸后裂纹扩展的影响。结果表明,初始围压作用对爆炸应力波的传播影响较小;初始围压会抑制爆破裂纹扩张;竖直方向围压主要抑制水平方向裂纹扩张,水平方向围压主要抑制竖直方向裂纹扩张。     

主动围压下岩石爆炸动态响应数值模拟

针对深部岩石在爆破作用下的失效机理和破坏过程,基于ANSYS/LSDYNA软件,在水平方向和竖直方向进行围压约束来模拟岩石受到的地应力作用。选取单向围压、等值双向围压和非等值双向围压对中心孔爆破下岩石动态响应进行研究。将数值模拟结果与模型实验结果对比,分析爆炸应力波的传播过程,并讨论了不同围压约束对爆炸后裂纹扩展的影响。结果表明,初始围压作用对爆炸应力波的传播影响较小;初始围压会抑制爆破裂纹扩张;竖直方向围压主要抑制水平方向裂纹扩张,水平方向围压主要抑制竖直方向裂纹扩张。     

聚碳酸酯光学制品注塑成型的残余应力EI北大核心CSCD

采用单一变量实验考察了不同注射工艺参数对光学制品双折射的分布规律,通过应力-光弹定律计算了对称轴上残余应力值。用Moldflow软件对制品成型过程中型腔内流场进行模拟,分析了厚度方向应力的变化。结果表明,沿熔体流动方向上,制品残余应力是逐渐减小的,浇口附近有应力集中;在合理工艺范围内,适当提高成型温度和模具温度,延长保压时间和冷却时间有助于减小制品的残余应力,保压压力和注塑速度应适中才能改善制品的成型质量。     

基于T(0,1)扭转波的管道纵向裂纹定位方法

针对平行于管道轴线的纵向裂纹缺陷检测,分析导波激励信号的中心频率、缺陷轴向长度等因素对反射系数的综合影响。首先,建立带裂纹缺陷管道的有限元模型;根据频散曲线特征,确定形成T(0,1)扭转模态波的激励频率;其次,在低频段取3种不同的激励信号中心频率,对纵向裂纹缺陷模拟检测的数值仿真,通过改变裂纹的轴向长度,分析其对缺陷回波特征的影响。结果表明:T(0,1)扭转波检测纵向裂纹的轴向定位误差约为5%;周向反射系数最大值出现在裂纹对应的周向位置;设置中心频率为27 k Hz时,回波反射系数随裂纹长度的增大,先增大后减小。通过以上分析可以得出T(0,1)扭转波对纵向裂纹轴向定位和周向定位的方法。     

聚碳酸酯光学制品注塑成型的残余应力

采用单一变量实验考察了不同注射工艺参数对光学制品双折射的分布规律,通过应力-光弹定律计算了对称轴上残余应力值。用Moldflow软件对制品成型过程中型腔内流场进行模拟,分析了厚度方向应力的变化。结果表明,沿熔体流动方向上,制品残余应力是逐渐减小的,浇口附近有应力集中;在合理工艺范围内,适当提高成型温度和模具温度,延长保压时间和冷却时间有助于减小制品的残余应力,保压压力和注塑速度应适中才能改善制品的成型质量。     

拉压加载下纤维增强铝合金层板疲劳裂纹扩展的压载荷效应与预测模型

基于增量塑性损伤理论与纤维增强金属层板疲劳裂纹扩展唯象方法, 推导出在拉-压循环加载下, 纤维增强金属层板疲劳裂纹扩展速率预测模型。并通过玻璃纤维增强铝合金层板在应力比R=-1,-2的疲劳裂纹扩展实验对预测模型进行验证。结果表明, 纤维增强铝合金层板疲劳裂纹扩展的压载荷效应分为两种情况: 在有效循环应力比R_C>0时, 表现为压载荷对铝合金层所承受残余拉应力的抵消作用; 当R_C<0时, 表现为压载荷抵消残余拉应力后, 对纤维增强铝合金层板金属层的塑性损伤, 对疲劳裂纹扩展存在促进作用。纤维铝合金层板疲劳裂纹扩展的压载荷效应不可忽略, 本文中得出的在拉-压循环加载下疲劳裂纹扩展速率预测模型与实验结果符合较好。     

A physical probabilistic model to predict failure rates in buried PVC pipelines

For older water pipeline materials such as cast iron and asbestos cement, future pipe failure rates can be extrapolated from large volumes of existing historical failure data held by water utilities. However, for newer pipeline materials such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC), only limited failure data exists and confident forecasts of future pipe failures cannot be made from historical data alone. To solve this problem, this paper presents a physical probabilistic model, which has been developed to estimate failure rates in buried PVC pipelines as they age. The model assumes that under in-service operating conditions, crack initiation can occur from inherent defects located in the pipe wall. Linear elastic fracture mechanics theory is used to predict the time to brittle fracture for pipes with internal defects subjected to combined internal pressure and soil deflection loading together with through-wall residual stress. To include uncertainty in the failure process, inherent defect size is treated as a stochastic variable, and modelled with an appropriate probability distribution. Microscopic examination of fracture surfaces from field failures in Australian PVC pipes suggests that the 2-parameter Weibull distribution can be applied. Monte Carlo simulation is then used to estimate lifetime probability distributions for pipes with internal defects, subjected to typical operating conditions. As with inherent defect size, the 2-parameter Weibull distribution is shown to be appropriate to model uncertainty in predicted pipe lifetime. The Weibull hazard function for pipe lifetime is then used to estimate the expected failure rate (per pipe length/per year) as a function of pipe age. To validate the model, predicted failure rates are compared to aggregated failure data from 17 UK water utilities obtained from the United Kingdom Water Industry Research (UKWIR) National Mains Failure Database. In the absence of actual operating pressure data in the UKWIR database, typical values from Australian water utilities were assumed to apply. While the physical probabilistic failure model shows good agreement with data recorded by UK water utilities, actual operating pressures from the UK is required to complete the model validation.     

Linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) analysis of the effect of residual stress on fatigue crack propagation rate

In this research, both residual and applied stresses are converted to stress intensity factors independently and combined using the superposition principle. The fatigue crack propagation rates are predicted. Experiments using two different loading modes, constant applied stress intensity factor (SIF) range, and constant applied load modes are done for samples with and without initial tensile residual stresses. The samples with initial tensile residual stresses exhibit accelerations of the crack propagation rates. The results show that the weight function method combined with the three-component model provides a good prediction of fatigue crack propagation rates in tensile residual stress fields.     

Creep failure time of thin-walled pipes under combined internal pressure,bending, and tension

The creep failure time is calculated for rectilinear thin-walled pipes subjected to combined internal pressure, tension and bending. The failure time calculation is performed using the concept of equivalent stresses. The equivalent stresses are found from the mixed delayed-failure criterion relating the maximum normal stress and the intensity of tangent stresses. The results obtained are compared with literary data for pipes under coupled stresses. The present work can be used to calculate the time to creep failure of thin-walled pipes under internal pressure in combination with axial load and bending.     

Failure resistance of drilling rig casing pipes with an axial crack

Working conditions of casing pipes in drilling rigs can significantly influence the initiation and development of damage in the material, and therefore also the safe service of the entire system. In this work, an integrity assessment of a pipe with initial defect (machined surface crack) is presented. The position of this defect is on the external surface; unlike transport pipes, where internal surface is often endangered due to the contact with the fluid, casing pipes are also often exposed to damages at the external surface. A pipe segment exposed to internal pressure is examined experimentally and numerically, using the finite element method. Experimental setup included tracking of crack mouth opening displacement (CMOD) values, as well as J integral. Criteria for pipe failure are determined on the finite element (FE) models of the pipe; fracture initiation and plastic collapse are considered as failure mechanisms. Several 3D models with different crack sizes are evaluated. 2D plane strain models are also examined, to determine the applicability limits of this simplified approach. Integrity assessment criteria for the analysed geometries are discussed. Assessment of fracture resistance of the pipeline material is also considered in this work. Besides the standard SENB specimens, Ring specimens cut from the pipe are tested, and the results are compared. Both specimen geometries are modelled using local approach to fracture, by application of the micromechanical Complete Gurson model (CGM), developed by Z.L. Zhang. It is shown that the Ring specimens have similar fracture conditions under bending load as SENB specimens. Since they are much simpler to fabricate from the pipe than standard specimens, it is concluded that they can be used for assessment of fracture of the pipes with axial cracks.     

Ductile crack growth and constraint in pipelines subject to combined loadings

An important failure mode of offshore pipelines is ductile fracture of the pipe wall triggered by a hypothetical welding defect. In this study, pipelines having an external part-through semi-circumferential crack of various sizes, subject to combined internal pressure and inelastic bending are considered. This is done to assess the response of pipelines during both their installation and operational conditions. Detailed 3D nonlinear finite element (FE) models of pipelines are developed. A row of elements ahead of the initial crack front are modeled using a voided plasticity material model, which enables simulation of crack growth and the subsequent fracture failure mode (denoted by the critical curvature, κ_crit). After discussing the typical response characteristics of such pipelines, the FE model is used to parametrically investigate the influence of varying pipe and crack dimensions, and also the internal pressure levels, on κ_crit. In the second part of this paper, the crack tip constraint ahead of a growing crack in such pipes is evaluated and systematically compared to the crack tip constraint of both the traditionally used deeply cracked Single Edge Notch Bend (SENB) specimens and the constraint-matched Single Edge Notch Tensile (SENT) specimens. This is achieved by comparing the crack resistance curves (R-curves) along with stress triaxiality and equivalent plastic strain fields evaluated ahead of a growing crack of the three systems. The results present grounds for justification of usage of SENT specimens in fracture assessment of such pipes as an alternative to the traditional overly conservative SENB specimens.     

Fatigue strength prediction of carburized 12Cr steel alloy: Effects of evaluation of maximum crack sizes and residual stress distribution

Axial loading fatigue tests of carburized 12Cr steel alloy in long‐life regime were performed under stress ratios of ?1 and 0. Fatigue fracture can be divided into surface failure, interior failure without fine granular area (FGA), and interior failure with FGA. By considering the effects of the tensile limit, the evaluation of maximum crack sizes (inclusion sizes and FGA sizes), and residual stress distribution, the fatigue strength prediction model of carburized 12Cr steel alloy for inclusion‐FGA‐fisheye induced failure in low stress level region can be established. By comparing the predicted results evaluated by generalized extreme values (GEV) with generalized Pareto (GP), the GP distribution is more suitable to predict the fatigue limit of the carburized 12Cr steel alloy. Furthermore, by using the relationship between inclusion sizes and FGA sizes, the fatigue limit prediction model for the design of components can be established, and the result is extremely accurate for the carburized 12Cr steel alloy.     

Prediction of Type IV creep failure of a seam-welded mod. 9Cr-1Mo elbow based on microscopic damage simulation

Utilising the random-fracture-resistance model of grain boundaries, micro-macro combined creep damage simulation was applied to the prediction of the distribution of small defects in the FGHAZ (fine-grained heat-affected zone) of longitudinal welds in an actual-size elbow of modified 9Cr-1Mo (9Cr-1MoVNb) steel subject to internal pressure at 923 K. Based on the simulation results, a prediction scheme for the final rupture life of welds was considered using the damage mechanics concept together with effective stress. The applicability of nonlinear fracture mechanics was also discussed, assuming the initial crack length determined from the microscopic simulation results. The results thus obtained are summarized as follows: As the simulation results showed, the peaks of small defect density in the subsurface could be predicted, corresponding well with the observed results. Final failure life prediction based on the damage mechanics concept was found to be applicable, by considering both the final failure surface connecting the weakest grain boundaries and the effective stress against this surface. The fracture mechanics approach was also found applicable when assuming the initial crack length from the high peaks of the simulated small defects in the last stage of creep life.     

High cycle fatigue analysis in presence of residual stresses by using a continuum damage mechanics model

This study attempts to predict the high cycle fatigue life of steel butt welds by numerical method. At first, FE simulation of plate butt welding is carried out to obtain the weld-induced residual stresses employing sequentially coupled three-dimensional (3-D) thermo-mechanical FE formulation. Then, a nonlinear damage cumulative model for multiaxial high cycle fatigue based on continuum damage mechanics (CDM), which can incorporate the effect of welding residual stresses, is derived using FE technique. The high cycle fatigue damage model is applied to the butt welds subjected to cyclic fatigue loading to calculate the fatigue life considering the residual stresses, and the computed total fatigue life which takes into account the fatigue crack initiation and the propagation is compared with the test result. In addition, the fatigue life prediction of the welds without considering the residual stresses is implemented to investigate the influence of welding residual stresses on the fatigue performance. The FE results show that the high cycle fatigue damage model proposed in this work can predict the fatigue life of steel butt welds with high accuracy, and welding residual stresses should be taken into account in assessing the fatigue life of the welds.     

A PROCEDURE FOR ANALYSIS OF LEAK BEFORE BREAK IN PIPES SUBJECTED TO FATIGUE OR IGSCC ACCOUNTING FOR COMPLEX CRACK SHAPES

Abstract A procedure is described which predicts the growth of an initial circumferential surface crack through a pipe wall and further on to final failure of the pipe. The crack growth mechanism can either be fatigue or stress corrosion. Consideration is taken to complex crack shapes, since especially the last growth mechanism often results in a substantially longer crack length on the inside of the pipe than on the outside for the initial leaking crack due to the distribution of weld residual stresses. The procedure has been implemented in a computer program that in an integrated fashion calculates crack sizes and mass leak rates as a function of time and also predicts when leakage and final failure occur. The information obtained makes it possible to judge if the concept of leak before break is fulfilled.     

Assessing the accuracy of fatigue life in surface‐cracked straight pipes

The demonstration of leak before brake (LBB) based on fracture mechanics requires information on the initial size of a defect, initiation of crack growth from the inherent defect and subsequent crack growth rates. In the present paper the prediction methodologies have been tested for three different full scale pipes geometry experimentally tested data. The prediction accuracy of two SIF solutions available in the literature has also been judged. The effect of fatigue crack closure and corrections needed in the numerical prediction methodology using FEM have also been included. The results showed that the FEM could fairly predict the fatigue crack initiation and crack growth life of full‐scale piping components having a constant depth crack profile.