Theoretical and numerical modelling of creep crack growth in a carbon-manganese steel |
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Authors: | M. Yatomi K.M. Nikbin |
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Affiliation: | a Research Laboratory, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Shinnakahara-cho, Isogo-ku, Yokohama 235-8501, Japan b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK |
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Abstract: | This paper presents an analytical and numerical study of time dependent crack growth at elevated temperatures. A triaxiality dependent damage model is used to represent the multiaxial creep ductility of the material and an analytical model to predict steady state crack growth in terms of the fracture parameter C∗, designated the NSW-MOD model, is presented. This model is an enhancement of the earlier NSW model for creep crack growth as it accounts for the dependence of stress and strain on angular position around the crack tip. Elastic-creep and elastic-plastic-creep finite element analyses are performed for a cracked compact tension specimen and the crack propagation rate in the specimen is predicted. It is found that in general the NSW-MOD model gives an accurate estimate of the crack growth rate when compared to the finite element predictions and experimental data for a carbon-manganese steel. However, crack growth rates predicted from the finite element analysis at low values of C∗ may be higher than those predicted by either the NSW or NSW-MOD model. This enhanced level of crack growth may be associated with the non-steady state conditions experienced at the crack tip. |
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Keywords: | Creep Crack growth rate Fracture mechanics C&lowast High temperature testing Finite element analysis Damage mechanics Constraint |
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