PROBABILISTIC MODELING OF BRITTLE FRACTURE WITH PRIOR DUCTILE CRACK EXTENSION

A computation framework for brittle fracture which incorporates weakest link statistics and a microme- chanics model reflecting reflecting local damage of the material is described.The Weibull stress W emerges as a probabilistic fracture parameter to define the condition leading material failure. Unstable crack propa- gation occurs at a critical value of W which may be attained paior to or following some amount of duc- tile crack extension. A realistic model of ductile crack growth using the computation cell methodology is used to define the evolution of near tip stress fields during crack extension. An application of proposed framework to predict the measured geometry and ductile tearing effects on the statistical distributio of fracture toughness for the pipe line steel welded joint is described.

NUMERICAL MODELING OF DUCTILE CRACK EXTENSION USING COMPUTATIONAL CELL ELEMENTS FOR WELDED JOINTS

A 3-D computationalframework was suggested to model stable growth of a macroscopic crack under model I condition. The Gurson-Tverpaaof dilatant plasticity model for voided materials describes the damage process. Fixed-sized, computational cell elements (containing voids) defined over a thin layer at the cmck plane simulate the ductile crack extension. Outside of this layer, the material remains undamaged by the void growth. The micro-mechanics parumeters controlling cmck growth are the thickness Of computational cell layen D, and the initial void porosity, fo. These parameters are calculated through analyses of ductile tearing to match R-curve obtained from testing of deep notch bend specimens for welded joints. The R-curve for the double edge notched tension specimens is eNctively predicted using these pammeters.The predicted R-curve gives a good agreement with the expemment results.

Study on Ductility Dip Cracking susceptibility in Filler Metal 82 during welding

In this paper, Ductility Dip Cracking （DDC） susceptibility in Inconel600 companion Filler Metal 82 （FM82） under different stress states is investigated. Inconel600 is a Ni-Cr-Fe alloy with excellent resistance to general corrosion, localized corrosion, and stress corrosion, which has been widely used in nuclear power plants. However, the companion FM82 has been shown to be susceptible to DDC in welding process. To resolve the problem, this work is mainly focused on evaluating DDC susceptibility in FM82 in welding process. First of all, Strain to Fracture （STF） test is used to achieve the DDC criterion under simple stress state, and the formation mechanism of DDC was explained. Real welding is a process with complex stress state. Later, to get the DDC susceptibility under complex stress state, models about multi-pass welding were built up by means of finite element method. According to numerical simulation results, relationship of deformation and temperature history is achieved. Moreover, susceptible locations and moments could be determined associated with STF results. The simulation results fairly agree with welding experiment from another research.

Influence of welding residual stresses on the ductile crack growth resistance of circumferentially cracked pipe

Welding residual stress is one of the main concems for fabrication and operation of steel structures due to its potential effect on structural integrity.This paper focuses on the effect of welding residual stress on the ductile crack growth resistance of circumferentially cracked steel pipes.Two-dimensional axi-symmetry model has been used to simulate the pipe.Residual stresses were introduced into the model by using so-called eigenstrain method.The complete Gurson model has been employed to calculate the ductile crack growth resistance.Results show that residual stresses reduce the ductile crack growth resistance.However,the effect of residual stresses on ductile crack growth resistance decreases with the increase of crack growth.The effect of residual stress has also been investigated for cases with different initial void volume fraction,material hardening and crack sizes.