文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Limit loads for cracked elbows under in-plane bending moment

作者：Wang, C.[1]; Wang, Y.P.[1]; Li, P.N.[1]; Chen, J.[1]; Sun, X.M.[1]

机构：[1] Key Lab. of Safety Science of Pressurized System, Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China

年份：2010

卷号：2010

期号：576 CP

起止页码：493

外文期刊名：IET Conference Publications

收录：EI(收录号：20120514722478)

语种：英文

外文关键词：Control nonlinearities - Piping systems - Structural loads - Bending moments - Elastoplasticity - Finite element method

摘要：Elbows are the type of components widely used in a piping system, and are particularly important from the point of view of structural behaviour. In practice, the existence of cracks in excess of the defect limit cannot be excluded. So it is very important to know the effect of cracks on limit loads of elbows for integrity assessment of the piping system. The existing closed-form limit loads for axial cracked elbows under in-plane bending moment are either too conservative or inadequate, therefore, the present studies focused on limit loads of elbows with axial cracks and the crack configurations were assumed to be constant-depth rectangle, subjected to in-plane opening and closing bending moments respectively. The crack-like defects were postulated to be in crown of elbows with different crack sizes. The limit loads and residual strength factors (RSFs) (ML/M0L) of cracked elbows with various ratios of t/rm and relative bending radius R/rm were investigated in detail, by using of three-dimensional (3D) non-linear finite element (FE) analyses, assuming elastic-perfectly-plastic material behaviour and taking geometric nonlinearity into account. The non-linear finite element (FE) analyses indicate that under the open/close bending modes, elbows exhibit different behaviour obviously at the elastic-plastic states. The results from comprehensive parametric studies indicate that the limit loads of cracked elbows may reduce with the increasing of crack length, and these trends are more serious for long radius elbows. Generally speaking, the thickness-radius ratio t/rm of elbow has insignificant effects on RSFs. Based on extensive limit load numeric data and comprehensive parametric studies, the revised closed form equations for cracked elbows involving effect of tangent pipes, were established. The results can be used for "Fitness-For-Service" assessment of elbow.