Demand for long-distance offshore pipelines is steadily increasing. High internal pressure combined with bending/tension, accompanied by large plastic strains, along with the potential flaws in girth welds make the structural integrity of pipelines a formidable challenge. The existing procedures for the fracture assessment of pipelines are based on simplified analytical methods, and these are derived for a load-based approach. Hence, application to surface cracked pipes under large deformation is doubtful. The aim of this paper is to understand and identify various parameters that influence the fracture response of cracks in pipelines under more realistic loading conditions. The evolution of CTOD of a pipeline segment with an external circumferential surface crack is investigated under pure bend loading as well as bending with internal pressure. Detailed 3D elastic-plastic finite element simulations are performed. The effects of crack depth, crack length, radius-to-thickness ratio and material hardening on fracture response are examined. The results show that at moderate levels of CTOD, the allowable moment capacity of the pipe decreases significantly with increase in internal pressure. Further, the variation of CTOD with strain can be well approximated by a simple linear relationship.


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    Titel :

    Fracture response of pipelines subject to large plastic deformation under bending


    Beteiligte:
    Ostby, Erling (Autor:in) / Jayadevan, K.R. (Autor:in) / Thaulow, Christian (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2005


    Format / Umfang :

    15 Seiten, 29 Quellen




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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