The elastic T-stress is an important constraint parameter for characterizing elastic-plastic crack-tip fields and in fracture assessment procedures. However, many of the methods reported in the literature for estimating T-stress are not easily suited for surface-cracked pipes because these are three-dimensional in nature. Here, the line-spring method is demonstrated to be an efficient and accurate tool for the constraint estimation in surface-cracked pipes. Detailed three-dimensional analyses are performed to verify the line-spring results. Using the line-spring method, the effects of different crack geometries and diameter-to-thickness ratio on stress-intensity factor (SIF) and T-stress in circumferentially surface-cracked pipes are examined. Further, a compendium of normalised SIF and T-stress values for surface-cracked pipes in remote tension and bending, calculated from a total of 1000 analyses, is tabulated. Finally, the application of an 'elastic-plastic' T-stress under large-scale plasticity is explored.
Structural integrity of pipelines: T-stress by line-spring
Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures ; 28 , 5 ; 467-488
2005
22 Seiten, 36 Quellen
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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