Elastic surface crack interaction and its engineering critical assessment within the framework of fitness-for-service standards
In real industrial conditions, it�s common to witness the interaction of multiple cracks such that their stress fields and crack driving forces are disturbed. For coplanar cracks, a greater hazard is expected because of the amplification phenomenon. FFS standards deal with this by proposing interact...
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| author | Gabriel de Castro Co�lho Antonio Almeida Silva Marco Antonio dos Santos |
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| description | In real industrial conditions, it�s common to witness the interaction of multiple cracks such that their stress fields and crack driving forces are disturbed. For coplanar cracks, a greater hazard is expected because of the amplification phenomenon. FFS standards deal with this by proposing interaction rules and idealizing a combined flaw for the FAD methodology to be used. The goal of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of this standards methodology considering twin surface semielliptical cracks on a plate under mode I loading on the interaction range using FE analyses. Results confirm that the amplification phenomena due to the interaction are higher on the interacting crack tip and progressively higher as the coplanar horizontal distance decreases. The loss of constraint was observed to decrease as the coplanar horizontal distance decreased, but little change was observed regarding its parametric angular position. A higher amplification was found at the coplanar horizontal distance on which crack interaction is to be considered meaningful, which indicates inconsistency regarding the interaction criteria used on FFS standards. To conclude, the engineering critical assessment of the combined flaw proved to be over-conservative as the remaining operational life was observed on the assessment of the interacting flaws. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3cc1a16fa426414690b60ccf53907caa2025-01-02T23:00:56ZengGruppo Italiano FratturaFracture and Structural Integrity1971-89932022-04-01166013414510.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.1010.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.10Elastic surface crack interaction and its engineering critical assessment within the framework of fitness-for-service standardsGabriel de Castro Co�lhoAntonio Almeida SilvaMarco Antonio dos SantosIn real industrial conditions, it�s common to witness the interaction of multiple cracks such that their stress fields and crack driving forces are disturbed. For coplanar cracks, a greater hazard is expected because of the amplification phenomenon. FFS standards deal with this by proposing interaction rules and idealizing a combined flaw for the FAD methodology to be used. The goal of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of this standards methodology considering twin surface semielliptical cracks on a plate under mode I loading on the interaction range using FE analyses. Results confirm that the amplification phenomena due to the interaction are higher on the interacting crack tip and progressively higher as the coplanar horizontal distance decreases. The loss of constraint was observed to decrease as the coplanar horizontal distance decreased, but little change was observed regarding its parametric angular position. A higher amplification was found at the coplanar horizontal distance on which crack interaction is to be considered meaningful, which indicates inconsistency regarding the interaction criteria used on FFS standards. To conclude, the engineering critical assessment of the combined flaw proved to be over-conservative as the remaining operational life was observed on the assessment of the interacting flaws.https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/article/view/3366/3483crack interactionstress intensity factorfailure assessment diagrambs 7910api 579/asme ffs-1 |
| spellingShingle | Gabriel de Castro Co�lho Antonio Almeida Silva Marco Antonio dos Santos Elastic surface crack interaction and its engineering critical assessment within the framework of fitness-for-service standards Fracture and Structural Integrity crack interaction stress intensity factor failure assessment diagram bs 7910 api 579/asme ffs-1 |
| title | Elastic surface crack interaction and its engineering critical assessment within the framework of fitness-for-service standards |
| title_full | Elastic surface crack interaction and its engineering critical assessment within the framework of fitness-for-service standards |
| title_fullStr | Elastic surface crack interaction and its engineering critical assessment within the framework of fitness-for-service standards |
| title_full_unstemmed | Elastic surface crack interaction and its engineering critical assessment within the framework of fitness-for-service standards |
| title_short | Elastic surface crack interaction and its engineering critical assessment within the framework of fitness-for-service standards |
| title_sort | elastic surface crack interaction and its engineering critical assessment within the framework of fitness for service standards |
| topic | crack interaction stress intensity factor failure assessment diagram bs 7910 api 579/asme ffs-1 |
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