Computational modelling of high temperature steady state crack growth using a damage-based approach

Masataka Yatomi, Noel P. O'Dowd, Kamran M. Nikbin

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Abstract

In this work a computational study of creep crack growth in a carbon manganese steel is presented. The constitutive behaviour of the steel is described by a power law creep model and the accumulation of creep damage is accounted for through the use of a well-established model for void growth in creeping materials. Two dimensional finite element analyses have been performed for a compact tension specimen and it has been found that the predicted crack growth rate under plane strain conditions approaches that under plane stress conditions at high C* levels. Furthermore it has been shown, both experimentally and numerically, that an increase in test temperature causes the convergence of the cracking rate to occur at higher values of C*. This trend may be explained by the influence of crack-tip plasticity, which reduces the relative difference in constraint between plane stress and plane strain conditions. The constraint effect has been quantified through the use of a two-parameter characterisation of the crack tip fields under creep conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5-12
Number of pages8
JournalAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP
Volume462
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes
Event2003 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference - Cleveland, OH, United States
Duration: 20 Jul 200324 Jul 2003

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