• Title of article

    Referencestressbasedfracturemechanicsanalysisforcircumferentialthrough-wallcrackedpipes:experimentalvalidationOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    Yun-JaeKim، نويسنده , , Nam-SuHuh، نويسنده , , Young-JinKim، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    14
  • From page
    83
  • To page
    96
  • Abstract
    ThispaperpresentsexperimentalvalidationofthereferencestressbasedJestimatesforcircumferentialthrough-wallcracked(TWC)pipes,recentlyproposedbytheauthors.UsingthepipetestdataforcircumferentialTWCpipesgiveninthePipeFractureEncyclopedia[PipeFractureTestData,vol.3,Battelle,1997],thepredictedfractureinitiationandinstabilityloadsaccordingtotheproposedreferencestressmethodarecomparedwithexperimentalonesaswellaspredictionsaccordingtothereferencestressmethodembeddedinR6.TheresultsshowthatboththeR6methodandtheproposedmethodgiveconservativeestimatesofinitiationandmaximummomentsforcircumferentialTWCpipes,comparedtoexperimentaldata.Forlongercracks,theproposedmethodreducestheconservatismembeddedintheestimatedJaccordingtotheR6method,andtheresultingpredictionsarelessconservative,comparedtothosefromtheR6method.Forshortercracks,ontheotherhand,theproposedmethodreducespossiblenon-conservatismembeddedinestimatedJaccordingtotheR6method,andtheresultingpredictionsareslightlymoreconservative.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894616