• Title of article

    Finiteelement-basedlimitloadofpipingbranchjunctionsundercombinedloadingsOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    Fu-ZhenXuan، نويسنده , , Pei-NingLi، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    141
  • To page
    150
  • Abstract
    Thelimitloadisanimportantinputparameterinengineeringdefect-assessmentproceduresandstrengthdesign.Inthepresentwork,atotalof100differentpipingbranchjunctionmodelsforthelimitloadcalculationwereperformedundercombinedinternalpressureandmomentsinuseofnon-linearfiniteelement(FE)method.Threedifferentexistingaccumulationrulesforlimitload,i.e.,linearequation,parabolicequationandquadraticequationwerediscussedonthebasisofFEresults.Anovellimitloadsolutionwasdevelopedbasedondetailedthree-dimensionalFElimitanalyseswhichaccommodatedthegeometricalparameterinfluence,togetherwithanalyticalsolutionsbasedonequilibriumstressfields.Finally,sixexperimentalresultswereprovidedtojustifythepresentedequation.AccordingtotheFElimitanalysis,limitloadinteractionofthepipingteesundercombinedpressureandmomentshasarelationshipwiththegeometricalparameters,especiallywiththediameterratiod/D.Thepredictedlimitloadsfromthepresentedformulaareveryclosetotheexperimentaldata.Theresultinglimitloadsolutionisgiveninaclosedform,andthuscanbeeasilyusedinpractice.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2004
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894757