Multiscale-constraint based model to predict uniaxial/multiaxial creep damage and crack growth in 316-H steels
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Author(s)
Nikbin, K
Liu, S
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A new failure ductility/multiscale constraint strain-based model to predict creep damage, rupture and crack growth under uniaxial and multiaxial conditions is developed for 316H Type stainless steels by linking globally uniform failure strains with a multiaxial constraint factor. The model identifies a geometric constraint and a time-dependent local constraint at the sub-grain level. Uniaxial and notched 316H steel as-received and pre-compressed data at various load levels and temperatures with substantial scatter were used to derive the appropriate constitutive equations by using the proposed empirical/mechanistic approach. Constrained hydrostatic development of creep damage at the sub-grain level is assumed to directly relate to the uniform lower-bound creep steady state region of damage development measured at the global level. Uniaxial and notched bar rupture at long terms is predicted based on the initial short-term creep or a representative tensile strength and a multiaxial constraint factor. The model is consistent with the well-known NSW remaining multiaxial ductility creep crack growth model which predicts crack growth bounds over the plane strain/stress states. This model, therefore, unifies the creep process response over the whole range of uniaxial, notched and crack growth processes which is extremely consequential to simple long term failure predictions of components at elevated temperatures.
Date Issued
2019-06-01
Date Acceptance
2019-03-07
Citation
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2019, 156, pp.74-85
ISSN
0020-7403
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
74
End Page
85
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
Volume
156
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Ltd
Grant Number
Agreement 4600075322
Subjects
0910 Manufacturing Engineering
0905 Civil Engineering
0913 Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering & Transports
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-03-09