Verity_ANSYS.pptVIP

Fatigue Assessment of ** Weld Joints Using ANSYS, Verity FE-Safe Zhichao Wang Aditya Sakhalkar 5/8/2007 Part I: Key Points on SS Weld Assessments Background Why The Battelle’s Structure Stress Is Not Sensitive To FE Mesh Size? How Could Multiple Joint S~N Curves Be Reduced to A Single S~N Curve, the Master S~N Curve? Example Application (Part ii, Aditya) Background ANSYS could be used for the fatigue assessment of welded joints in conjunction with Verity Fe-Safe Verity provides conservative estimate of the weld life Good correlation with the predicted and test failure locations Verity Fe-Safe provides a excellent weld design tool in conjunction with ANSYS Comparison of Verity Predictions with Reliability Test Results Conservative life estimate! Predicted Failure Location correlated well with the test failures!! Conclusions ECT_wht_templ * * ** Verity is a weld fatigue assessment software developed by Battelle based on Structural Stress Fracture Mechanics theory proposed by Dr. Dong et al, Battelle Part I: Key Points on Equivalent SS MethodPart II: Example Application Zhichao Wang Sr. Lead Engineer Emerson Climate Technology Inc. Background Fatigue Assessment – Welded Structures (i). Nominal Stress Method (BS,IIW) The nominal stress range is used to develop the S~N curves using samples with actual weld joint geometry. The life curves refer to particular weld details, there is no need for the user to attempt to quantify the local stress concentration effect of the weld detail itself. (ii). Hotspot Stress Approach (structural stress, geometric stress, BS, IIW, CEN,DNV) This procedure uses hot-spot stress range as a parameter. The S–N curves are obtained from tests of actual welded joints based on the hot-spot stress range rather than the nominal stress range. (iii). Local Notch Stress Method (ASME, BS, IIW). The notch stress approach attempts to include all sources of stress concentration in the stress used with the design S–N curve. Thus a single