Effect of Prestrain on Fatigue Crack Growth in Low-carbon Steel.docVIP

Инженерно-строительный журнал, №3, 2011 АНАЛИЗ Effect of Prestrain on Fatigue Crack Growth in Low-carbon Steel Prof., Dr.Sci.Tech. S. V. Petinov*; Prof., Dr.Sci.Tech. B. E. Melnikov, Saint-Petersburg State Polytechnical University Key words: Plastic pre-strain of steel; fatigue crack growth rate; effect of pre-strain on crack propagation. Introduction In many of practical problems of fatigue design of structural components in transport systems of special interest is the design of components which undergo plastic prestrain preceding the service, e.g. in fabrication of tubular components, during installation of marine pipelines by the reeling method, and also in ship hull structures with large shell openings inducing high stress concentrations. For example, the Rules [2] recommend to consider in design of pipeline components ?a prescribed amount of stable crack extensions…? preceding the onset of conditions for unstable fracture. The criteria for failure considered by the rules are those developed in Linear and Non-linear Fracture Mechanics, i.e., the critical value of stress intensity factor, ?fracture toughness?, J-integral and CTOD criterion. Of special importance is the indication of the plastic strain value assumed by the installation of the pipeline method, equal to 0.03, approximately 20 times the yield strain. Experimental evaluation of the material resistance characteristics in design has to be based on testing of pre- strained specimens. The principles of manufacturing and testing specimens addressed to evaluation of the fracture criteria given in the standard [2] are not exhaustive, and the crack extensions are related exclusively to behavior of inherent flaws during the pipeline installation causing several cycles of plastic deformation. Meanwhile, nucleation and stable growth of fatigue crack in plastically deformed material caused by environmental variable loads is not considered. The stan