ELASTIC - PLASTIC FRACTUR MECHANICS OF DUCTILE CAST IRON PIPES
Pages: 24 - 32
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Participants:
HAIDER HADI JASIM |
Summary:
In this paper, depends on the finite element method, the J-Integral program is
developed for a stationary circumferential crack problem in elastic - plastic fracture
mechanics in pipes under static loading and pure bending moment condition. The
program developed is applied to ductile cast iron pipes (DCIP) to analys the integrity
assessment, i.e., the significance of crack growth by drawing both failure assessment
diagram (FAD) and crack driving force diagram (CDF). A numerical procedure is
used for elastic-plastic analysis depending on special equation to predict J-values
taking account of the crack geometry and load condition. It is cleared that the results
obtained from failure assessment diagram and crack driving force diagram are
identical and J-integral method can be used to the onset of crack growth in (DCIP)
under bending moment conditions.