• Title of article

    Effectoflocalwallthinningonthecollapsebehaviorofpipeelbowssubjectedtoacombinedinternalpressureandin-planebendingloadOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    JinWeonKim، نويسنده , , ManGyunNa، نويسنده , , ChiYongPark، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    11
  • From page
    1275
  • To page
    1285
  • Abstract
    Theobjectiveofthisstudywastoinvestigatetheeffectoflocalwallthinningonthecollapsebehaviorofpipeelbowssubjectedtoacombinedinternalpressureandin-planebendingload.Thisstudyevaluatedtheglobaldeformationbehaviorandcollapsemomentoftheelbows,whichcontainedvarioustypesoflocalwall-thinningdefectsattheirintradosorextrados,usingthree-dimensionalelastic–plasticfiniteelementanalysis.Theanalysisresultsshowedthattheglobaldeformationbehavioroflocallywall-thinnedelbowswaslargelygovernedbythemodeofthebendingandtheelbowgeometryratherthanthewall-thinningparameters,exceptforelbowswithconsiderablylargeanddeepwallthinningthatshowedplasticinstabilitiesinducedbylocalbucklingandplasticcollapsinginthethinnedarea.Thereductioninthecollapsemomentwithwall-thinningdepthwasconsiderablewhenlocalbucklingoccurredinthethinnedareas,whereastheeffectofthethinningdepthwassmallwhenovalizationoccurred.Theeffectsofthecircumferentialthinningangleandthinninglengthonthecollapsemomentofelbowswerenotmajorforshallowwall-thinningcases.Fordeeperwall-thinningcases,however,theireffectsweresignificantandthedependenceofcollapsemomentontheaxialthinninglengthwasgovernedbythestresstypeappliedtothewall-thinnedarea.Typically,thereductioninthecollapsemomentduetolocalwallthinningwasclearerwhenthethinningdefectwaslocatedattheintradosratherthantheextrados,anditwasapparentforelbowswithlargerbendradius.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    895087