May 21, 2008 ... 1. 1 . ≤. = +. +. +. N values obtained from relevant design S-N curves ... BS PD
5500 and EN 13445 adapted from nominal stress-based fatigue.
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Fatigue of Welded Pressure Vessels CCOPPS Webinar Wednesday 21st May 2008 15:00 – 16:00 BST
Steve Maddox g Institute ((TWI)) The Welding
Jim Wood y of Strathclyde y University
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Agenda • Introduction and Relevant CCOPPS Activity Jim Wood
• Fatigue of Welded Pressure Vessels Steve Maddox
• Q&A Session Steve Maddox & Jim Wood
• Closing Remarks Jim Wood
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Industry Needs Survey • Findings relevant to this webinar: – FEA use is increasing as is complexity of models – Interfacing with codes of practice seen as issue – Happy with facilities in commercial codes in general (exception is weld modelling and assessment + automation of the analysis process) – Non-European Codes are used often by most respondents.
•P Preliminary li i reportt available il bl for f download d l d from f http://www.ccopps.eu/
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Agenda • Introduction and Relevant CCOPPS Activity Jim Wood
• Fatigue of Welded Pressure Vessels Steve Maddox
• Q&A Session Steve Maddox & Jim Wood
• Closing Remarks Jim Wood
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Fatigue design of welded pressure vessels • BS PD 5500 Annex C,• EN 13445-3 and ASME VIII, Division 2 (new structural stress approach) • Fatigue failure in • pressure vessels • • Fatigue design data • Stresses used in • fatigue design
Detailed fatigue assessment - use of design curves - classification of weld details - stress concentrations - fatigue life improvement Simplified assessment methods Fatigue assessment of welding imperfections Future needs
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Effect of welding on fatigue resistance 400
Stress range, MPa
300 200 100 50
R=0 Grade 50 structural steel
10 105
106
107
Cycles
108
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Fatigue cracking in a welded joint Fatigue F ti cracking ki from weld root
X Fatigue failure in plate at toe ((from p pre-existing g sharp p flaw at X))
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Key features of welds and welded joints • Sharp p section changes g - High g SCF • Local discontinuities - Crack initiation sites • High tensile residual stresses - Maximum mean stress effect, compressive stresses damaging Consequences: • • • •
Relatively low fatigue strength, strength dominated by fatigue crack growth and controlled by full applied stress range range. Fatigue life not increased by use of higher strength material
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Fatigue failure in pressure vessels Fatigue loading • Pressure fluctuations • Temperature changes • Temperature differentials • External mechanical loading • Vibration
Sources of stress concentration and hence fatigue cracking • Joints (welds, bolts) • Geometric discontinuities ( (openings, i nozzles, l ends, d supports) • Temporary attachments
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Fatigue failure from weld details Fatigue cracking from inside of butt weld between a cylindrical shell and a flat end
Fatigue cracking from nozzle weld toe
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Fatigue design process Compare number of repetitions (ni ) of stress range Sri which vessel or part of vessel must withstand in its service life with the number (Ni ) withstood by representative specimens at same stress in fatigue f tests, such that:
n1 n2 n3 ni + + + etc t =Σ ≤ 1 .0 N1 N2 N3 Ni N values obtained from relevant design S-N curves
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Basis of fatigue design data and assessment method for welded joints • • • • •
BS PD 5500 and EN 13445 adapted from nominal stress-based fatigue rules for welded structures (bridges, offshore structures, etc) Thus, grid of S-N curves each applicable to one or more particular weld detail, chosen on the basis of a classification system In g general,, curves related to structural stress range g For potential fatigue failure from weld toe, structural stress range at toe (hot-spot structural stress range) may be used New ASME VIII uses only hot-spot structural stress calculated in a specific way and converted to a fracture mechanics–based parameter called the ‘Equivalent structural stress range parameter’
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Fatigue design curves for weld details in BS PD 5500 and other UK Standards 5
E = 2.09 x 10 N/mm
Stress range Sr N/mm
Class
2
3
D E F F2 G W
5
Sr N = constant 7 for N > 10 cycles
Sr N = constant 7 for N < 10 cycles
10 Endurance N, cycles y
2
7
• Applicable
to any of metals covered b PD 5500 by 5500, on basis of relative E values • For thickness e > eref, where eref =22mm allowable =22mm, stress 0.25 e ⎛ ⎞ = Sr . ⎜ ref ⎟ ⎝ e ⎠
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Weld detail classification in BS PD 5500
Classification depends on: • welded joint geometry • direction of loading • crack initiation site • methods of manufacture and inspection
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Stresses used in BS PD 5500 for fatigue design • Structural (primary + secondary) stress range • Principal stress (not stress intensity) used directly • Nominal stress for simple details (e.g. attachments, seam welds) • Nominal stress x SCF for structural details, or Hot-spot spot structural stress at any weld toe (Higher • Hot design curve than those used with nominal stress) • Net section of load-carrying load carrying fillet welds
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Fatigue design S-N curves for weld details in EN 13445 Class 100 90 80 71 63 56 50 45 40
Stress range Sr N/mm
Class = fatigue 2 strength in N/mm 6 at 2 x 10 cycles
2
5
Sr N = constant 6 for N > 5x10 cycles
32 3
Sr N = constant 6 for N < 5 x 10 cycles 2x10 Endurance N, N cycles
6
5x10
6
•Currently applicable only to steel •For thickness e > 25mm 25mm, allowable stress ⎛ 25 mm ⎞ = Sr . ⎜ ⎟ ⎝ e ⎠
0.25
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Stresses used in EN 13445 for fatigue design • Structural (primary + secondary) stress range • Option O to use principal or equivalent stress range • Nominal stress for simple details (e.g. attachments, seam welds) ld ) • Structural stress at any weld toe (Hot-spot stress) • Net section of load-carrying fillet welds
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Weld detail classification in EN 13445 Ring stiffener
80 s as Cl Vessel shell Hoop stress Longitudinal stress
Class 71
EN 13445 offers choice of using equivalent stress or principal stress. Since equivalent stress has no direction, a consequence is that the lowest detail Class must be assumed. j shown Thus,, the joint would be designed as Class 71.
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Fatigue design curves from ASME VIII • Applicable pp to any y of
1500
ΔSess
ASME 'Master' fatigue design curves
1000
-0.222
MPa/mm
Mean - 2 SD
500 400 300 200
Mean - 3SD M (normal design curve)
100
50 10
3
10
4
10
5
10
6
Endurance, cycles
10
7
10
8
metals covered by ASME on basis of relative E values • Stress parameter depends on plate thickness, membrane/bending stress ratio and applied stress ratio (Not units of stress) • No other thickness correction required
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Basis of fatigue design curves • Regression analysis of S S-N N data obtained from tests on actual welded joints • ≈2.5% ≈2 5% probability of failure (mean – 2 standard deviations of log N [SD]):BS PD 5500 design curves; included in ASME ASME. • ≈ 0.1% probability curves (mean - 3SD):BS PD 5500 simplified design methods; all EN 13445 design curves for weld details; generally required for ASME S
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Application of design curves for weld details • No effect of applied mean stress in PD 5500 and EN 13445; mean stress correction in ASME • No effect of material tensile strength • No effect of welding process • May need to be reduced to allow for corrosive environment; no specific guidance in BS PD 5500 or EN 13445 but penalty factors specified in ASME
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Stresses used in ASME VIII Div. 2 for fatigue design of welded joints • Structural (primary + secondary) stress range based on through-thickness stress distribution obtained by numerical analysis y • Structural equivalent stress range parameter (a function of material’s fatigue crack propagation properties (m=3.6), applied structural stress range (Δσ) (Δσ), material thickness (t), (t) membrane to bending stress ratio and applied stress ratio):
ΔSess =
Δσ 2 −m 2m
1 m
t ess .I .fM
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Generalized stress parameter (Maddox, 1974) da / dN = C( ΔK ) m , ΔK = YΔσ πa , Y = f ( a / t & crack front shape a / 2 c ) af
∴ ∫ ai
d ( at )
t
t
(Y
= I = C Δσ
πa ) m
m ( m2 −1 )
t
N
t
⎡ ⎛ ( m2 −1 ) t i .e ⎢Δσ ⎜ ⎢ ⎜ I ⎢⎣ ⎝
⎞ ⎟ ⎟ ⎠
1
m
m
⎤ ⎥ . N = 1 = cons tan t C ⎥ ⎥⎦
or
(Δσ )
where
⎛t ' Generalize d stress parameter p ' Δσ = Δσ ⎜ ⎜ I ⎝
* m
.N = a cons tan t , m
or
Δσ * =
*
Δσ t
2 −m 2m
.I
1 m
( cf M ASME ΔSess )
2 −1
⎞ ⎟ ⎟ ⎠
1 m
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ASME Equivalent structural g parameter p ΔSess stress range Based on: • Structural stress (presumably assumed to allow for SCF factor Mk normally applied to stress intensity factor)) • Fatigue life mainly growth of a pre-existing crack p assumptions p made about initial flaw size • Implicit and shape p fatigue g crack g growth rate relationship p • Specific
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Hot-spot structural stress approach
Fatigue “Hot Hot-spot spot” crack k Hot-spot stress = structural stress at weld toe. It includes all stress concentrating effects except the local notch effect of the weld toe toe.
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Hot-spot structural stress from through-thickness stress distribution Actual stress
Structural stress
σhot-spot
t
τ(y)
σx(y)
τm σm σb
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Methods for calculating the hot-spot structural stress Using surface stresses (e.g. measured): Surface stress extrapolation (SSE) · Using through-thickness stress distribution (e.g. from numerical analysis): - Through-thickness integration (TTI) - Nodal forces (NF) method ·
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Hot-spot stress developments in British Standards •
• • • • • •
Current TWI joint-industry project aims to produce guidance on hot-spot str ct ral stress approach for incl structural inclusion sion in British Standard fatig fatigue e design rules (initially BS 7608) Comparison of the three methods of calculating hot-spot stress (SSE, TTI and NF) from FEA Solid and shell elements, examination of sensitivity to mesh size Case studies on range of structural components All methods mesh sensitive but mesh sensitivity least for simple welded joints in plates under unidirectional loading Findings so far indicate that nodal force method most mesh sensitive of the three when applied to structural component Mesh insensitivity of the ASME method may be for a restricted set of possible mesh types and weld meshing options.
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Fatigue data expressed in terms of hotspot stress range (SSE method) 500 400
300
Hot-spot stress range at weld toe 200
N/mm
2
Cl Class E Pressure vessels - nozzles Plate welded components
100 90
95% confidence fid i t intervals l enclosing data 60 4
10
5
10
6
10
Endurance, cycles
7
10
7
3x10
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Comparison with mean – 2SD S-N curves derived from ASME VIII 500
Hot-spot stress range at weld toe 2
N/mm
Pressure vessel data Structural specimen or component data
400 300
Mean ± 2SD
200
BS PD 5500 Cl Class E ASME VIII, Div.2 R ≤ 0, t ≤ 16mm lower: all membrane upper: all bending
100 90
60 4
10
5
10
6
10
Endurance cycles Endurance,
7
10
7
3x10
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Comparison with mean – 3SD S-N curves derived from ASME VIII 500
Hot-spot stress range at weld toe 2
N/mm
Pressure vessel data Structural specimen or component data
400 300
Mean ± 3SD
200
EN 13445 Class 71 Class 63 ASME VIII, Div.2 R ≤ 0, t ≤ 16mm lower: all membrane upper: all bending
100 90
60 4
10
5
10
6
10
Endurance cycles Endurance,
7
10
7
3x10
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Misalignment as a source of stress concentration
Bending stresses due to misalignment Same guidance on calculation of SCF is given in PD5500 and EN 13445
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Treatment of weld details subject to g combined or multi-axial loading ΔσL = Maximum change in σL σL σH
σ45
Δ H = Maximum change in σH Δσ Δσ45 = Maximum change in σH45 Principal stresses then calculated from ΔσL, ΔσH, and Δσ45
Same approach in PD5500 and EN 13445. Current research should provide better method for out-of-phase loading.
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ASME ttreatment t t off weld ld details d t il subject bj t to multi-axial loading ΔSess
⎡⎛ 1 ⎢⎜ Δσ = 2 −m F ( δ ) ⎢⎜ t 2 m .I m1 .f M ⎢⎣⎝ ess
2
⎞ ⎛ Δλ ⎟ + 3⎜ ⎟ ⎜ 22−mm m1 ⎠ ⎝ t ess .I
⎞ ⎟ ⎟ ⎠
2⎤
⎥ ⎥ ⎥⎦
0 .5
Where: F in-phase For i h lloading di ((principal i i l stress t di directions ti remain i constant t t throughout loading cycle), F(δ) = 1 while For out-of-phase loading (principal stress directions change during loading cycle), F(δ) = function of applied normal and shear stresses and out-of-phase angle, or conservative value of 1/√2
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Elastic-plastic (E-P) conditions BS PD 5500 & EN 13445:
Stress range
For stress ranges > twice yield: E-P strain obtained directly from analysis and converted to stress or Stresses from design S-N curves reduced by factor that depends on load source (mechanical or thermal) and stress range / yield.
Design S-N curve
Corrected for plasticity
3
10
4
10
5
10
6
10
7
10
8
10
Endurance N, cycles
ASME VIII, Div. 2: For every case:
E-P strain obtained directly from analysis (Neuber’s rule & material’s cyclic stress-strain stress strain properties) and converted to stress range
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Fatigue life improvement methods • BS PD 5500 and EN 13445 allow weld toe grinding i di and d corresponding di iincrease iin d design i classification • ASME VIII accepts weld toe grinding, TIG dressing or hammer peening. Equivalent structural stress parameter design curves increased accordingly accordingly, with greatest benefit in high-cycle regime
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Assessment of welding flaws Guidance given in BS PD 5500 and EN 13445 on flaw assessment based on fitness-for-purpose: • Reference to BS 7910 • Specific recommendations on: 1. Planar flaws not acceptable 2. Buried flaws - inclusions,, porosity; p y; 3. Deviations from design shape misalignment, peaking, ovality. ASME seems to accept planar flaws since equivalent structural stress parameter can be calculated for cracks up to 10% of section thickness
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Fatigue design of pressure vessels future needs • Parametric hot-spot SCFs for pressure vessel details • Elastic-plastic fatigue • Effect of environment (corrosive, elevated temperature, hydrogen) • Closer link between design and fabrication quality • Experimental methods for design (draft for EN 13445 now available)
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Thank you for your attention
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Agenda • Introduction and Relevant CCOPPS Activity Jim Wood
• Fatigue of Welded Pressure Vessels Steve Maddox
• Q&A Session Steve Maddox & Jim Wood
• Closing Remarks Jim Wood
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Agenda • Introduction and Relevant CCOPPS Activity Jim Wood
• Fatigue of Welded Pressure Vessels Steve Maddox
• Q&A Session Steve Maddox & Jim Wood
• Closing Remarks Jim Wood