Due to the extensive applications of large diameter/thickness and higher pressure gas transmission pipelines, and there will be an increasing need for reliable pipeline design and failure assessment that will preclude catastrophic accident. Specifically, the actual fracture toughness needs to be determined accurately. The present work innovatively correlate the material’s fracture toughness with the crack-tip geometric constraint effect by using the crack-tip plastic zone. The significant “thickness effect” impact on pipeline steel’s fracture toughness is elucidated by the proposed out-of-plane constraint factor 1αout. The critical loads (FCi) of three groups of thin thickness specimens at fracture are recorded by the three-point bending tests performed on the single-edge notched (SENB) specimens, corresponding fracture toughness are calculated according to the ASTM E1921-97 procedure. Moreover, finite element simulation of the SENB specimens, coupled with the applications of cohesive zone model (CZM), virtual crack closure technique (VCCT), the X70 pipeline steel’s critical energy release rate (ERR) is achieved and applied to predict the FCi of arbitrary specimen thickness while crack initiates, corresponding fracture toughness KCi are obtained and compared with the experimental ones. The present research will be beneficial for the prediction of pipeline steel’s actual fracture toughness and the retrenchment of experimental costs.
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2018 12th International Pipeline Conference
September 24–28, 2018
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Feng Hui,
Feng Hui
CNPC Tubular Goods Research Institute, Xi'an, China
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Huo Chunyong,
Huo Chunyong
CNPC Tubular Goods Research Institute, Xi'an, China
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Chi Qiang,
Chi Qiang
CNPC Tubular Goods Research Institute, Xi'an, China
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Lv Junnan,
Lv Junnan
Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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Li Qun
Li Qun
Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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Feng Hui
CNPC Tubular Goods Research Institute, Xi'an, China
Huo Chunyong
CNPC Tubular Goods Research Institute, Xi'an, China
Chi Qiang
CNPC Tubular Goods Research Institute, Xi'an, China
Lv Junnan
Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
Li Qun
Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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IPC2018-78135, V001T03A002; 6 pages
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November 6, 2018
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Hui, F, Chunyong, H, Qiang, C, Junnan, L, & Qun, L. "Failure Assessment of the Gas Pipeline by Considering the Geometric Constraint Effect." Proceedings of the 2018 12th International Pipeline Conference. Volume 1: Pipeline and Facilities Integrity. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. September 24–28, 2018. V001T03A002. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IPC2018-78135
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