Axial ductile fracture propagation and arrest in high energy pipelines has been studied since the early 1970’s with the development of the empirical Battelle Two-Curve (BTC) model. Numerous empirical corrections on the backfill, gas decompression models, and fracture toughness have been proposed over the past decades. While this approach has worked in most cases, the dynamic interaction between the decompression of the fluid in the vicinity of the crack tip and the behaviour of the pipe material as it opens to form flaps behind the crack has been very difficult to solve from a more fundamental approach. The effects of the pressure distribution on the flap inner surface making up the crack-driving force which drives the crack propagation speed has been suggested in the past, but due to intensive computational effort required, it was never realized. The present paper attempts to tackle this problem by employing an iterative solution procedure where the gas pressure field in the vicinity of the crack tip is accurately solved for by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for a given flap geometry determined from a dynamic FEA model to render a new flap geometry. In this model a cohesive-zone element at the crack tip is employed as a representation of the material toughness parameter. The final outcome is the determination of the cohesive energy in the FEA (as a representation of the material toughness parameter) to match the measured fracture propagation speed for the specific case. A case study was taken from full-scale rupture test data from one of the pipe joints from the Japanese Gas Association (JGA) unbackfilled pipe burst test data conducted in 2004 on the 762 mm O.D., 17.5 mm wall thickness, Gr. 555 MPa (API 5L X80) pipe.
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2018 12th International Pipeline Conference
September 24–28, 2018
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Pipeline Division
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978-0-7918-5188-3
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Next Generation Ductile Fracture Arrest Analyses for High Energy Pipelines Based on Detail Coupling of CFD and FEA Approach
K. K. Botros,
K. K. Botros
NOVA Centre for Applied Research, Calgary, AB, Canada
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E. J. Clavelle,
E. J. Clavelle
NOVA Centre for Applied Research, Calgary, AB, Canada
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M. Uddin,
M. Uddin
Engineering Mechanics Corporation of Columbus (Emc2), Columbus, OH
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G. Wilkowski,
G. Wilkowski
Engineering Mechanics Corporation of Columbus (Emc2), Columbus, OH
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C. Guan
C. Guan
TransCanada Pipelines, Ltd., Calgary, AB, Canada
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K. K. Botros
NOVA Centre for Applied Research, Calgary, AB, Canada
E. J. Clavelle
NOVA Centre for Applied Research, Calgary, AB, Canada
M. Uddin
Engineering Mechanics Corporation of Columbus (Emc2), Columbus, OH
G. Wilkowski
Engineering Mechanics Corporation of Columbus (Emc2), Columbus, OH
C. Guan
TransCanada Pipelines, Ltd., Calgary, AB, Canada
Paper No:
IPC2018-78097, V003T05A002; 15 pages
Published Online:
November 6, 2018
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Botros, KK, Clavelle, EJ, Uddin, M, Wilkowski, G, & Guan, C. "Next Generation Ductile Fracture Arrest Analyses for High Energy Pipelines Based on Detail Coupling of CFD and FEA Approach." Proceedings of the 2018 12th International Pipeline Conference. Volume 3: Operations, Monitoring, and Maintenance; Materials and Joining. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. September 24–28, 2018. V003T05A002. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IPC2018-78097
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