The paper provides a feasibility study of crack initiation and propagation in a mixing zone of an austenitic piping subjected to thermal fatigue loading. The analysis employs input data generated within the European research project THERFAT. A deterministic analysis performed using conservatively selected boundary conditions revealed high stresses in a mixing tee giving rise to fatigue damage. To account for the uncertainties, scatter and randomness of the thermal-hydraulic data and material properties, statistical data treatment and probabilistic methods are applied. Experimental measurements of temperature fluctuations obtained on austenitic thin-walled models are first employed to estimate the heat transfer coefficient. Then temperature and stress calculations are performed for a realistic piping geometry, and time to crack initiation is evaluated based on the fatigue design curves. The derived distribution function for the component life-time is compared with a deterministic assessment obtained using conservative assumptions on heat transfer conditions and material data. A possibility of crack propagation into the pipe wall is analyzed.
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ASME 2007 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference
July 22–26, 2007
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Pressure Vessels and Piping Division
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0-7918-4285-1
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Probabilistic Analysis of Cracking Phenomenon in a Mixing Tee Under Thermal Fatigue
Igor Varfolomeyev
Igor Varfolomeyev
Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials, Freiberg, Germany
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Igor Varfolomeyev
Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials, Freiberg, Germany
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PVP2007-26538, pp. 99-106; 8 pages
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August 20, 2009
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Varfolomeyev, I. "Probabilistic Analysis of Cracking Phenomenon in a Mixing Tee Under Thermal Fatigue." Proceedings of the ASME 2007 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. Volume 7: Operations, Applications and Components. San Antonio, Texas, USA. July 22–26, 2007. pp. 99-106. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2007-26538
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