TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigation on effect of distance between two collinear circumferential surface cracks on primary water stress corrosion crack growth in alloy 600TT steam generator tubes
AU - Heo, Eun Ju
AU - Kim, Jong Sung
AU - Jeon, Jun Young
AU - Kim, Yun-Jae
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The study investigated the effect of the distance between two collinear circumferential surface cracks on the primary stress corrosion crack (PWSCC) growth in alloy 600TT steam generator tubes using a finite element damage analysis based on the PWSCC initiation model and macroscopic phenomenological damage mechanics approach. The damage analysis method was verified by comparing the results to the previous study results. The verified method was applied to collinear circumferential surface PWSCCs. As a result, it was found that the collinear cracks showed earlier coalescence and penetration times than the a single crack, and the times increased with the distance. In addition, it is expected that penetration may occur before coalescence of two cracks if they are more than a specific distance apart.
AB - The study investigated the effect of the distance between two collinear circumferential surface cracks on the primary stress corrosion crack (PWSCC) growth in alloy 600TT steam generator tubes using a finite element damage analysis based on the PWSCC initiation model and macroscopic phenomenological damage mechanics approach. The damage analysis method was verified by comparing the results to the previous study results. The verified method was applied to collinear circumferential surface PWSCCs. As a result, it was found that the collinear cracks showed earlier coalescence and penetration times than the a single crack, and the times increased with the distance. In addition, it is expected that penetration may occur before coalescence of two cracks if they are more than a specific distance apart.
KW - Alloy 600TT
KW - Collinear Circumferential Surface PWSCC
KW - Damage Mechanics
KW - Finite Element Analysis
KW - Growth Behavior
KW - PWSCC Initiation Model
KW - Steam Generator Tubes
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U2 - 10.3795/KSME-A.2015.39.3.269
DO - 10.3795/KSME-A.2015.39.3.269
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84938360753
SN - 1226-4873
VL - 39
SP - 269
EP - 273
JO - Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, A
JF - Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, A
IS - 3
ER -