The Effect of Specimen Orientation and Thickness on the Initiation of Delamination Crack in X80 Pipeline Steel

Abstract:

The effect of weak interfacial orientation, thickness and the main crack depth on the initiation of delamination crack and main crack in three-point bending specimens of X80 pipeline steel are investigated, using 3D finite element method. Considering the different fracture mechanism of delamination crack and main crack, two different criteria are adopted for them in the simulation. The results reveal that, when the delamination cracks initiates, the initiating position is fixed and the Jz integral of the main crack is a constant for specific weak interfacial orientation specimens with different main crack depth and a certain thickness. When specific weak interfacial orientation specimens have different thickness and a certain main crack depth, the initiating position of delamination crack is equal to the above mentioned, but the Jz integral of the main crack has a ripad decline with the increasing of thickness and then tend to stable. In particular, the delamination crack will not appear for specimens with thin thickness. The thicker the specimen is, the higher the ultimate weak interface strength is needed to prevent the initiation of the delamination crack for specimen with a certain main crack depth. The larger delamination crack will generate, when the specimens have a lower ultimate weak interface strength, a smaller Jz integral of main crack and a larger thickness.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 668)
• Pages: 625-629
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.668.625
• Online since: March 2013
• Authors: Xiao Yu Liu, Tian Yi Hu, Zheng Yang
• Keywords: Delamination Crack, Double Criterion, J_z Integral, Pipeline Steel

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