Pressure Pipe Damage: Numerical Estimation of Point Load Effect II

Abstract:

It has been shown that the service lifetime of buried pipes can be reduced especially in relation to stress concentration caused by external point loads. If the pipe is loaded locally the stress is concentrated there and a crack can initiate at this position or the existing crack can be affected by corresponding stress redistribution. In the paper, the effect of a hard indenter, material properties, and the hoop stress level on the stress intensity factor of the axial inner crack are evaluated. A simple relation for estimation of the stress intensity factor value without FEM simulations is proposed.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 577-578)
• Pages: 533-536
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.577-578.533
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Zdeněk Majer, Michal Zouhar, Martin Ševčík, Luboš Náhlík, Pavel Hutař
• Keywords: Lifetime Prediction, Point Load, Polymer Pressure Pipes, Stress Intensity Factor (SIF)

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