Date of Award
Fall 12-2012
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Program
Engineering and Applied Science
Department
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Major Professor
Pingsha Dong
Second Advisor
Anna Paradowska
Third Advisor
Dongming Wei
Fourth Advisor
Paul Schilling
Fifth Advisor
Brandon Taravella
Sixth Advisor
Lothar Birk
Abstract
This research sought to establish residual stress distribution characteristics in typical pipe and vessel welds by carrying out a comprehensive parametric study using an advanced sequentially coupled thermo-mechanical finite element procedure. The parametric study covered vessel and pipe components with a ranging radius to thickness ratio from r/t=2 to 100, for thickness ranging from t=1/4” to 10”. Component materials varied from low carbon steel to high alloy steels, such as stainless steel and titanium alloy. Furthermore, a structural mechanics based framework is proposed to generalize through-thickness residual stress distributions for a broad spectrum of joint geometry and welding conditions. The results of this study have been shown to provide both a significantly improved understanding of important parameters governing residual stresses in pipe and vessel welds, as well as a unified scheme for achieving consistent residual stress prescriptions for supporting fitness-for-service assessments of engineering structures. Specific contributions of this investigation may be summarized as follows:
(a) A welding heating input characterization procedure has been developed and validated to relate prescribed temperature thermal modeling procedure to conventional linear input definition. With this development, a large number of parametric analyses can be carried in a cost-effective manner without relying on the heat flux based weld pool model that can be exhaustive and time-consuming.
(b) A set of governing parameters controlling important residual stress distribution characteristics regardless of joint types, materials, and welding procedures have been identified. These are characteristic heat input intensity and radius over thickness ratio.
(c) A shell theory based residual stress estimation scheme has been developed to interrelate all parametric analysis results for circumferential girth welds, which can also be used to estimate residual stress distributions in both through-thickness and at any distance away from the weld, for cases that are not covered in the parametric study.
(d) In a similar manner, a curve bar theory based residual stress estimation scheme has also been developed for longitudinal seam welds.
These developments can significantly advance the residual stress profile prescription methods stipulated in the current national and international FFS Codes and Standards such as 2007 API 579 RP/ASME FFS-1 and BS 7910: 2011.
Recommended Citation
Song, Shaopin, "Analysis and Characterization of Residual Stresses in Pipe and Vessel Welds" (2012). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 1556.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1556
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