Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
T. Suresh Kumar, Manmath Kumar Dash, A. Nagesha
Summary: This investigation focused on the deformation behavior and damage development of a type 316 LN austenitic stainless steel weld joint under isothermal low cycle fatigue (IF) and thermomechanical fatigue (TMF). The cyclic stress response (CSR) of the joint was influenced by dynamic strain aging (DSA) and was observed to be higher under TMF compared to IF cycling. The difference in fatigue life under TMF and IF was explained by the development of deformation and damage through microscopy studies. The cyclic plastic deformation and damage occurred independently in the base metal and weld metal parts of the joint, competing to cause failure.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Suresh Kumar Telagathoti, Nagesha Atikukke, Kannan Ramamurthy
Summary: The study investigated the cyclic deformation and fracture behavior of a type 316 LN austenitic stainless steel weld joint under thermomechanical fatigue (TMF) and isothermal low cycle fatigue (IF) cycling. It was found that TMF resulted in higher cyclic stress response and reduced cyclic softening compared to IF tests, with in-phase (IP) TMF leading to lower lives than IF cycling at the maximum temperature. The accumulation of damage and failure depended on strength, microstructural gradient, and deformation incompatibility, with crack propagation influenced by microstructural transformations, creep, and oxidation.
FATIGUE & FRACTURE OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS & STRUCTURES
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
T. Suresh Kumar, A. Nagesha, K. Mariappan, Manmath Kumar Dash
Summary: The beneficial influence of prior thermal ageing on the cyclic life of a type 316 LN austenitic stainless steel weld joint under thermomechanical fatigue was demonstrated through experiments. It was found that crack initiation mostly occurred in the heat affected zone in the as-welded joint, but shifted to the weld region following thermal ageing. Mechanisms governing life variations between the as-welded and aged joints were identified through detailed EBSD investigations.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE
(2021)
Article
Mechanics
Xiaohui Chen, Shiji Liu, Yusong Tian, Lin Zhu, Lang Lang
Summary: 316FR-type low carbon stainless steel is often used in gas cooled reactor power plants subjected to high temperatures. A study was conducted to investigate the thermo-mechanical fatigue behavior of this steel. A viscoplastic constitutive model was proposed and implemented into ABAQUS software, showing good agreement with experimental results.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS A-SOLIDS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Qingtong Wang, Bingbing Li, Jingwei Zhao, Takamoto Itoh, Xu Chen
Summary: Isothermal and thermomechanical fatigue tests were performed with different tension dwell times, and the cyclic stress response and stress relaxation behavior were analyzed using TEM and EBSD. The results showed that fatigue was the dominant mechanism for crack initiation and propagation in all creep-IF tests, leading to specimen fracture. However, in creep-TMF tests, when the dwell time increased to 1800 s, the dominant damage mechanism shifted to creep-fatigue interaction, resulting in intergranular fracture mode and a significantly shorter life. Additionally, a life prediction model based on tension strain energy was proposed.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Michal Bartosak
Summary: An improved unified viscoplastic model is developed within the Chaboche framework to simulate the mechanical behavior of a martensitic steel under various loading conditions, with validation through experimental data.
MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Michal Bartosak
Summary: In this article, machine learning is used to predict the lifetime under isothermal low-cycle fatigue and thermo-mechanical fatigue loading. Two machine learning based approaches are demonstrated using a fatigue and fatigue-creep dataset. The results show a good correlation between the experiment and the prediction, suggesting that machine learning based damage models can reasonably predict the lifetime under complex thermo-mechanical loading.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Michal Bartosak, Jakub Horvath, Zdenek Pitrmuc, Marie Rohlova
Summary: The phase angle in TMF tests has a significant influence on the dominant damage mechanism and observed lifetime. A modified damage model has been proposed to account for the effect of the phase angle.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE
(2021)
Article
Mechanics
Michal Bartosak, Jakub Horvath
Summary: Strain-controlled Low-Cycle Fatigue (LCF) and Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue (TMF) tests were conducted on silicon-molybdenum ductile cast iron SiMo 4.06. The LCF tests covered various mechanical strain amplitudes and temperatures, while the TMF tests were performed at different temperatures. The dominant failure modes involved graphite-matrix debonding and transgranular crack propagation through the ferritic matrix, which were analyzed. Additionally, a novel damage model based on the dissipated hysteresis energy was proposed for accurately predicting the lifetime of SiMo 4.06 under LCF and TMF loading, considering the separate calculations of creep and fatigue damage and indirect consideration of oxidation effects.
ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Mengqi Li, Shengkun Wang, Jingtai Yu, Gang Chen
Summary: In this study, in-phase and out-of-phase thermomechanical fatigue (TMF) tests as well as isothermal fatigue (IF) tests were conducted to investigate the cyclic deformation behavior and fatigue life of Ti-2Al-2.5Zr alloy. The competition mechanism of back stress and friction stress was found to have an effect on the cyclic hardening/softening behavior. The fatigue life of TMF and IF showed slight differences at higher strain amplitudes, while it depended on loading modes at lower strain amplitudes due to the deviation in plastic strain energy density and peak stress.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Shutong Zhang, Sebastian Romo, Rafael A. Giorjao, Kaue C. Riffel, Antonio J. Ramirez
Summary: Dissimilar welded joints are critical in determining the operation lifetime of pressure vessels under severe cyclic deformation. Failure susceptibility is due to local strength mismatch and heterogeneous microstructures. This study evaluated the low-cycle fatigue performance of a dissimilar welded joint at 250 degrees C and revealed the impact of material strength and hardening mismatch on cyclic behavior within the weld transition.
ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
WangSub Shin, Kyong-Ho Chang, Shazia Muzaffer
Summary: The research analyzed the fatigue performance of cruciform fillet welded joints with full and incomplete penetration under load carrying and non-load carrying conditions. It was found that welding deformation, residual stresses, and stress magnitude affect the fatigue crack initiation and fatigue life of welded structures.
ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS
(2021)
Review
Crystallography
Jingwei Zhao, Feng Qiu, Chuangang Xu
Summary: The present paper reviews the research on the creep-thermomechanical fatigue (CTMF) behaviors of austenitic stainless steel for nuclear power plant pipelines. The stress response behavior, main damage mechanisms, and the effects of strain dwell type, dwell time, and temperature-strain phase angle on fatigue life behavior are systematically discussed. It is emphasized that CTMF is closer to the actual service condition of nuclear power plant pipes, and the traditional design method based on isothermal fatigue test data is not conservative. The research on CTMF behaviors of austenitic stainless steel for nuclear power plant is summarized and prospected.
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Anoop Karaniath Unni, Vasudevan Muthukumaran
Summary: This study investigates the heat transfer, molten fluid flow weld pool dynamics, and cooling rate phenomena in the laser weld pool of 316 LN stainless steel using a three-dimensional numerical modeling approach. The study employs a hybrid conical-cylindrical heat source model to simulate the laser energy transmission and predicts the penetration depth for an optimized laser energy input. The simulation results are in good agreement with experimental data and provide insight into the thermal-fluid flow mechanism and weld fusion zone attributes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Cheng Luo, Huang Yuan
Summary: This study investigated the thermomechanical fatigue behavior of nickel-base single-crystal superalloy with different crystal orientations. The crack initiation modes and damage mechanisms were characterized using SEM and optical microscopy. In IP-TMF, creep damage originated from casting pores and propagated under mode I. The creep facets were influenced by activated slip systems, while fatigue damage depended on crystal orientation and developed by slipping along different crystallographic planes. In OP-TMF tests, oxidation-assisted cracking was non-crystallographic for all crystal orientations, with the crack growing within the oxidized material.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
T. Suresh Kumar, A. Nagesha, J. Ganesh Kumar, P. Parameswaran, R. Sandhya
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(2018)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
T. Suresh Kumar, S. D. Yadav, A. Nagesha, R. Kannan, G. V. Prasad Reddy
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(2020)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Suresh Kumar Telagathoti, Nagesha Atikukke, Kannan Ramamurthy
Summary: The study investigated the cyclic deformation and fracture behavior of a type 316 LN austenitic stainless steel weld joint under thermomechanical fatigue (TMF) and isothermal low cycle fatigue (IF) cycling. It was found that TMF resulted in higher cyclic stress response and reduced cyclic softening compared to IF tests, with in-phase (IP) TMF leading to lower lives than IF cycling at the maximum temperature. The accumulation of damage and failure depended on strength, microstructural gradient, and deformation incompatibility, with crack propagation influenced by microstructural transformations, creep, and oxidation.
FATIGUE & FRACTURE OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS & STRUCTURES
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
T. Suresh Kumar, A. Nagesha, K. Mariappan, Manmath Kumar Dash
Summary: The beneficial influence of prior thermal ageing on the cyclic life of a type 316 LN austenitic stainless steel weld joint under thermomechanical fatigue was demonstrated through experiments. It was found that crack initiation mostly occurred in the heat affected zone in the as-welded joint, but shifted to the weld region following thermal ageing. Mechanisms governing life variations between the as-welded and aged joints were identified through detailed EBSD investigations.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
T. Suresh Kumar, Manmath Kumar Dash, A. Nagesha
Summary: This investigation focused on the deformation behavior and damage development of a type 316 LN austenitic stainless steel weld joint under isothermal low cycle fatigue (IF) and thermomechanical fatigue (TMF). The cyclic stress response (CSR) of the joint was influenced by dynamic strain aging (DSA) and was observed to be higher under TMF compared to IF cycling. The difference in fatigue life under TMF and IF was explained by the development of deformation and damage through microscopy studies. The cyclic plastic deformation and damage occurred independently in the base metal and weld metal parts of the joint, competing to cause failure.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2022)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Mechanical
T. Suresh Kumar, A. Nagesha, R. Sandhya
STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT, ICONS 2018
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Abraham Mensah, Srinivas Sriramula
Summary: This paper proposes a pathway for developing efficient performance functions to evaluate the probability of failure for interacting pipeline corrosion clustering defects using a probabilistic finite element-based reliability method. The framework reduces computational cost and offers informed decision-making on risk and maintenance management.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSELS AND PIPING
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Baozhu Zhang, Wenchun Jiang, Yun Luo, Wei Peng, Yingjie Qiao
Summary: This paper studies the distribution of residual stress in thick wall girth welds using narrow-gap welding. The study finds that the heat input, wall thickness, radius thickness ratio, and number of welding passes have an effect on residual stress. A model for the distribution of welding residual stress through the wall thickness is proposed, and its results are in good agreement with finite element calculation results.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSELS AND PIPING
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Stefan Culafic, Darko Bajic, Tasko Maneski
Summary: This paper presents experimental research on a branch model conducted in laboratory conditions. The study verifies the linear relationship between stress and internal pressure in the field of elasticity and reveals the occurrences when stresses exceed the yield strength of the branch material, such as plastic deformations of the branch model. The research also defines the dependence of stress on internal pressure in both the field of elasticity and the zone of residual stresses.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSELS AND PIPING
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Wenchun Jiang, Wenlu Xie, Xinyue Qi, Yangguang Deng, Yu Wan, Xuefang Xie
Summary: Various types of solid-state phase transformations (SSPT) occur during the SA508 steel welding process, leading to complex microstructure distribution and significant influence on residual stress distribution. To better control microstructure and residual stress, optimization of process parameters related to welding thermal cycles is necessary.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSELS AND PIPING
(2024)