The effect of crack depth unevenness on the mode I stress intensity factor (SIF) distributions along the fronts of semi-elliptical surface cracks is studied. These three-dimensional radial cracks pertain to large uniform arrays of unequal-depth cracks emanating from the bore of a pressurized thick-walled cylinder. The analysis is based on the “two crack depth level model,” previously proposed, and is performed via the finite element (FE) method employing singular elements along the crack front. The distribution of -the stress intensity factor due to pressurization, for numerous uneven array configurations bearing to 128 cracks, a wide range of crack depth to wall thickness ratios, to 0.4, and various crack ellipticities, to 1.5, are evaluated for a cylinder of radii ratio To increase the accuracy of the evaluated SIFs an existing improved version of the displacement extrapolation method is used. The results clearly indicate that unevenness, as reflected in distributions, depends on both the number of cracks in the array as well as on the cracks’ depths and ellipticities. The “interaction range” for the various configurations of uneven crack arrays is evaluated. The range of influence between adjacent cracks on the maximal SIF, is found to be dependent on the density of the array, as reflected in the inter-crack aspect-ratio, as well as on the cracks’ elipticity.
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Analysis of Uniform Arrays of Three-Dimensional Unequal-Depth Cracks in a Thick-Walled Cylindrical Pressure Vessel
M. Perl, Mem. ASME,
M. Perl, Mem. ASME
Pearlstone Center for Aeronautical Engineering Studies, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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B. Ostraich
B. Ostraich
Pearlstone Center for Aeronautical Engineering Studies, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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M. Perl, Mem. ASME
Pearlstone Center for Aeronautical Engineering Studies, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
B. Ostraich
Pearlstone Center for Aeronautical Engineering Studies, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
Contributed by the Pressure Vessels and Piping Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSEL TECHNOLOGY. Manuscript received by the PVP Division August 2, 2002; revision received March 15, 2003. Associate Editor: K. K. Yoon.
J. Pressure Vessel Technol. Nov 2003, 125(4): 425-431 (7 pages)
Published Online: November 4, 2003
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August 2, 2002
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March 15, 2003
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November 4, 2003
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Perl, M., and Ostraich, B. (November 4, 2003). "Analysis of Uniform Arrays of Three-Dimensional Unequal-Depth Cracks in a Thick-Walled Cylindrical Pressure Vessel ." ASME. J. Pressure Vessel Technol. November 2003; 125(4): 425–431. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1613946
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