Abstract

Abstract Cracking is one of the key factors jeopardizing the safe operation of pipelines, and Stress Intensity Factor (SIF) is an important parameter for evaluating the degree of crack danger. Cracks on engineering pipelines often appear in irregular patterns. In this paper, with FRANC3D crack analysis software, SIFs of the circumferential tilt cracks and axial tile cracks on the inner wall surface of a pipe under internal pressure were studied with concentration on the effects of the crack tilt angles. Mode I stress intensity factor weakening effect KI/K0 was defined and influences of the crack tilt angle, pipe and crack size on KI/K0 were investigated. With enough simulation results, empirical formulas for calculating the Mode I SIF for the circumferential or axial tilt crack were obtained by modifying the formulas for calculating the SIF of the crack in AMSE FFS-1.

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