Ductile-brittle fracture transition was investigated using compact tension (CT) specimens from -70 o C to 40 o C for a carbon steel. Large deformation finite element analysis has been carried out to simulate the stable crack growth in the compact tension (CT, a/W=0.6), three point-point bend (SE(B), a/W=0.1) and centre-cracked tension (M(T), a/W=0.5) specimens. Experimental crack tip opening di...

ASTM A 182 F22 steel, used in components subsea for oil extraction, are previously buttered with ductile metal such as Inconel 625, before being welded to steel pipes similar A36 steels. The thermal buttering weld cycle provides the formation of high hardness micro-phases and carbides at interface between Inconel, which when contact hydrogen, originating from cathodic protection applied these e...

In-situ synchrotron X-ray microtomography has been employed to investigate the three-dimensional (3D) closure behavior of short fatigue crack in Ti-6Al-4V alloy. At a spatial resolution level 1 µm, tomography datasets were taken at two fronts observe time evolution (sometimes called 4D imaging). Owing high level, complex 3D morphology consisting deflections, facet paths and branching/overlap ca...

Abstract: During the last decade, the demand for natural gas has steadily increased for the prevention of environmental pollution. For this reason, many liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers have been manufactured. Since one of the most important issues in the design of LNG carriers is to guarantee structural safety, the use of low-temperature materials is increasing. Among commonly employed low...

In recent years, ExxonMobil has undertaken a comprehensive experimental and numerical program to characterize tensile strain capacity of welded pipelines under different operational, geometric and material property conditions. Key parameters affecting tensile strain capacity have been identified through sensitivity studies and used in a large-scale FEAbased parametric study to develop closed-fo...

A software tool for automated crack onset and growth simulation based on the eXtended Finite Element Method (X-FEM) is developed. This XFA tool for the first time is able to simulate arbitrary crack growth or composite delamination without remeshing. The automated tool is integrated with Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/CAE via the customization interfaces. It seamlessly works with the Commercial, Of...