Creep-fatigue life prediction of a welded pipe structure under complex bending-torsion loading
摘要
An idealized explicit finite element method is efficient to analyze mechanical behaviors of large-scale welded structures. A numerical model combining Norton’s law, ductile exhaustion law, and Manson-Coffin’s law was developed for the prediction of creep-fatigue life of a welded pipe system under complex bending-torsion loading. Its validity was verified by comparing predicted creep-fatigue life with the experimental one.