Methods for Diagnosing the Exhausted and Predicting the Remaining Life of Critical Engineering Facilities
摘要
Abstract
Based on the concept of damaged material and its subsequent failure, an approach to analyzing non-isothermal viscoplastic deformation of “hazardous” zones of long-term engineering structures is presented. The approach allows for consideration of the influence of multi-component stresses and rotation of the principal axes of stress-strain tensors on the rate of damage accumulation; and nonlinear defect accumulation. The purposes of the calculation methods in this approach are: experimental studies of material properties; estimates of the exhausted and remaining service life of engineering structures based on a given loading history; and the mathematical foundations of service life monitoring systems.