深潜器多球交接耐压壳室温蠕变-疲劳特性研究

为了揭示钛合金深潜器多球交接耐压壳在实际作业过程中的蠕变-疲劳特性，通过定义的比例因子建立考虑蠕变损伤演化速率拉压不对称时的室温蠕变-疲劳损伤模型，通过对ABAQUS软件进行二次开发，基于蠕变-疲劳损伤模型和自动周期跳跃算法，建立了适用于深潜器多球交接耐压壳结构的蠕变-疲劳损伤数值模拟方法。数值分析结果显示，多球交接耐压壳结构的热点位置在承受拉伸载荷时，蠕变损伤对结构的蠕变-疲劳寿命影响显著，而承受压缩载荷时几乎不产生蠕变损伤；当作业水深增加时，蠕变-疲劳裂纹萌生寿命的减少速度明显高于疲劳裂纹萌生寿命的减少速度；当处于相同水深时，保载时间增加会使结构的蠕变-疲劳裂纹萌生寿命减少，但耐压壳的实际可作业时间大幅提升。研究结果可为多球交接耐压壳蠕变-疲劳强度的计算提供参考。     

小时间域裂纹扩展模型的可靠性分析

准确的裂纹扩展率模型是结构疲劳寿命预报的基础.考虑单个循环内裂纹长度变化的小时间域裂纹扩展率模型,能够在复杂载荷条件下计算任意微小时间域内的裂纹扩展增量.文章首先介绍了一种可用于水下耐压结构疲劳寿命分析的小时间域蠕变疲劳裂纹扩展模型,并对模型参数的敏感性进行了分析.然后选取其中几个参数作为随机变量,运用JC法、EMORM法和Monte-Carlo法计算该模型在不同裂纹长度的裂纹扩展速率的可靠度.     

考虑小裂纹和保载时间效应的疲劳可靠性分析

大深度载人潜水器的载人舱材质是高强度金属,不可避免地会受到疲劳损害现象的挑战。实际的载人舱结构中存在着由外部因素和内部因素引起的不确定性,其疲劳寿命将受到这些不确定性的影响。在前期的研究中,课题组基于统一的疲劳裂纹扩展率模型进行了疲劳可靠性分析方法的探讨,可作为进一步进行载人舱疲劳寿命预报的基础。但是,该模型无法反映小裂纹和保载时间的影响,而这正是载人舱结构和所受载荷的重要特征,应进行深入研究。所以,课题组提出了一个小裂纹扩展率模型和两个反映保载时间效应的裂纹扩展率模型,以更好地解释载人舱用钛合金金属的蠕变疲劳特性。文中基于这三个模型,结合不同的理论方法,进行了疲劳可靠性分析,考察了可靠度分析方法之间的不同、输入参数以及不同的裂纹扩展理论模型对结构的疲劳可靠性的影响。     

4500米级载人深潜器耐压球壳疲劳可靠性分析

采用能计及裂纹闭合以及裂纹前缘的三维约束效应的裂纹扩展预报模型对我国研制中的4500米载人深潜器钛合金耐压球壳的疲劳寿命研究。参考国外同级别深潜器下潜统计数据建立了疲劳载荷概率模型,基于响应面法开展了疲劳可靠性分析,得到了失效概率及各随机变量参数敏感性结果,对载人球壳抗疲劳设计及结构安全性评估具有一定的参考意义。     

在随机载荷作用下用断裂力学法估算潜艇耐压壳体的疲劳寿命和裂纹尺寸

潜艇在上浮下潜的过程中承受着反复作用的由外部水压力所产生的随机载荷,耐压壳体面临着疲劳破坏。本文引入了潜艇的疲劳载荷谱,模拟了潜艇随机载荷历程,并对一次载荷历程估算了疲劳寿命;同时模拟了100次载荷历程,分别对疲劳寿命和裂纹尺寸进行了统计,结果表明裂纹的疲劳寿命符合威布尔分布,裂纹扩展尺寸服从对数正态分布。该结论与目前疲劳可靠性分析中使用的对数正态分布模型和威布尔分布模型相一致。     

考虑残余应力效应的深潜器耐压壳体疲劳研究

本文考虑焊接残余应力的影响,给出包含裂纹萌生和裂纹扩展全过程的载人深潜器耐压球壳疲劳寿命预报方法,分别基于局部应力-应变法和能计及负应力比效应的裂纹扩展单一曲线模型预报了耐压球壳的工艺疲劳寿命和使用疲劳寿命,研究焊接残余应力大小对球壳疲劳寿命的影响。结果表明,忽略拉伸残余应力的影响将导致疲劳寿命预测结果偏于危险;耐压球壳整体受压时,拉伸残余应力使得球壳局部区域承受拉-压循环载荷,计算使用疲劳寿命过程中须考虑其影响;降低拉伸残余应力可有效提高耐压球壳的疲劳寿命。     

基于改进McEvily模型的结构压-压疲劳寿命预测方法

潜水器在下潜过程中其耐压结构大部分区域处于压缩应力状态,所受压力随潜深的改变而改变,将有可能导致耐压球壳发生疲劳破坏,而压-压载荷下的疲劳问题与常规疲劳分析有着很大的不同,因此研究结构的压-压疲劳寿命具有重要意义。本文基于断裂力学理论,采用改进的McEvily裂纹扩展速率模型,预测压缩循环载荷下的深海结构物疲劳寿命。采用有限元方法建立结构模型,研究了裂纹尖端区域有限元单元尺寸的影响,采用多载荷步分析结合节点释放技术计算得到了压缩循环载荷下沿着裂纹扩展平面的残余拉应力和应力强度因子,结合改进的McEvily模型计算得到裂纹扩展寿命曲线。最后,以承受单向循环压缩载荷的双边裂纹板为例,阐述了本文的计算方法,并将计算结果与试验结果进行对比,结果表明本文的压缩疲劳寿命分析方法可行、有效,可为相关承受循环压缩载荷下的结构疲劳寿命评估提供参考。     

考虑焊接残余应力释放的结构疲劳寿命分析方法研究

焊接残余应力对于焊接结构的疲劳寿命产生很显著的影响,同时循环载荷作用下焊接残余应力会出现释放现象,因此有必要对焊接件疲劳寿命预测方法进行研究.基于改进的McEvily疲劳裂纹扩展速率模型,同时结合课题组研究得到的AH36钢对接焊平板残余应力释放计算公式,提出考虑焊接残余应力释放的结构物疲劳寿命计算方法.随后,以潜艇锥柱耐压壳的疲劳为例,详细阐述了本文提出的疲劳寿命分析方法的计算流程.考虑耐压壳焊接顺序影响,分析了含半椭圆表面裂纹的锥柱耐压壳疲劳寿命.对比文献的试验结果,表明焊接结构疲劳寿命计算公式有较好的预测效果,可以用于评估带表面裂纹焊接件在拉伸循环载荷作用下的疲劳寿命.     

海洋钢结构疲劳裂纹扩展预报单一扩展率曲线模型

采用基于疲劳裂纹扩展的疲劳寿命预报方法对海洋钢结构的安全寿命进行评估,首先要解决变幅载荷作用下的裂纹扩展率问题,其次是复杂应力场中的应力强度因子计算问题.文章将裂纹扩展率单一曲线模型结合焊趾表面裂纹应力强度因子的计算方法来探讨复杂载荷作用下海洋钢结构的疲劳寿命预报问题.裂纹扩展率单一曲线模型的思想是将任意载况下的应力强度因子等效到R=0的应力强度因子,并假定超载不影响材料的裂纹扩展率,而是使等效应力强度因子幅减小.使得复杂载荷下的疲劳寿命预报也仅需要对应于R=0时的裂纹扩展率材料常数,从而解决复杂载荷下裂纹扩展率材料常数的确定问题.文中给出了适合于海洋钢结构的裂纹扩展率曲线,焊趾表面裂纹应力强度因子以及残余应力引起的应力强度因子的计算方法.     

随机载荷作用下的疲劳裂纹扩展

船舶等许多工程结构在服役过程中的受载荷历程是一个随机过程.而变幅载荷下的载荷相互作用对疲劳裂纹扩展寿命将产生显著的影响.因此研究随机载荷作用下的裂纹扩展及定量计算对船舶结构的疲劳寿命预测的可靠性是十分重要的.该文提出了一个基于有效应力强度因子,以应力比和裂纹尖端塑性区尺寸为主要参数的随机载荷作用下疲劳寿命预测模型.该模型用于预测几种载荷谱作用下的裂纹扩展试验,结果表明预测结构和实验结果符合得很好.     

A simplified life estimation method for the spherical hull of deep manned submersibles

Creep and fatigue are involved in the loading of deep manned submersible, which is a rather complex variable amplitude pattern. Dwell effects resulting in lower life than pure fatigue are observed in the prior experimental research while no proper prediction methods are available to explain the phenomenon. Recently, the authors proposed a modified crack growth rate model to explain the creep effect under the cyclic loading which is validated for the crack growth of some titanium alloys under cyclic creep loading, however, its application is restricted to the condition where lots of parameters have to be determined based on many experiments and it is not very convenient in the material selection and primary design stage of a component. In this paper, a simplified prediction model for the load pattern of constant amplitude cyclic loading is proposed aiming at one of the most applicable materials for the pressure hull of submersibles, Ti–6Al–4V ELI. The method can be easily used to estimate the life of the pressure hull based on two series of basic mechanical properties of the material and validated by the modified crack growth rate model with parameters determined by large amounts of experimental data.     

耐压船体结构典型接点疲劳寿命评估

潜艇在潜浮过程中,由于静水外压引起的工作应力与焊接残余应力叠加,形成拉压循环应力,导致耐压船体的局部结构可能出现低周疲劳裂纹.一般情况下,高强度钢在抗拉强度提高的同时往往伴随着材料塑性储备和断裂韧性的下降,因此分析高强度钢潜艇结构的低周疲劳寿命非常重要.本文基于断裂力学和Paris公式建立了潜艇耐压结构低周疲劳寿命的工程估算方法,根据裂纹无损检测的概率统计和含裂纹圆柱壳极限应力分析,给出了初始裂纹和裂纹临界状态的建议值.应用本文的简化方法分析了某潜艇结构和锥柱结合壳模型的低周疲劳寿命,锥柱结合壳模型的数值算例表明本文的计算结果与试验测试结果相吻合.     

A unified fatigue life prediction method for marine structures

Marine structures such as ships and offshore platforms are mostly designed with damage tolerance and this design philosophy requires accurate prediction of fatigue crack propagation process. Now more and more people have realized that only a fatigue life prediction method based on fatigue crack propagation (FCP) theory has the potential to satisfy the accuracy requirement and to explain various fatigue phenomena observed. In the past several years, the authors’ group has made some efforts in developing a unified fatigue life prediction (UFLP) method for marine structures. The key issue for this development is to establish a “correct” crack growth rate relation. In this paper the improvement of the crack growth rate model is dealt with first. A new crack growth rate model based on the concept of partial crack closure is presented. The capability of the model is demonstrated. Secondly, studies on the engineering approaches to determine the parameters in the new crack growth rate model are carried out and validated by comparing with the experimental results on a wide range of alloys. Thirdly, the preliminary studies on some significant problems such as load sequence effect are presented. Finally, further studies for the application of the UFLP method to the fatigue strength assessment of marine structures are pointed out.     

一种复杂载荷作用下船舶结构疲劳裂纹扩展预报方法

风暴模型是Tomita等提出的用来评估船舶结构疲劳强度的一种随机波浪载荷简化模型,它能表达波浪载荷是与时间相关的随机过程。文中介绍了风暴模型及波浪诱导应力短期分布的基本特征。将风暴模型和裂纹扩展率单一曲线模型及焊趾表面裂纹应力强度因子的计算方法结合起来,探讨了复杂载荷作用下船舶结构疲劳裂纹扩展预报方法。并用权函数法计算了给定残余应力分布的表面裂纹应力强度因子。预报了对接焊接接头焊趾处表面裂纹在风暴波浪载荷作用下的疲劳裂纹扩展行为,结果表明风暴的大小、顺序,初始裂纹尺寸及残余应力对裂纹扩展行为影响明显。合理的风暴模型参数及初始裂纹尺寸的确定对船舶结构的疲劳寿命预报是非常重要的。     

改进的疲劳裂纹扩展率模型及其参数估算方法

疲劳裂纹扩展率曲线是任何基于裂纹扩展理论的疲劳寿命预报方法的基本疲劳特性。论文作者们提出了一种改进的疲劳裂纹扩展率模型,它可以解释金属疲劳试验中观察到的各种现象。为了便于工程应用,文中也给出了如何利用除裂纹扩展试验以外的其它试验结果来估算该模型参数的方法。文中还对恒幅载荷下该模型及其参数估算方法对HTS-A钢的适用性进行了分析,分析结果将为利用该模型预报由HTS-A型钢制成的海洋结构物的疲劳寿命提供基础。     

考虑塑性损伤的船体裂纹板低周疲劳裂纹扩展行为研究

船舶结构的扩展断裂失效往往是低周疲劳破坏和累积递增塑性破坏耦合作用的结果,疲劳裂纹的扩展就是裂纹尖端前缘材料刚度不断降低延展性不断耗失而逐渐分离的结果.基于弹塑性断裂力学理论,文章提出了考虑累积塑性损伤的低周疲劳裂纹扩展速率预测模型.通过低周疲劳裂纹扩展试验拟合出模型相关材料参数并验证预测模型的合理性.通过系列有限元计算对平均应力及应力幅值的影响因素进行了数值分析.该模型的计算结果与已有实验结果基本吻合;对合理预估船体裂纹板的常幅低周疲劳裂纹扩展寿命有重要意义.     

A computational approach for fatigue crack propagation in ship structures under random sequence of clustered loading

The authors have developed a simulation program, CP-System, for multiple cracks propagating in a three-dimensional stiffened panel structure, where through-the-thickness crack propagation is formulated as a two-dimensional in-plane problem, and the crack propagation behavior is simulated by step-by-step finite element analyses. In order to evaluate the fatigue lives of marine structures accurately, it is necessary to take into account the load histories induced by sea waves, which may be composed of a random sequence of certain clustered loads with variable stress range. In the proposed crack growth model, the crack opening and closure behavior is simulated by using the modified strip yielding model, and the effective tensile plastic stress intensity range, ΔK _RP, is calculated by considering the contact of plastic wake along the crack surfaces. The adequacy of the proposed crack growth model is examined by comparison with fatigue tests under non-constant-amplitude loading. The usefulness of the developed method is demonstrated for a ship structural detail under certain simulated load sequences. It is shown that the fatigue crack growth of a ship structure is significantly retarded due to the load interaction effects, so that the conventional method for fatigue life assessment may predict a relatively conservative fatigue life of a structure.     

Approximate method to determine the model parameters in a new crack growth rate model

Marine structures are subjected to complex loading histories and one of the most significant failure modes is fatigue. Accurate prediction of the fatigue life of marine structures is very important for both safe and economic design and operation. Now many researchers and engineers have realized that fatigue crack propagation theory can provide more rational basis to predict the fatigue life of metal structures. At the same time, more and more fatigue crack growth models are proposed along with a good understanding of metal fatigue mechanisms. However, it is difficult to determine a large number of model parameters, which restricts their use in practical engineering problems. Therefore, it is significant to study the approximate methods for estimating the model parameters in good fatigue crack growth models.In our previous work, an extended McEvily model for fatigue crack growth analysis of metal structures was proposed. This model shows promising capability to explain various fatigue phenomena. In order for the convenient use in estimating fatigue life of marine structures, the concepts and approximations of the model parameters are comprehensively studied in this paper. Based on that, more reasonable assumptions and empirical formulas to determine the parameters are recommended. The approximate method is validated by experimental results of several types of materials, which could be successfully used in simple and effective engineering analysis for marine structures.     

Onboard monitoring of fatigue damage rates in the hull girder

Most new advanced ships have extensive data collection systems to be used for continuous monitoring of engine and hull performance, for voyage performance evaluation etc. Such systems could be expanded to include also procedures for stress monitoring and for decision support, where the most critical wave-induced ship extreme responses and fatigue damage accumulation can be estimated for hypothetical changes in ship course and speed in the automatically estimated wave environment.The aim of this paper is to outline a calculation procedure for fatigue damage rate prediction in hull girders taking into account whipping stresses. It is conceptually shown how such a method, which integrates onboard estimation of sea states, can be used to deduce decision support with respect to the accumulated fatigue damage in the hull girder.The paper firstly presents a set of measured full-scale wave-induced stress ranges in a container ship, where the associated fatigue damage rates calculated from a combination of the rain-flow counting method and the Palmgren-Miner damage rule are compared with damage predictions obtained from a computationally much faster frequency fatigue analysis using a spectral method. This analysis verifies the applied multi-modal spectral analysis procedure for fatigue estimation for cases where hull girder flexibility plays a role.To obtain an automated prediction method for the fatigue damage rates it is in the second part of the paper shown how a combination of the full-scale onboard acceleration and stress measurements can be used to calculate sea state parameters. These calculated environmental data are verified by a comparison to hindcast data.In the third part of the paper the full-scale fatigue stress ranges are compared to results from an analytical design oriented calculation procedure for flexible ship hulls in short-term estimated sea states.Altogether, it is conceptually shown that by a combination of the onboard estimated sea state parameters with the described analytical fatigue damage prediction procedure a method can be established for real-time onboard decision support which includes estimates of fatigue damage rates.