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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/26722| Title: | Effects of angles and shapes of a corner crack on the driving force at a set-in nozzlecylinder in a PWR pressure vessel |
| Authors: | Wang, S Wang, B Wu, G Xue, H Sun, Y Zhu, J |
| Keywords: | corner crack;stress intensity factor (SIF);J-integral;reactor pressure vessel (RPV);elastic-plastic finite element analysis (EPFEA) |
| Issue Date: | 26-Jun-2023 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Citation: | Wang, S. et al. (2023) 'Effects of angles and shapes of a corner crack on the driving force at a set-in nozzlecylinder in a PWR pressure vessel', Annals of Nuclear Energy, 192, 109991, pp. 1 - 13. doi: 10.1016/j.anucene.2023.109991. |
| Abstract: | Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Corner cracks are one of the common forms of flaws in the reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) of nuclear power plants (NPPs). Accurate evaluation of the driving force of such corner cracks is essential and critical for the efficient design and integrity assessment of the RPVs. In this study, the combined effect of the depth, length and angle of a given corner crack under the service loading was analyzed using elastic–plastic finite element analysis (EPFEA). Based on the consideration of the distribution profiles of stress intensity factor (SIF) and J integral as the crack growth along corner crack front, the crack growth stability with various crack shapes and angles was analyzed. Finite element analysis (FEA) results showed that the crack growth driving force is affected by the shape and angle of the initial crack. It is also found that the sliding mode (mode II) crack or tearing mode (mode III) crack should be taken into account in the structural integrity analysis of RPVs. |
| Description: | Data availability: Data will be made available on request. |
| URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/26722 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2023.109991 |
| ISSN: | 0306-4549 |
| Other Identifiers: | ORCID iD: Bin Wang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1398-6599 109991 |
| Appears in Collections: | Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers |
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