Thermo-mechanical fatigue conditions of power plant components

• Autorzy: Okrajni J.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose: The main purpose of this work is the description of the mechanical behaviour of power plant components working under mechanical and thermal loading that cause the thermo-mechanical fatigue fracture in selected areas of the component surfaces. Design/methodology/approach: The computer modelling has been used to describe the local stress-strain behaviour of the chosen component. Findings: The values of variable in time temperature strains and stresses in selected points of the power plant header were determined. The points were located at the edges of holes through which water steam is supplied and carried away, where under use conditions the presence of cracks can be observed. That stresses and mechanical strains caused by the influence of a non-uniform temperature field may be significantly higher in comparison with the stresses and strains caused by the pressure inside the analysed component. Tensile thermal stresses of high values are created especially under conditions of sudden cooling during unsteady work of a power unit. Research limitations/implications: The possibility of applying the durability criteria currently assumed in standards still requires justification and confirmation in laboratory and industrial conditions to be closer to the real components behaviour. In such situation the presented analysis is the part of the complex investigation method which main purpose is increasing accuracy of the TMF process description and thermo-mechanical life assessment. Practical implications: The calculations carried out may constitute a basis for developing a material test parameters which would bring closer the fatigue conditions appearing locally in the analysed components. The method of stress-strain behaviour analysis used in the paper could be useful in the practical cases when the real components mechanical behaviour would be analysed. Originality/value: The main value of this paper is the own method of the mechanical behaviour analysis of the power plant component. This method includes the temperature fields analysis taking into account the boundary conditions based on the operation parameter data and the thermoplastic material model. The material stress-strain behaviour has been treated as the local phenomenon, that could be modelled by FEM.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

applied mechanics; computational material science; computational mechanics; fatigue; metallic alloy

PL

mechanika stosowana; mechanika numeryczna; materiałoznawstwo numeryczne; zmęczenie; stop metalowy

• Wydawca: International OCSCO World Press
• Czasopismo: Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: Vol. 33, nr 1
• Strony: 53--61
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 25 poz., rys., tabl.

Twórcy

autor

Okrajni J.

• Department of Mechanics of Materials, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Krasińskiego 8, 40-019 Katowice, Poland,

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