TY - JOUR A1 - Schork, B. A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Kiyak, Yusuf A1 - Kaffenberger, M. A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Oechsner, M. T1 - Effect of the parameters of weld toe geometry on the FAT class as obtained by means of fracture mechanics-based simulations N2 - The fracture mechanics-based IBESS approach is applied to the determination of FAT classes of butt welds with crack Initiation along the weld toe. The aim is an investigation of the effect of the geometrical parameters toe radius, flank angle, reinforcement and secondary notches such as roughness or undercuts. The influence of these parameters is discussed both individually and in combination; however, excluding statistical distributions of them and the material data. The results, when compared with conventional FAT classes for butt welds, are encouraging with respect to a potential contribution of IBESS to the discussion of more advanced quality criteria for welds. To that purpose, demands for further research are proposed. KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Weld toe geometry KW - Fatigue crack initiation KW - FAT class approach PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-020-00874-7 IS - 64 SP - 925 EP - 936 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-53079 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pavlovic, Mato T1 - The importance of determining the POD of the NDT system when designing a safe component N2 - Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) is routinely used in aerospace, nuclear, railway and automotive industries. The most common use of NDT is to find flaws in components. In dynamically loaded components, flaws grow, and if they are not detected in time and no corrective measures are taken they can reach critical sizes. When a flaw reaches a critical size, it endangers the structural integrity of the component and will likely cause the component to fail. To detect flaws before they reach a critical size, components are inspected in fixed time intervals with non-destructive testing systems. In order to determine the amount of time between inspections, three variables are necessary: the critical size of the flaw, the flaw propagation speed and the size of the flaw that can be reliably detected by NDT. All three variables are, to a certain extent, stochastic. The critical size of the flaw and flaw propagation speed are questions of fracture mechanics. The size of the flaw that can be reliably detected by NDT is predicted by POD curves. The POD is determined for a given inspection scenario. The inspection scenario includes the NDT system, the component geometry and the type of the flaw. If one of these changes, the POD will also change and needs to be recalculated. As a result, the design of a dynamically loaded safety-relevant components is an iterative process in which a geometry is sought that provides an optimum between structural integrity and inspectability. A model that describes the iterative process for the design of the safe components with examples from praxis will be presented. T2 - 15th ASIA PACIFIC CONFERENCE FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (APCNDT) CY - Singapore DA - 13.11.2017 KW - Safety KW - Mechanical design KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Nondestructive testing KW - POD PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-43134 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Beier, T. A1 - Tchoffo Ngoula, D. T1 - Approximation of the crack driving force for cracks at notches under static and cyclic loading N2 - The work deals with the efficient calculation of the elastic-plastic crack driving force (J-integral for monotonic loading andΔJ-integral under cyclic loading) for short cracks at notches as essential parameter for the reliable static and fatigue assessment of notched structures. The J- or ΔJ-integral is calculated based on analytical solutions for stress intensity factors, estimated by means of well-known weight function solutions in the case of cracks under power-law stress distributions. A plasticity-correction function is applied to the stress intensity factors to obtain the final expression of the crack driving force. The comparison between analytical solutions and finite element calculations in case of cracks at the weld toe in welded joints shows good agreement. T2 - 2nd International Conference on Structural Integrity CY - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal DA - 04.09.2017 KW - Structural integrity KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Crack driving force KW - Notches PY - 2017 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-425577 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2017.07.111 SN - 2452-3216 VL - 5 SP - 875 EP - 882 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-42557 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Madia, Mauro T1 - Approximation of the crack driving force for cracks at notches under static and cyclic loading N2 - The work deals with the efficient calculation of the elastic-plastic crack driving force (J-integral for monotonic loading andΔJ-integral under cyclic loading) for short cracks at notches as essential parameter for the reliable static and fatigue assessment of notched structures. The J- or ΔJ-integral is calculated based on analytical solutions for stress intensity factors, estimated by means of well-known weight function solutions in the case of cracks under power-law stress distributions. A plasticity-correction function is applied to the stress intensity factors to obtain the final expression of the crack driving force. The comparison between analytical solutions and finite element calculations in case of cracks at the weld toe in welded joints shows good agreement. T2 - 2nd International Conference on Structural Integrity CY - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal DA - 04.09.2017 KW - Structural integrity KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Crack driving force KW - Notches PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-42558 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Falkenberg, Rainer T1 - Modelling of environmentally assisted material degradation in the crack phase-field framework N2 - The simulation of crack propagation was conducted with a diffusive crack model in a variational framework. Moreover, the physically sound introduction of mass transport and coupling mechanisms due to environmentally assisted effects could be realised in this framework. The objective consists of the application of the phase-field Approach towards the simulation of environmentally assisted material degradation with the advantage of a non-required predefined crack path and a mesh-independent non-local formulation that facilitates the damage evolution with respect to material softening. The sharp crack is regularised by the introduction of a phase-field order parameter leading to a diffusive crack formulation. Besides the equations originating from the linear momentum balance an additional evolution equation for the crack phase-field is introduced. Furthermore, mass transport is simulated by a Diffusion equation. The description delivered by the variational phase-field framework is able to simulate crack propagation according to published numerical test cases. Additionally, the calculation of stress intensity factors is possible as well as crack resistance curves that describe stable crack propagation. KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Crack propagation KW - Phase-field KW - Mass transport KW - Environmentally assisted cracking PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1177/1464420718761220 SN - 1464-4207 VL - 233 IS - 1 SP - 5 EP - 12 PB - SAGE AN - OPUS4-47152 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Falkenberg, Rainer T1 - A phase-field approach to fracture coupled with mass transport for the simulation of environmentally-assisted damage N2 - With the introduction of a mass transport mechanism the entire problem is subjected to a time frame that dictates the time-dependent action of soluted species on mechanical properties. A numerical framework within the phase-field approach is presented with an embrittlement-based coupling mechanism. The underlying functionals are expressed in terms of the displacement, mass concentration and crack phase-field. Within the phase-field approach the modelling of sharp crack discontinuities is replaced by a diffusive crack model facilitating crack initiation and complex crack topologies without the requirement of a predefined crack path. The isotropic hardening of the elasto-plastic deformation model and the local fracture criterion are affected by the species concentration. This allows for embrittlement and leads to an accelerated crack propagation. An extended mass transport equation for hydrogen embrittlement, accounting for mechanical stresses and deformations, is implemented. For stabilisation purposes a staggered scheme is applied to solve the system of partial differential equations by a multi-field finite-element method. A thermodynamically consistent coupling relation that accommodates the required mechanisms is presented. KW - Environmentally assisted cracking KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Crack propagation KW - Phase-field KW - Mass transport PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201710088 VL - 17 SP - 237 EP - 238 PB - Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-46435 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Baer, Wolfram A1 - Wossidlo, Peter T1 - Experimental determination and analysis of dynamic fracture toughness data of ductile cast iron N2 - Ductile Cast Iron materials (DCI) have become important structural materials. Neverthe-less, to draw maximum benefit from DCIs property potential, tailored testing methods must be provided. The established dynamic Jd-R and CTOD 5d-R curve procedures are based on material specifically developed, independent experimental techniques but pro-vide almost matching results. This can be seen as additional validation of the Jd procedure which was mandatory. T2 - 14th International Conference on Fracture (ICF 14) CY - Rhodes, Greece DA - 18.07.2017 KW - Ductile cast iron KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Dynamic loading KW - Crack resistance curve KW - CTOD KW - J-integral PY - 2017 SP - Track 3, 1 EP - 2 AN - OPUS4-42721 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Baer, Wolfram T1 - Experimental determination and analysis of dynamic fracture toughness data of ductile cast iron N2 - Ductile Cast Iron materials (DCI) have become important structural materials. Neverthe-less, to draw maximum benefit from DCIs property potential, tailored testing methods must be provided. The established dynamic Jd-R and CTOD 5d-R curve procedures are based on material specifically developed, independent experimental techniques but pro-vide almost matching results. This can be seen as additional validation of the Jd procedure which was mandatory. T2 - 14th International Conference on Fracture (ICF 14) CY - Rhodes, Greece DA - 18.07.2017 KW - Ductile cast iron KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Dynamic loading KW - Crack resistance curve KW - CTOD KW - J-integral PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-42727 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -