@inproceedings{NonnKalwa, author = {Nonn, Aida and Kalwa, Christoph}, title = {Application of damage mechanics approach for crack propagation in pipeline}, series = {19th Biennial Joint Technical Meeting (JTM) on Pipeline Research, April 29 - May 3, 2013, Sydney, Australia}, booktitle = {19th Biennial Joint Technical Meeting (JTM) on Pipeline Research, April 29 - May 3, 2013, Sydney, Australia}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{NonnErdelenPepplerWesseletal., author = {Nonn, Aida and Erdelen-Peppler, Marion and Wessel, Waldemar and Mahn, Denise}, title = {How reliable are the current testing procedures for the safety assurance against crack propagation in seamless gas pipelines}, series = {Proceedings of the ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2014), Volume 4A: Structures, Safety and Reliability, June 8-13, 2014, San Francisco, USA}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2014), Volume 4A: Structures, Safety and Reliability, June 8-13, 2014, San Francisco, USA}, doi = {10.13140/2.1.3190.6567}, abstract = {The worldwide growing energy demand with the exploration of new gas fields has promoted the development of high toughness seamless pipeline steels which should sustain the increasing demands resulting from the complex loading situations. One of the most important prerequisites for safe installation and operation of long distance gas transmission pipelines is the detailed knowledge and characterization of their fracture performance for specific applications. However, recent industry experience has revealed concerns related to the limitations and reliability of current test methods for brittle-to-ductile transition evaluation. Regarding the transition temperature evaluation, the critical issues involve Drop-Weight Tear Testing (DWTT) and full-scale West-Jefferson (WJ) test applied to the smaller pipes with diameter less than 500mm. The DWTT leads frequently to invalid results in terms of abnormal fracture appearance and inverse fracture occurrence. It is still not clear if this behavior is only owed to a testing effect, which material characteristics cause it and how far it reflects the full-scale behavior. Similar observations were made for the West-Jefferson tests, which could not be assessed in the standard manner either. Again, the question was towards testing effects and the behavior of the pipeline transporting gaseous media remains unanswered. Therefore, this paper aims at identifying open questions on basis of a literature study and own experimental results and showing possible ways forward in demonstrating safety in design against propagating fracture.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{NonnWesselSchmidt, author = {Nonn, Aida and Wessel, Waldemar and Schmidt, Tanja}, title = {Application of finite element analysis for assessment of fracture behavior of modern high toughness seamless pipeline steels}, series = {23rd International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering 2013 (ISOPE 2013), Anchorage, USA}, booktitle = {23rd International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering 2013 (ISOPE 2013), Anchorage, USA}, doi = {10.13140/2.1.4239.2322}, abstract = {Fracture behavior of seamless pipeline material X65Q acc. to API 5L has been studied both experimentally and numerically at different loading conditions (quasi-static vs. dynamic) and temperatures. The recent findings have shown difficulties in applying well established methods for determination of transition behavior or prediction of ductile crack arrest for the new generation of high-toughness steels. The irregular fracture performance (e.g. so-called "abnormal inverse fracture" appearance, significant scattering in ductile-to-brittle-transition-temperature region, etc.) suggests that the influence of pipe dimensions, loading parameters, crack initiation resistance as well as testing procedure on the fracture behavior has been neither understood nor properly described. This work aims to shed light on these questions regarding the applicability of conventional methods and to better illuminate most relevant parameters affecting fracture behavior of high toughness steels. To achieve this goal, experimental data basis for analysis of fracture behavior in transition and upper shelf regime has been established by conducting quasi-static fracture mechanics tests and dynamic tests on Battelle Drop Weight Tear (BDWT or DWT) specimens at different temperatures. The evaluation of obtained test results in upper shelf has been additionally complemented by numerical simulation of damage behavior. The results highlight the influence of stress conditions on fracture behavior with reference to pipe dimensions and loading conditions and, subsequently, may be used as a basis for revision of existing design methods.}, subject = {Rissfortschritt}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{NonnBrauer, author = {Nonn, Aida and Brauer, Holger}, title = {Establishing the correlation between impact energies for different sized specimens using damage models}, series = {Proceedings of the 10th International Pipeline Conference 2014 (IPC2014), September 29 - October 3, 2014, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Vol. 3: Materials and joining, risk and reliability}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 10th International Pipeline Conference 2014 (IPC2014), September 29 - October 3, 2014, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Vol. 3: Materials and joining, risk and reliability}, doi = {10.1115/IPC2014-33164}, abstract = {The safety assessment of flawed pressurized pipes requires the knowledge of toughness properties which are usually provided in terms of impact energy from standard full-sized CVN notch specimens. For pipes with wall thickness less than 10mm different Charpy standards allow for the application of sub-sized specimens. However, it is still not fully clear how the impact energy from sub-sized specimens can be used to evaluate the fracture resistance of the pipes and how this energy correlates to the one from the full-sized specimen. Although different empirical correlations between sub-sized and full-sized specimens exist in the literature their validity is questionable since they are based on the results for older generation of steels. In the recent years the application of damage mechanics models has been promoted to assess the fracture behavior and deformation capacity of pipelines. The main advantage of these models can be found in their capability to link the damage evolution and the underlying stress/strain condition. In this paper damage mechanics approach is applied to describe fracture behavior of X65 pipeline material. Within the damage mechanics approach, Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman (GTN) model is considered to be adequate for the simulation of ductile fracture. For brittle fracture, GTN model is extended by a propagation criterion which examines if the cleavage fracture stress is reached by the maximal principal stresses. The model parameters are calibrated and verified by means of load-displacement curves obtained from instrumented impact tests on different sized CVN specimens. This damage model is subsequently employed to simulate ductile-brittle transition behavior.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{NonnParedesKeimetal., author = {Nonn, Aida and Paredes, Marcelo and Keim, Vincent and Wierzbicki, Tomasz}, title = {Comparison of Fracture Models to Quantify the Effects of Material Plasticity on the Ductile Fracture Propagation in Pipelines}, series = {Proceedings of the 2018 12th International Pipeline Conference, Volume 3: Operations, Monitoring, and Maintenance, Materials and Joining, September 24-28, 2018, Calgary, Alberta, Canada}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2018 12th International Pipeline Conference, Volume 3: Operations, Monitoring, and Maintenance, Materials and Joining, September 24-28, 2018, Calgary, Alberta, Canada}, doi = {10.1115/IPC2018-78366}, abstract = {Various numerical approaches have been developed in the last years aimed to simulate the ductile fracture propagation in pipelines transporting CO2 or natural gas. However, a reliable quantification of the influence of material plasticity on the fracture resistance is still missing. Therefore, more accurate description of the material plasticity on the ductile fracture propagation is required based on a suitable numerical methodology. In this study, different plasticity and fracture models are compared regarding the ductile fracture propagation in X100 pipeline steel with the objective to quantify the influence of plasticity parameters on the fracture resistance. The plastic behavior of the investigated material is considered by the quadratic yield surface in conjunction with a non-associated quadratic plastic flow potential. The strain hardening can be appropriately described by the mixed Swift-Voce law. The simulations of ductile fracture are conducted by an uncoupled, modified Mohr-Coulomb (MMC) and the micromechanically based Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman (GTN) models. In contract to the original GTN model, the MMC model is capable of describing ductile failure over wide range of stress states. Thus, ductile fracture resistance can be estimated for various load and fracture scenarios. Both models are used for the simulation of fracture propagation in DWTT and 3D pressurized pipe sections. The results from the present work can serve as a basis for establishing the correlation between plasticity parameters and ductile fracture propagation.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{NonnErdelenPepplerWesseletal., author = {Nonn, Aida and Erdelen-Peppler, Marion and Wessel, Waldemar and Harksen, Silke and Mahn, Denise}, title = {How to assure fracture-propagation control for seamless gas pipelines?}, series = {Proceedings of the 2014 10th International Pipeline Conference (IPC2014), Volume 3: Operations, Monitoring, and Maintenance, Materials and Joining, September 29-October 3, 2014, Calgary, Canada}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2014 10th International Pipeline Conference (IPC2014), Volume 3: Operations, Monitoring, and Maintenance, Materials and Joining, September 29-October 3, 2014, Calgary, Canada}, doi = {10.1115/IPC2014-33169}, abstract = {Fracture propagation control in gas transmission gas pipelines belongs to the major design requirements for safe operation at high internal pressures. However, the current tests such as Drop-Weight-Tear Test (DWTT) and full-scale West-Jefferson (WJ) test reach the limits of their applicability with respect to transition temperature evaluation for seamless quenched and tempered small diameter pipes reflecting nowadays alloying concepts related to mechanical properties. Hereby, different geometry and material effects are evident which might lead to misinterpretation and unreliability of testing results. This paper aims to discuss open issues addressed in the literature and in own experimental findings with respect to reliability and transferability of testing methods, fracture parameters and their representativeness of seamless quenched and tempered pipeline behavior. By applying damage mechanics approach, it is possible to quantify the prevailing stress state and thus to understand the mechanisms controlling specific fracture appearance (ductile or brittle). Furthermore, studies were performed with objective to quantify the effect of different parameters (geometry, material and loading) on the fracture performance of the pipeline. The results from these investigations will serve as a basis for a safe pipeline design against propagating fracture.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{NonnParedesNordhagenetal., author = {Nonn, Aida and Paredes, Marcelo and Nordhagen, H. O. and Munkejord, S. T. and Wierzbicki, Tomasz}, title = {Challenges in fluid-structure modeling of crack propagation and arrest in modern steel pipelines}, series = {14th International Congress on Fracture (ICF14), 18-23 June 2017, Rhodes, Greece}, booktitle = {14th International Congress on Fracture (ICF14), 18-23 June 2017, Rhodes, Greece}, pages = {1351 -- 1352}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KarbasianGrossWeegeNonnetal., author = {Karbasian, H. and Groß-Weege, J. and Nonn, Aida and Zimmermann, S. and Kalwa, Christoph}, title = {Assessment of collapse resistance of UOE pipes - comparison of full-scale and ring collapse tests}, series = {Proceedings of the 10th International Pipeline Conference 2014 (IPC 2014), September 29 - October 3, 2014, Calgary, Alberta, Canada}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 10th International Pipeline Conference 2014 (IPC 2014), September 29 - October 3, 2014, Calgary, Alberta, Canada}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{NonnDahlBleck, author = {Nonn, Aida and Dahl, Winfried and Bleck, Wolfgang Peter}, title = {Damage Modelling and Safety Assessment of the Hybrid Welded Structures}, series = {5th German-Japanese Seminar "Materials, Processes and Components", Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials, Freiburg, Germany}, booktitle = {5th German-Japanese Seminar "Materials, Processes and Components", Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials, Freiburg, Germany}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{NonnKalwa, author = {Nonn, Aida and Kalwa, Christoph}, title = {Modeling of damage behavior of high strength pipeline steel}, series = {18th European Conference on Fractur: Fracture of Materials and Structures from Micro to Macro Scale, August 30 - September 03, 2010, Dresden, Germany}, booktitle = {18th European Conference on Fractur: Fracture of Materials and Structures from Micro to Macro Scale, August 30 - September 03, 2010, Dresden, Germany}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Nonn, author = {Nonn, Aida}, title = {Failure modeling of hybrid-laser welds in transition temperature region}, series = {18th European Conference on Fracture, Fracture of Materials and Structures from Micro to Macro Scale, August 30 - September 03, 2010 Dresden, Germany}, booktitle = {18th European Conference on Fracture, Fracture of Materials and Structures from Micro to Macro Scale, August 30 - September 03, 2010 Dresden, Germany}, address = {Dresden}, language = {en} }