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Generator
Bearing
Shaft
Head cover
Spiral case, stay vanes, wicket gates
Turbine runner
Discharge ring, draft tube
Crown
Turbine inlet
Blades
Band
Seal ring
Turbine outlet
crown/band crown/band
crown/band
• Proof of
• Static strength for maximum occurring static loading:
, : fracture toughness
• Infinite fatigue life for high frequent cyclic loading (HFCL) (e.g. RSI):
, : threshold value
• Limited fatigue crack growth for low frequent cyclic loading (LFCL):
(e.g. Start/Stop, load change, etc.)
, : relative increase of gap
• Evaluation of cutting planes
welding
gap
b
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Calculation and verification of stress intensity
factors
Tabulated
data for
SIFs [FKM]
[FKM]
• Conclusion:
• Good agreement for small cracks
• Moderate transfer model of crack length shows comparable results
• For turbine application aggressive model applicable
Reason: relevant plate width 2t* = 2t/cos(β)
LC A
LC B
Linearization through
non-welded area
• Definition of SIFs:
membrane bending
Remarks:
• Good quality of SIFs
based on linearized
reference
LC B stress
• Overestimation of SIF
by using maximum
stress of crack line
Assessment of partial penetration weld | Wilhelm Weber | 2012-12-05 18
Verification with 3D simulation
PPW
crack closure
FTW
locations of cutting
planes under investigation
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Distribution of stresses
Planar shear
stress
Non-planar shear
stress
reference
SIF based on stress
at crack tip
SIF based on
linearized stress
reference
Influence of locally
concave crack front
reference
Assessment of partial penetration weld | Wilhelm Weber | 2012-12-05 22
Fatigue crack growth
• Crack growth:
; number of occurrence of transition i