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Gilman2015 Kinematic - Model
Gilman2015 Kinematic - Model
Gilman2015 Kinematic - Model
PVP2015
July 19-23, 2015, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
PVP2015-45674
ABSTRACT
• Discussion of using monotonic and cyclic data for
assessment of the (non-stabilized) cyclic deformation
Applicable design codes for power plant components and
behavior
pressure vessels demand for a design check against progressive
plastic deformation. In the simplest case, this demand is • Number of backstress terms to be applied for
satisfied by compliance with shakedown rules in connection consistent ratcheting results
with elastic analyses. The possible non-compliance implicates
the requirement of ratcheting analyses on elastic-plastic basis. • Consideration of the temperature dependency of the
In this case, criteria are specified on maximum allowable relevant material parameters
accumulated growth strain without clear guidance on what • Consistency of temperature-dependent runs in
material models for cyclic plasticity are to be used. This is a ANSYS® and ABAQUS®
considerable gap and a challenge for the practicing CAE
(Computer Aided Engineering) engineer. • Identification of material parameters dependent on the
number of backstress terms
As a follow-up to two independent previous papers
PVP2013-98150 ASME [1] and PVP2014-28772 [2] it is the • Identification of material data for different types of
aim of this paper to close this gap by giving further detailed material (carbon steel, austenitic stainless steel)
recommendation on the appropriate application of the nonlinear including the appropriate determination of the elastic
kinematic material model of Chaboche on an engineering scale limit
and based on implementations already available within • Quantification of conservatism of simple elastic-
commercial finite element codes such as ANSYS® and perfectly plastic behavior
ABAQUS®. Consistency of temperature-dependent runs in
ANSYS® and ABAQUS® is to be checked. All three papers • Application of engineering versus true stress-strain
together constitute a comprehensive guideline for elasto-plastic data
ratcheting analysis.
• Visual checks of data input consistency
The following issues are examined and/or referenced:
• Appropriate type of allowable accumulated growth
• Application of monotonic or cyclic material data for strain.
ratcheting analysis based on the Chaboche material
model
α= σ − σ 0 (3)
where σ is the stress in a uniaxial stress state of a tension Figure 1: Generic stress-plastic strain curve divided into M
specimen and σ0 is the initial yield stress at the Elastic Limit. segments [5]
For a Chaboche material model with the material parameters The parameters CK and γ K are then determined for all N
CK and γK , the α NLK backstress is described for uniaxial Chaboche components from equations (6) and (7). Each set of
tension by equations (4) and (5). ( CK , γ K ) controls its Chaboche component α K of equation
CK (4).
α K= ( )[1 − exp(−γ K e p )] (4)
γK σ − σ ( K −1) σ ( K +1) − σ ( K )
=CK ( K ) − (6)
ε
N p ( K ) − ε p ( K −1) ε p ( K +1) − ε p ( K )
α NLK = ∑ α K (5)
K =1 1
γK = (7)
Again, for more details see [1]. One open question is the ε p(K )
appropriate number of backstress terms N to be applied in
equation (5). In [1] and [2] the application of 3 terms and 2 K is the number of the Chaboche component, σ (J ) and
terms, respectively, was explored. It has been shown that the
application of more than 3 terms does not increase accuracy
ε p( J ) are the stress and plastic strain components selected from
significantly. the stress-plastic strain curve at the J-th point on the segment
boundaries shown in Figure 1. J is set to 0 at the first selected
Two options for determining the parameters of Chaboche point and J=M at the last selected point, as in Table 1 (in the
NLK models for ratcheting analysis are applicable. The first present example of SA-312 Grade 304 as in [1]).
option is a manual calibration which can be performed in a
For the Chaboche model, the calculated total backstress Figure 2: Cyclic hardening curve [6]
curve α NLK using the parameter sets ( CK , γ K ) determined by
equations (6) and (7) generally lies below the given α The resulting function
backstress curve, so the parameters have to be further calibrated
CK ∆ε p
in a second step. a KMax + σ 0 = tanh γ K + σ 0 (9)
The second step of calibration consists of a manual γK 2
calibration of the parameter sets ( CK , γ K ). The predicted total describes the corresponding cyclic stress-plastic strain
backstress curve (see equations 4 and 5) given by curve predicted by the K-th Chaboche component. Because
each component K can be integrated independently the total
N
CK
α=
NLK ∑(γ
K =1
)[1 − exp(−γ K e p )] (8)
cyclic stress-plastic strain curve is given by the sum of eq. (9)
over the total number N of backstresses used as
K
s
ep =e − + StrainOffset (14)
E
where εp is the plastic strain, ε is strain, σ is stress, and E Backstress
is the modulus of elasticity. A Strain Offset of 0.000157 was
assumed.
500
Accumulated PEMAG
whether the application of simple elastic-perfectly plastic 0.06
behavior is a sufficiently conservative and simple option in
order to avoid the more cumbersome application of more
sophisticated nonlinear kinematic material models, such as the 0.04
Chaboche model. Besides principal reservations of determining
local strains using an elastic-perfectly plastic (EPP) material 0.02
model, the question of sufficient conservatism is discussed by
way of a comparative application example below.
0.00
The geometry consists of the shell sketched in Figure 9.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
The cross-hatched object on top is a rigid, circular plate that
Cycles
keeps the upper edge of the shell from rotating. The mean shell
radius is assumed 95 mm (3.740 inches), and the thickness 10 Chaboche NLK EPP
mm (0.394 inches). The shell is subjected to a steady internal
pressure of 11 MPa (1.60 ksi). Temperature on the inside Figure 10: Both models are run with material parameters
surface is cycled very slowly between 204°C (400°F) and 21°C (Ci and γi of Chaboche and yield stress of EPP) at 204°C
(70°F), and the outside is kept at 21°C. The material is SA-312
Grade 304 stainless steel. For this case, the EPP model is conservative. As already
stated in [7] trials using Elastic Limits at smaller plastic strain
offsets [than 0.000157] have shown that the accumulated strains
change very little.
0.006
0.005
0.004
0.003
0.002
0.001
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Cycles
Figure 9: Bree Shell TD by Chaboche TD by EPP
60 temperature cycles are run by ABAQUS® for two Figure 11: Both models are run by accounting for
material models. One in Figure 10 is using 4 Chaboche NLK temperature dependency (TD) of the material parameters (Ci
components with Ci and γi (i=1…4) calibrated at 204°C. The and γi of Chaboche and yield stresses of EPP) of the support
other is EPP with Yield Stress of constant 142.7 MPa at 204°C. points at 21°C and 204°C
After 60 cycles, in the first run the accumulated multiaxial
equivalent strain (PEMAG in ABAQUS®) is 2.39%. In the The other run in Figure 11 uses the parameters with
second, PEMAG is 6.48%. temperature dependency of the support points at 21°C and
204°C. For this case the EPP model is not conservative. It
predicts shakedown instead of ratcheting.
The assumption of the elastic limit for the NLK model is
described in section 4.2.