Screening to be carried out if fatigue analysis is needed.
Evaluation to be done on the basis of number of cycles of stress/strain range at a point in a component. Fatigue curve form: fatigue curve based on smooth bar test specimens and fatigue based on test specimen consisting weld details of fabrication and inspection requirement of this division. a) Smooth bar specimen curves are used for component with or without welds. Welded joint curves shall only be used for welded joints. b)smooth bar fatigue curve applicable up to maximum number of cycles given on the curves. The welded fatigue curves are acceptable for all cycles (do not exhibit endurance limit) c) In case of welded joints curve, transient thermal stress difference is higher than steady state stress difference for a through thickness at any time. number of cycles are established for base metal in para 5.5.3 or 5.5.4, for welds 5.5.5. Smooth bar test specimen based fatigue qualification, does not need any adjustment for mean stress and strains as it is adjusted for maximum possible mean stress and strain effect. (as in para 5.5.3 or 5.5.4) 5.5.3 FATIGUE ASSESSMENT-ELASTIC STRESS ANALYSIS AND EQUIVALENT STRESSES: 5.5.3.1 a) Effective total equivalent stress amplitude is used for fatigue evaluation. Controlling stress is 1.5 of effective total equivalent stress range (PL + PB+ Q+ F) calculated for each cycle in loading histogram. b) (PL + PB+ Q+ F) is the equivalent stress derived from highest value across thickness of a section, which is produced by specified operating pressures and other mechanical loads and by general and local thermal effects and including gross and local structural discontinuities. Load combination as per table 5.3 5.5.3.2 Assessment Procedure Step 1. Load history including all significant operating loads and events that are applied to the component. If exact sequence of loads are not known then alternative should be to establish most severe fatigue damage(Df,k), step 6. Step 2. Determine the individual stress strain cycles using cycle counting method for a location in a component. M is total number of cyclic stress range in histogram. Step 3. Determine Equivalent stress range for kth counted in step 2. a) Determine stress tensor for kth cycle for start and end time point. (Local thermal is stresses peak stresses) b) Determine stress tensor for kth cycle for start and end time point (only).Local thermal effect is ignored.
Step 4: Determine effective alternative equivalent stress amplitude for kth
cycle from step 3
a) Kf = 1.0 for if local notch or effect of weld is accounted for numerical
model. If not recommended values for fatigue strength reduction factors, Kf for welds are taken from Table 5.11 and 5.12 b) The fatigue penalty factor, Ke,k , Ke,k = 1.0 for Sn,k SPS Ke,k = 1.0 +(1-n)/n(m-1)(Sn,k /SPS -1) for SPS < Sn,k < m SPS Ke,k = 1/n for Sn,k > m SPS
the Salt, k is without local thermal effects.
Sn,k = primary and secondary equivalent stress range SPS = allowable limit on the primary plus secondary stress range (see paragraph 5.5.6.) Step 5. Determine the number of cycles Nk
EFC = modulus of elasticity used to establish the design fatigue curve
ET = modulus of elasticity of the material under evaluation at the average temperature of the cycle being evaluated Cus = conversion factor, Cus = 1.0 for units of stress in ksi and for units of stress in MPa C1 to C11 = equation constants used to represent the smooth bar fatigue curves Step 6. Find fatigue damage for Kth cycle, for repetition of Kth cycle, nk = actual number of repetition of kth cycle. Nk = permissible number of cycles for the kth cycle. Step 7. Repeat 3 to 6 for all stress ranges, M, identified in cycle counting process in step 2. Step 8. Compute the accumulated fatigue damage and if below equation is satisfied the location in component is acceptable for continued operation.
Step 9. Repeat steps 2 to 8 for each component subject to a fatigue