API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 2016 Fitness-For-Service
(@) Draw a Rectangle Around the Affected Area _(b) Idealize the Area as a Planar Flaw with
Length Equal to the Length of the Rectangle
: 220
=
(c) Define an Effective Flaw Length ona (d) Define the Effective Flaw Depth as 1.2 Times
Principal Stress Plane the Maximum Depth of the Branched Network
(12.03)
Y
Figure 9.6 - Procedure for Treating Branched Cracking
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(a) Initial Configuration (b) After Application of the Equivalent Flaw
Length Rules in Paragraph 9.3.6.2.
(6) After Projecting Interacting (d) Definition of Effective Dimensions of
Flaws Onto a Single Plane Fiaws that Overlap After Projection Onto
a Single Plane
Figure 9.7 - Treatment of Multiple Crack-Like Flaws
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Criterion For Effective Dimensions
Multiple Crack-Like Flaw Configuration interaction ‘After Interaction
| §2¢,—+| s | —2e, —.|
a
ae sSmax[0.5a,, 0
Configuration 1
2a= 2a, +2a, +8
ssimax[ay a] 2c =max([2¢,, 2c,]
2e=2, 2c, +8
s