FRACTURE DETERMINATION METHOD, FRACTURE DETERMINATION APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20130006543A1
• Filed: 04/06/2011
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (Nippon Steel Corporation)
• Inventors: Yonemura, Shigeru, Hiwatashi, Shunji
• Granted Patent: US 8,606,532 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/42
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 5/0033 by determining damage, crack or wear
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 7/08 Shock-testing
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2203/0094 Visco-elasticity
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2203/0212 Theories, calculations
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 3/00 Investigating strength properties of solid materials by application of mechanical stress

Abstract

A fracture determination method for determining a fracture of a metal structure includes, when a fracture determination target portion has returned from a plastic state to an elastic state, given that a stress when the portion returned to the elastic state is (x, y)=(σ2, σ1) (maximum principal stress: σ1, minimum principal stress: σ2) on a (x, y) coordinate plane, performing fracture determination of the fracture determination target portion using a re-yield stress R determined by the intersection between a straight line satisfying a relation y=(σ1/σ2)x and an yield curve obtained from the plastic state of the fracture determination target portion. Fracture determination can be performed with high accuracy even when the fracture determination target portion has returned from a plastic state to an elastic state.

Claims

1. A fracture determination method for determining a fracture of a metal structure, the method comprising:

a deformation analyzing step of performing deformation analysis from start of deformation to end of deformation of the metal structure; and

a fracture determination step of extracting a fracture determination target portion from a deformation state of the metal structure obtained in the deformation analyzing step, and when the extracted fracture determination target portion has returned from a plastic state to an elastic state,

given that a stress when the portion returned to the elastic state is (x, y)=(σ

2, σ

1) (maximum principal stress;

σ

1, minimum principal stress;

σ

2) on a (x, y) coordinate plane,

performing fracture determination of the fracture determination target portion using a re-yield stress determined by an intersection between a straight line satisfying a relation y=(σ

1/σ

2)x and an yield curve obtained from the plastic state of the fracture determination target portion.

2. The fracture determination method according to claim 1, wherein

in the fracture determination step, there are obtained:

a coordinate point of an initial plastic stress determined by an intersection between the straight line satisfying the relation y=(σ

1/σ

2)x and an yield curve of an initial state of the fracture determination target portion; and

a coordinate point of a fracture limit stress determined by an intersection between the straight line satisfying the relation y=(σ

1/σ

2)x and a fracture limit stress line of the fracture determination target portion, and

wherein a fracture risk of the fracture determination target portion is calculated using a distance from the coordinate point of the initial plastic stress to the coordinate point of the fracture limit stress and a distance from the coordinate point of the initial plastic stress to a coordinate point of the re-yield stress.

3. The fracture determination method according to claim 1, wherein

in the fracture determination step,

a fracture limit stress determined by an intersection between the straight line satisfying the relation y=(σ

1/σ

2)x and a fracture limit stress line of the fracture determination target portion is obtained, and

a fracture limit equivalent plastic strain corresponding to the fracture limit stress and an equivalent plastic strain corresponding to the re-yield stress are obtained using an equivalent stress-equivalent plastic strain curve, and

wherein a fracture risk of the fracture determination target portion is calculated using the fracture limit equivalent plastic strain and the equivalent plastic strain.

4. The fracture determination method according to claim 1, wherein

in the fracture determination step,

a coordinate point of a fracture limit stress determined by an intersection between the straight line satisfying the relation y=(σ

1/σ

2)x and a fracture limit stress line of the fracture determination target portion is obtained, and

wherein a fracture risk of the fracture determination target portion is calculated using a distance from an origin to the coordinate point of the fracture limit stress and a distance from the origin to a coordinate point of a stress when the portion returned to the elastic state.

5. A fracture determination apparatus determining a fracture of a metal structure, the apparatus comprising:

a deformation analyzing unit performing deformation analysis from start of deformation to end of deformation of the metal structure; and

a fracture determination unit extracting a fracture determination target portion from a deformation state of the metal structure obtained in the deformation analyzing unit, and when the extracted fracture determination target portion has returned from a plastic state to an elastic state,

given that a stress when the portion returned to the elastic state is (x, y)=(σ

2, σ

1) (maximum principal stress;

σ

1, minimum principal stress;

σ

2) on a (x, y) coordinate plane,

performing fracture determination of the fracture determination target portion using a re-yield stress determined by an intersection between a straight line satisfying a relation y=(σ

1/σ

2)x and an yield curve obtained from the plastic state of the fracture determination target portion.

6. A program for determining a fracture of a metal structure, the program causing a computer to execute:

a deformation analyzing step of performing deformation analysis from start of deformation to end of deformation of the metal structure; and

a fracture determination step of extracting a fracture determination target portion from a deformation state of the metal structure obtained in the deformation analyzing step, and when the extracted fracture determination target portion has returned from a plastic state to an elastic state,

given that a stress when the portion returned to the elastic state is (x, y)=(σ

2, σ

1) (maximum principal stress;

σ

1, minimum principal stress;

σ

2) on a (x, y) coordinate plane,

performing fracture determination of the fracture determination target portion using a re-yield stress determined by an intersection between a straight line satisfying a relation y=(σ

1/σ

2)x and an yield curve obtained from the plastic state of the fracture determination target portion.

7. A computer readable recording medium recording a program for determining a fracture of a metal structure, the program causing a computer to execute:

a deformation analyzing step of performing deformation analysis from start of deformation to end of deformation of the metal structure; and

a fracture determination step of extracting a fracture determination target portion from a deformation state of the metal structure obtained in the deformation analyzing step, and when the extracted fracture determination target portion has returned from a plastic state to an elastic state,

given that a stress when the portion returned to the elastic state is (x, y)=(σ

2, σ

1) (maximum principal stress;

σ

1, minimum principal stress;

σ

2) on a (x, y) coordinate plane,

performing fracture determination of the fracture determination target portion using a re-yield stress determined by an intersection between a straight line satisfying a relation y=(σ

1/σ

2)x and an yield curve obtained from the plastic state of the fracture determination target portion.