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15" INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND
OFFSHORE STRUCTURES CONGRESS 2003
AUGUST 11-15, 2003
SANDIEGO, USA
VOLUME 1
COMMITTEE 1112
FATIGUE AND FRACTURE
COMMITTEE MANDATE
Concer forerack initiation and growth under cyclic loading as well as unstable crack propagation
and tearing in ship and offshore structures, Due attention shall be paid to practical application and
Statistical description of fracture conteol methods indesign, fabrication and service. Consideration is
to be given tothe suitability and uncertainty of physical models. The work shell be coordinated with
that of Committee V2.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Chairman: Dr Feargal Brennan
Prof. Weicheng Cui
Prof. Lennart Josefson
Dr Michail Koval
Dr Kyung-Su Kim
‘Mr Mervyn Norwood
Dr Ralph Pohl
Prof, Rodolfo Teveschi
Dr Xiaodhi Wang
Dr Stig Wistberg
KEYWORDS.
Fatigue, Fracture Mechanics, Materials, Stoc!, Aluminium, Titanium, Composites, Improvement
Inspection, Repair.
329CONTENTS
| INTRODUCTION
2 LIFE PREDICTION: CURRENT STATE-OP-THE-ART
2.1 Cumulative Fatigue Damage (CFD) Approaches
2.1.1 Stress-based (S-N) Approaches
2.1.2. Multiaxial Fatigue
2.2 Fatigue Crack Propagation (FCP) Approaches
2.2.1 Crack Growth Rate Curve
222 Calculation of the Fatigue Crack Driving Force
223 Various Special Phenomena Relating to Fatigue Crack Propagation
2.2.4 Fatigue Crack Propagation in a Corrosive Environment
2.2.5 FCP Theory Applied to Ship and Offshore Structures,
23 Relationship Betsveen CFD and FCP Theories
2.4 Probabilistic Treatment
2.4.1, Model for Probabilistic CFD Approach
2.4.2 Model for Probabilistic FCP Approach
24.3 Data for Probabilistic Models
2.5 Fatigue Testing of Components
25.1 Large/Full Scale Testing
2.52 Load Sequence Effects
2°53 Structural Details: Effet on the Fatigue Life
3 REFERENCE STRESS
3.1 Numerical Procedures and Extrapolation Methods
3.2 Stress Determination Procedures
3.2.1 Finite Element Analysis
3.2.2 Integral Method
3.2.3 Measurement of the Structural Stress
33 Hot-Spot S-N-Curves
3.4 Misalignment and Fabrication Tolerances
3.5 Mustrative Example
3.5.1 Finite Element Models
3.5.2 Results|
3.52.1 LR 2002),
35.2.2 ABS (2002)
3.52.3 DNV (2001)
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3.53 Discussion of Results
4 FATIGUE LIFE IMPROVEMENT
4.1 Factors in Design
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4.1.1 Weld Quality
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42.1 Burr Grinding
42.2 TIG Dressing
4.23 Hammer, Needle and Shot Peening
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43. Code Development
5 IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN MATERIALS ON FATIGUE & FRACTURE
5.1 Material Developments
5.2 New Materials & Applications
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52.1.1 Experience
52.1.2 Candidate Grades for Use in Risers
5.2.1.3 Fatigue Properties
5.2.14 Fracture Properties
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5.2.2.1 Parameters Affecting Crack Growth of Aluminium Materials
5.2.2.2 Vibration Effects
5.2.2.3 Weldments
Composites
5.2.31 Fatigue Behaviour and Fatigue Analysis of Composites
5.2.3.2 Corrosion Resistance and Repair of Composites
52.3.3 Composite Application in Marines Structures
6 CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
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1. INTRODUCTION
“The Fatigue and Fracture Technical Committee of the ISSC has made a major contribution to the work
of ISSC over the decades. This repor of the current committee describes recent activity of the
intemational ship and offshore industry and the researchers that support if, with specific regard to
‘current pertinent issues and trends relating to fatigue and fracture. I is important to remember thal the
subject area is vas, and that this report should be seen not only inthe context ofthe entire ISSC 2003
proceedings but also as a continuation of past ISSC reports. In addition, the committee choose to focus
fon areas commensurate with the expertise of the committee members to build on the vast knowledge
base generated by previous committe 11.2 repons. With this in mind, the present report develops
curtent topical issues such as reference stress, improvementepair and non-stee! marine materials in
Addition to developments in fatigue analysis techniques. Environmental issues are distributed
‘throughout the report and not dealt with as a separate topic.
SSC 2000 dealt in detail with developments in fracture, multi axial fatigue and residual stresses. For
this reason they have not been give the same degree of attention and instead are mentioned as sub
sections of specific topics. Another area that is important inthe field of fatigue and fracture is that of
highvfow temperature effects. Although these conditions exist, for example in flow Lines, they have not
‘been specifically addressed in this report due to the highly specialist nature of these applications
Inspection and Monitoring is dealt with in detail by Specialist Commitee V.2 (Inspection and
Monitoring) and for ths eason has been omitted from this report.
In the last two ISSC committee reports (ISSC1997 and IS$C2000), progress in fatigue life prediction
‘methexls was presented in one specific chapter. This format is repeated again asi allows this important
topic to be clearly presented in its own right. In this Section, the progress in fatigue lie prediction
‘methods relating to metal stractures in last three years from 2000 to 2002 is reviewed while the fatigue
‘of composite structures is dealt with in Section 5.
‘Section 3 deals with the reference stress issue and aims to build on the findings of the comparative
study cartied out in ISSC2000. Instead of conducting a comparative study, it was thought useful 10
provide an illustative example of the implementation of the relevant guidance available for the
calculation of hot spot stress. Again i is imporanto note that ABS, GL and DaV at the classification
Societies represented on the committe, and whereas every effort was made to include the rules of
‘others, invariably committee memiers will be more familiar with the rules oftheir own organisation.
Section 4 considers developments in the highly active area of fatigue life improvement in tems of
operation and its treatment in guidance documents and codes. Section 5 looks specifically at
ron-seel marine structural material, focussing on Titanium, Aluminium and Composites.
‘An important element of ISSC work is to provide an expert opinion on the subject matter reported.
Section 6 summarises the main features of the zoport and makes specific observations on the topics
studied particularly with respect to where further work is needed,
2, LIFE PREDICTION: CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART
‘Although metal fatigue has boon studied for more than 160 years, many problems still remain to be
solved due to the complexity of the subject area. state-of-the-art review of fatigue life prediction
methods for metal structures was recently carried out by Cui (2002).34 Technical Commitee 112
According to Cui (20022), the whole process of fatigue failure for a component can generally be
divided into five stages: (1) cack nucleation (aca); (2) microstrutually small crack propagation
(