Fatigue of Clip Connectors for Offshore Drilling Risers under the Combined Influence of High Mean Stress and Biaxial Tension

Vidit Gaur, Véronique Doquet, Emmanuel Persent, Eléonore Roguet

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Abstract

Push-pull fatigue tests at various R ratios (σminmax), as well as combined cyclic tension and internal pressure tests with various proportions of each loading were run on a 2.5%Cr-1%Mo steel to investigate separately the effects of a mean stress and of positive stress biaxiality. Fatigue lives were found to decrease with increasing mean stress at fixed biaxiality and a non-linear effect of stress biaxiality on fatigue lives was observed at a fixed R ratio. The damage mechanisms were found to change with both parameters and these modifications were analyzed. Many popular multiaxial fatigue criteria were unable to describe all the data. Thus, a new fatigue criterion based on Gerber's parabola, has been proposed that captures the evolution of the endurance limit under the combined effect of mean stress and biaxial tension.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)90-101
Number of pages12
JournalProcedia Engineering
Volume133
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event6th Fatigue Design conference, Fatigue Design 2015 - Senlis, France
Duration: 18 Nov 201519 Nov 2015

Keywords

  • biaxial tension
  • damage mechanisms
  • fatigue criteria
  • fish-eye
  • intergranular
  • internal crack initiation

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