改良9Cr-1Mo鋼薄肉大口径配管の貫通き裂に対するJ積分評価法

J-integral evaluation method for a through wall crack in thin-walled large diameter pipes made of Mod.9Cr-1Mo steel

若井 隆純 ; 町田 秀夫*; 荒川 学*; 佐藤 健一郎*

Wakai, Takashi; Machida, Hideo*; Arakawa, Manabu*; Sato, Kenichiro*

周方向き裂つき配管の不安定破壊評価に用いるJ積分評価法について述べる。JSFR配管では変位制御型負荷が支配的であるので、き裂の存在によって配管系の荷重バランスが変化する。また、薄肉大口径で、かつオーステナイト系ステンレス鋼に比べ非線形性の高い改良9Cr-1Mo鋼で製作される。J積分評価法としては、EPRIの方法があるが、JSFR配管の形状と材料特性は適用範囲から外れる。そこで、有限要素解析結果に基づいて、改良9Cr-1Mo鋼製薄肉大口径管に適用可能なJ積分評価法を開発した。

This paper describes a J-integral evaluation procedure applicable to unstable failure analysis for a circumferential through wall crack in a pipe. Japan Sodium cooled Fast Reactor (JSFR) pipes are made of Mod.9Cr-1Mo steel. The fracture toughness of the material is inferior to that of conventional austenitic stainless steels. In addition, JSFR pipe has small thickness and large diameter and displacement controlled load is predominant. Therefore, the load balance in such piping system changes by crack extension and 2 parameter method using J-integral is applicable to unstable failure analysis for the pipes under such conditions. As a J-integral evaluation method for circumferential through wall crack in a cylinder, EPRI has proposed a fully plastic solution method. However, the geometry of JSFR pipe and material characteristics of Mod.9Cr-1Mo steel exceed the applicable range of EPRI's method. Therefore, a series of elastic, elastoplastic and plastic finite element analyses (FEA) were performed for a pipe with a circumferential through-wall crack to establish a J-integral evaluation method applicable to such conditions. J-integrals obtained from the FEA were resolved into elastic, local plastic and fully plastic components. Each component was expressed as a function of analytical parameter, such as pipe geometries, crack size, material characteristics and so on. As a result, a simplified J-integral evaluation method was proposed.