Case Study of Fatigue Life Analysis of Heat Exchanger Tube Subjected to Thermomechanical Loads

Otmane Aboulhassane; Abdelhadi El Hakimi; Abderrahim Chamat; Abdelhamid Touache

doi:10.15866/ireme.v15i12.21156

Case Study of Fatigue Life Analysis of Heat Exchanger Tube Subjected to Thermomechanical Loads

Otmane Aboulhassane^(1*), Abdelhadi El Hakimi⁽²⁾, Abderrahim Chamat⁽³⁾, Abdelhamid Touache⁽⁴⁾

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15866/ireme.v15i12.21156

Abstract

The aim of this work is to predict the fatigue life of a heat exchanger tube subjected to variable thermo-mechanical loading. In order to achieve this objective, this study has been based on two fracture mechanics models, i.e. the global approach and the continuous damage one. These models take into account the geometrical non-linearity introduced by the presence of a semi-elliptic crack and also the thermo-mechanical cyclic loading type. The component investigated in this study is a 316L steel tube with a semi-elliptical crack. Then the 14 mm thick tube is induction heated to 300-550 °C. The experimental results have been compared with the numerical computations of these models carried out using a finite element code. From these results, the number of cycles before the damage to the simplified structural model of the heat exchanger can be predicted.
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Keywords

Life Prediction; Damage; Semi-Elliptic Crack; Paris Law; Linear Fracture Mechanical; Stainless Steel 316 L

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