IP Library Granted Patent US 8,606,532
Granted Patent B2
US 8,606,532 · App. 13/634,341 · Granted Dec 10, 2013

Fracture determination method, fracture determination apparatus, program, and computer readable recording medium

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Patent No.
US 8,606,532
App. No.
13/634,341
Granted
Dec 10, 2013
Kind
B2
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)=(σ 2, σ1 ) (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 R determined by the intersection between a straight line satisfying a relation y=(σ 1/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 (34)

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 computer implemented program for determining a fracture of a metal structure, the program having instructions when executed by a processer 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 non-transitory computer readable storage 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.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 13, 2013
From: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029980/0103 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2012
From: HIWATASHI, SHUNJI; YONEMURA, SHIGERU
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028944/0031 →