Published July 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Investigation of Residual Stress Distributions of Induction Heating Bended Austenitic Stainless Steel (316 Series) Piping

  • 1. Sunchon National University, Suncheon (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. KEPCO E and C Co., Yongin (Korea, Republic of)

Description

The induction heating bending process, which has been recently applied to nuclear piping, can generate residual stresses due to thermomechanical mechanism during the process. This residual stress is one of the crack driving forces that have important effects on crack initiation and propagation. However, previous studies have focused only on geometric shape variations such as the change in thickness and ovality. Moreover, very few studies are available on the effects of process variables on residual stresses. This study investigated the effects of process variables on the residual stress distributions of induction heating bended austenitic stainless steel (316 series) piping using parametric finite element analysis. The results indicated that the heat generation rate and feed velocity have significant effects on the residual stresses whereas the moment and bending angle have insignificant effects

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers. A
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
7
Series
16 refs, 14 figs
Journal Page Range
p. 809-815
ISSN
1226-4873

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
46117580
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING;
Descriptors DEI
AUSTENITIC STEELS; BENDING; GEOMETRY; HEATING; PIPES; RESIDUAL STRESSES
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; CARBON ADDITIONS; DEFORMATION; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; MATHEMATICS; STEELS; STRESSES; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; TUBES