Target audience: materials engineers and scientists who know about Charpy testing but would like to know more about fracture mechanics concepts and test methods.
Expected from trainees to:
- Understand the common modes of failure for pipelines
- Identify some key areas where failure may occur
- Determine between ductile and brittle fracture
- List the factors which affect ductile and brittle fracture
- Understand how strength, toughness and hardness of a material is determined
- Understand what happens to the defects during a hydrostatic strength test
- List the objectives and requirements of a fracture control plan, and help identify when a fracture control plan is required
The trainees will improve his understanding on:
- Crack-tip stress concentrations and characterizing parameters
- Linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM): stress intensity factor K
- Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics (EPFM): J-integral J and crack-tip opening displacement CTOD
- Notch toughness testing
- Fracture toughness testing (ASTM E 1290, E 1920, E 1820)
- Fracture control in pipelines: fast ductile fracture and weld defect assessment
- Engineering Critical Assessment (ECA) methodology applied to pipeline imperfections
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 50 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
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