Improving Efficiency of Crack Propagation Life Assessment for LNG Independent Tank
Received:July 26, 2024  Revised:September 08, 2024
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DOI:10.7643/issn.1672-9242.2024.11.014
KeyWord:LNG independent tank  crack propagation  stress intensity factor  fatigue load  computational efficiency  life assessment
                    
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SUN Qiang Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd., Liaoning Dalian , China
LI Bairui Dalian University of Technology, Liaoning Dalian , China
PAN Shuai Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd., Liaoning Dalian , China
PENG Dongsheng Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd., Liaoning Dalian , China
GUO Qiang Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd., Liaoning Dalian , China
CHEN Jingjie Dalian University of Technology, Liaoning Dalian , China
HUANG Yi Dalian University of Technology, Liaoning Dalian , China
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Abstract:
      The work aims to improve the evaluation method of crack propagation life and leakage of LNG independent tanks considering the influence of ultra-low temperature liquid storage environments. Taking the crack propagation area of LNG independent tanks as the research object, the empirical formula of crack tip stress intensity factors and the crack propagation rate formula were used to analyze the effectof fatigue load with 108 cycles on crack growth life under different sequencing modes, and the main factors affecting the calculation accuracy and efficiency were found out.The calculation efficiency of the crack propagation program was low and the application condition was limited because the load cycle number was too large. In this paper, two simplified crack propagation simulation methods wereproposed, which couldreduce the cycle number of the crack propagation program by 5 orders of magnitude. These two methods not only greatly improve the calculation efficiency and reduce the application requirements of the program, but also achieve high calculation accuracy, which lays a foundation for the popularization and application of the crack growth life evaluation program of LNG independent tanks.
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