A research project was conducted to develop and validate an improved, analytical life prediction method for high-temperature turbine and valve studs/bolts. The life prediction method used the two-parameter creep equation, an incremental calculation procedure and a strain hardening flow rule. The failure criterion was an accumulated inelastic or creep strain limit of 1 percent. The life prediction procedure recommends the use of the service history of operating temperature, number/stress level of tightenings, cycle time, etc., to calculate the stress relaxation behavior. Life assessment uses the measured bolt length to calculate the accumulated creep strain. The link between the current condition, i.e., accumulated creep strain, and the remaining creep life, i.e., time to accumulate 1 percent strain, is obtained by a prediction of the future creep strain accumulation under the intended loading cycle(s) imposed during future operation. In order to validate the approach, the calculated results were compared to the results of uniaxial stress relaxation testing, bolt model testing, and service experience. The analytical procedure coupled with other industry wide NDE and measurement procedures is expected to provide broad guidelines to utilities for bolting life assessment.
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An Improved Analytical Method for Life Prediction of Bolting
F. V. Ellis,
F. V. Ellis
Tordonato Energy Consultants, Inc., Chattanooga, TN 37406
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D. R. Sielski,
D. R. Sielski
Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga, TN 37402
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R. Viswanathan
R. Viswanathan
Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA 94394
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F. V. Ellis
Tordonato Energy Consultants, Inc., Chattanooga, TN 37406
D. R. Sielski
Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga, TN 37402
R. Viswanathan
Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA 94394
Contributed by the Pressure Vessels and Piping Division and presented at the Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, Seattle, Washington, July 23–27, of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. Manuscript received by the PVP Division, January 2000; revised manuscript received October 23, 2000. Editor: S.Y. Zamtik.
J. Pressure Vessel Technol. Feb 2001, 123(1): 70-74 (5 pages)
Published Online: October 23, 2000
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January 1, 2000
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October 23, 2000
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Ellis, F. V., Sielski, D. R., and Viswanathan, R. (October 23, 2000). "An Improved Analytical Method for Life Prediction of Bolting ." ASME. J. Pressure Vessel Technol. February 2001; 123(1): 70–74. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1344240
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