A B S T R A C T Calculations of creep damage under conditions of strain control are often carried out using either a time fraction approach or a ductility exhaustion approach. In practice, calculations of creep damage are further complicated by the presence of multiaxial states of stress. In the case of the time fraction approach, there are a number of models that can be used to predict the effect of state of stress on creep rupture strength. In particular, Huddleston developed a model from data on stainless steels. The R5 procedure uses a ductility exhaustion approach to calculate creep damage and includes a model for use under triaxial states of stress. The aim of this paper is to describe the development of this model, which is based on considerations of cavity nucleation and growth and was developed from multiaxial creep data on Type 304 and 316 steels.
N O M E N C L A T U R Ed = grain size n = stress exponent for power law creep p, q = constants used in multiaxial creep strain at failure model r = creep cavity radius S i = principal deviatoric stresses, where i = 1-3 t f = time at failure γ = surface for the formation of a cavitȳ ε f = von Mises creep strain at failure ε fu = creep strain at failure of a uniaxial tesṫε av = average von Mises creep strain rate, σ p /σε c = instantaneous von Mises equivalent creep strain rate λ m = cavity spacing in multiaxial specimen λ uni = cavity spacing in uniaxial specimen σ = stress σ 1 , σ 2 and σ 3 = principal stresses, where σ 1 ≥ σ 2 ≥ σ 3 σ 0 = normalizing stress for isochronous failure surfaces σ = von Mises stress σ p = hydrostatic stress, (σ 1 + σ 2 + σ 3 )/3
I N T R O D U C T I O NMultiaxial creep data are used in design codes and assessment procedures that address creep-fatigue loading, for example ASME III, 1 RCC-MR 2 and R5. 3 In ASME III and RCC-MR, calculations of creep damage under conditions of strain control are carried out using a time fraction approach. The effect of multiaxial states of stress on rupture strength is predicted using the model due to Huddleston 4 in ASME III and the model due to Hayhurst et al. 5
inCorrespondence: M. W. Spindler.RCC-MR. The R5 procedure uses a ductility exhaustion approach to calculate creep damage and includes a model for use under triaxial states of stress. The aim of this paper is to describe the development of this model for the effect of multiaxial states of stress on creep ductility. The ductility exhaustion approach of R5 to calculate the creep damage per cycle, d c , arising from a creep dwell is given by