BECHT FRACTURE MECHANICS WORKBOOK – AVAILABLE GEOMETRY SELECTIONS AND API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 SOLUTION CODES
GEOMETRY (1) |
STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR SOLUTION |
REFERENCE STRESS SOLUTION |
Cylinder – Embedded Crack, Circumferential Direction - 360 Degrees, Through-Wall 4th Order Polynomial Stress Distribution |
KCECCL |
RCECCL |
Cylinder – Embedded Crack, Circumferential Direction - Elliptical Shape, Through-Wall 4th Order Poly Stress Dist. |
KCECCE |
RCECCE |
Cylinder - Embedded Crack, Longitudinal Direction - Elliptical Shape, Through-Wall 4th Order Poly Stress Dist. |
KCECLE |
RCECLE |
Cylinder – Embedded Crack, Longitudinal Directions - Infinite Length, Through-Wall 4th Order Polynomial Stress Distribution |
KCECLL |
RCECLL |
Cylinder – Surface Crack, Circumferential Direction – 360 Degrees, Through-Wall Arbitrary Stress Distribution |
KCSCCL3 |
RCSCCL3 |
Cylinder – Surface Crack, Circumferential Direction – Semi-Elliptical, Thru-Wall Arbitrary Stress Distribution |
KCSCCE3 |
RCSCCE3 |
Cylinder – Surface Crack, Longitudinal Direction – Infinite Length, Through-Wall Arbitrary Stress Distribution |
KCSCLL3 |
RCSCLL3 |
Cylinder – Surface Crack, Longitudinal Direction – Semi-Elliptical, Thru-Wall Arbitrary Stress Distribution |
KCSCLE3 |
RCSCLE3 |
Cylinder – Surface Crack, Longitudinal Direction – Semi-Elliptical, Fourth Order Polynomial Stress Distribution |
KCSCLE2 |
RCSCLE2 |
Cylinder – Surface Crack, Longitudinal Direction – Semi-Elliptical, Internal Pressure |
KCSCLE1 |
RCSCLE1 |
Cylinder – Through Wall Crack, Circumferential Direction, Through-Wall Membrane and Bending Stress |
KCTCC1 |
RCTCC1 |
Cylinder – Through Wall Crack, Longitudinal Direction, Through-Wall Membrane and Bending Stress |
KCTCL |
RCTCL |
Plate – Embedded Crack, Elliptical Shape, Through-Wall 4th Order Poly Stress Distribution |
KPECE2 |
RPECE2 |
Plate – Surface Crack, Infinite Length, Through-Wall Arbitrary Stress Distribution |
KPSCL2 |
RPSCL2 |
Plate – Surface Crack, Semi-Elliptical,Through-Wall Arbritrary Stress Distribution |
KPSCE3 |
RPSCE3 |
Plate – Through-Wall Crack, Through-Wall Membrane and Bending Stress |
KPTC |
RPTC |
Sphere – Embedded Crack, Circumferential Direction - 360 Degrees, Through-Wall 4th Order Polynomial Stress Distribution |
KSECCL |
RSECCL |
Sphere – Embedded Crack, Elliptical Shape, Through-Wall 4th Order Poly Stress Distribution |
KSECCE |
RSECCE |
Sphere – Surface Crack, Circumferential Direction – 360 Degrees, Through-Wall Arbitrary Stress Distribution |
KSSCCL3 |
RSSCCL3 |
Sphere – Surface Crack, Circumferential Direction – Semi-Elliptical Shape, Thru-Wall Arbitrary Stress Distribution |
KSSCCE3 |
RSSCCE3 |
Sphere – Through-Wall Crack, Through-Wall Membrane and Bending Stress |
KSTC |
RSTC |
Notes:
(1) Refer to API 579-1/ASME FFS-1, Annex C for consideration of additional geometries using these solutions. For example, some nozzle solutions use the flat plate solutions.