COMPARISONS BETWEEN FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS PREDICTIONS AND PIPE FRACTURE EXPERIMENTS

This paper presents the results of ten finite-element analyses of cracked pipe subjected to bending loads compared to the corresponding experimental results produced from full-scale tests. As part of the presentation, detailed results from two international round-robin problems are presented. In all, nine through-wall cracked pipe and one surface cracked pipe is considered. The cracked pipe includes stainless, carbon, and welded pipe.