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UNCERTAINTY IN MULTI-SCALE CREEP RUPTURE LIFE MODELING AND A NEW APPROACH TO ESTIMATING FREQUENCY OF IN-SERVICE INSPECTION OF COMPONENTS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES (*)
Published
Author(s)
Jeffrey T. Fong, Nathanael A. Heckert, James J. Filliben, Marvin J. Cohn
Abstract
Uncertainty in modeling the creep rupture life of a full-scale component using experimental data at microscopic (Level 1), specimen (Level 2), and full-size (Level 3) scales, is addressed by applying statistical theory of prediction intervals, and that of tolerance intervals based on the concept of coverage, p . Using a nonlinear least squares fit algorithm and the physical assumption that the one-sided Lower Tolerance Limit ( LTL ), at 95 % confidence level, of the creep rupture life, i.e., the minimum time-to-failure, minTf , of a full-scale component, cannot be negative as the lack or "Failure" of coverage ( Fp ), defined as 1 - p , approaches zero, we develop a new creep rupture life model, where the minimum time-to-failure, minTf , at extremely low "Failure" of coverage, Fp , can be estimated. Since the concept of coverage is closely related to that of an inspection strategy, and if one assumes that the predominent cause of failure of a full-size component is due to the "Failure" of inspection or coverage, it is reasonable to equate the quantity, Fp , to a Failure Probability, FP , thereby leading to a new approach of estimating the frequency of in-service inspection of a full-size component. To illustrate this approach, we include a numerical example using the published creep rupture time data of an API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 Grade 91 steel at 571.1 C (1060 F) (API-STD-530, 2007), and a linear least squares fit to generate the necessary uncertainties for ultimately performing a dynamic risk analysis, where a graphical plot of an estimate of risk with uncertainty vs. a predicted most likely date of a high consequence failure event due to creep rupture becomes available for a risk-informed inspection strategy associated with a nuclear powerplant equipment.
Proceedings Title
Proc. of ASME Symposium on Elevated Temperature Application of Materials, April 3-5, 2018,
Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Fong, J.
, Heckert, N.
, Filliben, J.
and Cohn, M.
(2018),
UNCERTAINTY IN MULTI-SCALE CREEP RUPTURE LIFE MODELING AND A NEW APPROACH TO ESTIMATING FREQUENCY OF IN-SERVICE INSPECTION OF COMPONENTS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES (*), Proc. of ASME Symposium on Elevated Temperature Application of Materials, April 3-5, 2018,
Seattle, WA, U.S.A., Seattle, WA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=925252
(Accessed December 13, 2024)