Thermal striping fatigue damage in multiple edge-cracked geometries

Thermal fatigue striping damage may be caused when incompletely mixed hot and cold fluid streams pass over the surface of a component or structure containing a defect. Stress intensity factor (SIF) fluctuations are developed in response to the surface temperature fluctuations. An existing methodology for the analysis of striping damage in geometries containing a single edge-crack geometry is extended to such an analysis of multiple edge cracks. SIFs are calculated as functions of crack depth, when an edge-cracked plate and semi-infinite solid, each containing multiple cracks, are subjected to thermal striping. The effect of various restraint conditions and striping frequencies on the SIF values for a stainless steel plate is examined. The degree of conservatism is shown when an assessment of thermal fatigue striping damage is based on a single, rather than multiple, crack analysis. Accurate curve fits are developed resulting in practical weight functions for an edge-cracked plate and semi-infinite solid.

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