Evaluation of cyclic plasticity models in ratcheting simulation of straight pipes under cyclic bending and steady internal pressure

Abstract This paper evaluates seven cyclic plasticity models for structural ratcheting response simulations. The models evaluated are bilinear (Prager), multilinear (Besseling), Chaboche, Ohno–Wang, Abdel Karim–Ohno, modified Chaboche (Bari and Hassan) and modified Ohno–Wang (Chen and Jiao). The first three models are already available in the ANSYS finite element package, whereas the last four were implemented into ANSYS for this study. Experimental responses of straight steel pipes under cyclic bending with symmetric end rotation history and steady internal pressure were recorded for the model evaluation study. It is demonstrated that when the model parameters are determined from the material response data, none of the models evaluated perform satisfactorily in simulating the straight pipe diameter change and circumferential strain ratcheting responses. A detailed parameter sensitivity study with the modified Chaboche model was conducted to identify the parameters that influence the ratcheting simulations and to determine the ranges of the parameter values over which a genetic algorithm can search for refinement of these values. The refined parameter values improved the simulations of straight pipe ratcheting responses, but the simulations still are not acceptable. Further, improvement in cyclic plasticity modeling and incorporation of structural features, like residual stresses and anisotropy of materials in the analysis will be essential for advancement of low-cycle fatigue response simulations of structures.

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