Numerical simulation of industrial component behaviour under strong cyclic loading

WP Leader: UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO

Objectives

The main purpose of this package is the development of an advanced numerical simulation procedure, which would allow the prediction of structural behaviour of critical structural components, in a rigorous, efficient and accurate manner. The specific objectives of this workpackage (WP4) are:

1. •The definition and calibration of an appropriate cyclic-loading constitutive material model to use for a realistic simulation of elasto-plastic behaviour of tubular components; the constitutive material model should be able to simulate material degradation effects, as well as low-cycle fatigue.
   

2. •The development of a modelling finite element procedure that simulates accurately the behaviour of industrial components; the modelling procedure will be validated through the experimental data of the previous workpackage (WP3). The performance of an extensive parametric study, using the numerical modelling methodology developed above, to examine the behaviour of structural components, within a wide range of geometric and material parameters.