Plastic limit load analysis for pressure pipe with incomplete welding defects based on the extended Net Section Collapse Criteria

WithvonMisesyieldcriterion,theloadingrangeofNetSectionCollapse(NSC)Criteriaisextendedfromcombinedtensionandbendingloadingstocombinedbending,torsionandinternalpressureloadings.AnewtheoreticalanalyzingmethodofplasticlimitloadforpressurepipewithincompleteweldingdefectsbasedontheextendedNSCCriteriaispresentedandthecorrelativeformulasarededuced,theinfluencesofpipecurvature,circumferentiallengthanddepthofincompleteweldingdefectsontheplasticlimitloadofpressurepipeareconsideredaswellinthismethod.Meanwhile,accordingtotheorthogonalexperimentaldesignmethod,theplasticlimitloadsarecalculatedbythefiniteelementmethodandcomparedwiththetheoreticalvalues.Theresultsshowthattheexpressionsofplasticlimitloadofpressurepipewithincompleteweldingdefectsunderbending,torsionandinternalpressurebasedonextendedNSCcriteriaarereliable.Thestudyprovidesanimportanttheoreticalbasisfortheestablishmentofsafetyassessmentmeasuretowardspressurepipewithincompleteweldingdefects.