西南石油大学学报(自然科学版) ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (1): 161-169.DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.1674-5086.2018.08.30.03

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Theoretical Research on Circumferential Stress of Four-point Bending Specimen of Unequal Thickness

LIAN Zhanghua1, ZHANG Jin1, WANG Yuhai2, ZHANG Qiang1, LIU Yonggang3   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, China;
    2. Tarim Oilfield Company, PetroChina, Korla, Xinjiang 841000, China;
    3. Tubular Goods Research Institute, China National Petroleum Corporation, Xi′an, Shaanxi 710077, China
  • Received:2018-08-30 Online:2020-02-10 Published:2020-02-10

Abstract: Straight beam specimens of equal thickness, which are standard four-point bending specimens, cannot be used to simulate the real working condition of the curved-beam structure of pipes. Therefore, a non-standard four-point bending specimen of unequal thickness was designed, which has a complete arc as the outer wall and a straight-line segment combined with two symmetrical arcs as the inner wall. Based on the structure and mechanical model of a four-point bending specimen with unequal thickness, a theoretical formula to calculate the circumferential tensile stress at any arbitrary point on the specimen's outer wall from the load of the specimen was derived. Further, a finite element mechanics calculation model for this four-point bending specimen was established. The results show that the absolute error of the maximum circumferential stress calculated by the theoretical formula derived in the paper was 0.06%~0.33% compared to the result by the finite element method. This indicates that there is almost no error, which fully proves the accuracy of the theoretical formula. The theoretical formula provides a simple method for calculating load parameters of stress-corrosion cracking experiments with the four-point bending specimen of unequal thickness.

Key words: unequal thickness, four-point bending specimen, theoretical formula derivation, finite element, stress corrosion cracking

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