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notches <strong>an</strong>d Neuber‘s is better for the blunter notches. However, these predictions are<br />

not applicable for the external notched pipe which is subjected to internal pressure <strong>an</strong>d,<br />

therefore, other expressions are needed.<br />

Other example of finite element application is the use of a Non Destructive<br />

Examination (NDE) field, especially in the detection of gas pipe wall thickness based<br />

on Electromagnetic Flux Leakage as presented by Zh<strong>an</strong>g <strong>an</strong>d Y<strong>an</strong> (2007). Their<br />

numerical calculation of the FEA, using ANSYS, provides a good solution in revealing<br />

the relation between the wall thickness <strong>an</strong>d the magnetic flux density at the same<br />

position in a magnetic leakage field. Parvin <strong>an</strong>d Wu (2008) demonstrate that the finite<br />

element <strong>an</strong>alysis is able to show that Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP)<br />

wrapping is effective in retrofitting the existing beam-column joints. The wrap ply <strong>an</strong>gle<br />

stacking sequence of -45°/ +45°/ -45°/ +45° appears to offer prevention against the<br />

brittle shear failure of the joint under combined axial <strong>an</strong>d cyclic loads.<br />

2.7.1 Stress Concentration Factor (SCF) <strong>an</strong>d Stress Intensity Factor (SIF)<br />

Measurement in Pipeline<br />

The stress concentration factor (SCF),<br />

45<br />

Kt<br />

max<br />

c<strong>an</strong> be used for fatigue<br />

<br />

assessment of pipelines whenever they are subjected to variations of internal pressure.<br />

For a fatigue assessment to be carried out, a rather detailed <strong>an</strong>alytical expression for<br />

stress concentration factors in pipes that are derived for a number of design cases based<br />

on classical shell theory has been presented by Lotsberg (2008). In <strong>an</strong>other study carried<br />

out by Radaj <strong>an</strong>d Zh<strong>an</strong>g (1996), they point out that with the presence of a stress<br />

concentration notch in pipelines, the initiation of a surface crack is often provoked.<br />

Carpinteri et al. (2004) numerically demonstrate that the SCF parameter is very<br />

import<strong>an</strong>t especially in presence of cracks since it heavily affects the SIF results.<br />

Therefore, Radaj <strong>an</strong>d Zh<strong>an</strong>g (1996) emphasise that local notch stress concentration is<br />

the basis for the assessment of the fatigue strength <strong>an</strong>d life of <strong>structural</strong> components.<br />

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