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T Occurs predominantly in
the first link after a link that
is constrained against free
rotational movement.
MOPB
Crack propagation
1 - Interlinks locking modes
Bending stress:
r0
r
αint s OPB = M OPB �i
ri I
αi Rolling
ri
F M OPB
= ri * T * sin b int *
N
β
T r0 ri
Sticking
Sliding:
m friction �
M OPB = ri � T
1 - Interlinks contact area
Flat contact area generated by the proof load test (> 66% MBL)
Indentation area
Girassol recovered link
2 – 1st test phase: OPB s measurement
SBM laboratory tests :
measurement of bending
stresses in chains
Tension : 20 t 94 t
2 - Experiments & analysis
Bending stress variation against interlink angle
2 FEA Details:
3
Elastic material with contact
T/2 and friction
1 +/- 2° amplitude
50 Sticking-Sliding
Stress amplitude (MPa)
20 Sticking-Sliding
Roilling
10 Rolling
0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4
1000
Stress (MPa)
800
Engineering
600 True
Strain
2a– 3-Link Model
2a– 3-Link Model Nonlinear vs. Elastic
94 ton tensile loading, rig shoe 150 mm, 94 ton tensile loading, rig shoe 150 mm,
μfriction=0.3, elastic μfriction=0.3, von-Mises
Incremental S11
f = 0.3, d = 150mm, plasticity, T= 94 ton
30
20
10
-10
-20
-30
-40
0 1 2 3 4 5
Interlink Angle (degrees)
20
10
0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4
Incremental S11
Experiment and FEA
f = 0.3, d = 150mm, plasticity, T=878 ton (60% CBL) 94 ton
124 mm Chain links
50 60
40
50
40
10
94 ton, test #30
0 30 85 ton, test #30
-40
-50 0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Interlink Angle (degrees) Interlink angle (degrees)
2a– Link Intimacy
50
Stress amplitude (MPa)
40
94 ton, test #30
• Kuito design:
- Pitch A: 1 million of cycles: no failure
- Pitch B: 1.3 million of cycles : no failure
3 - Girassol results
Angle variation function of the
stroke
Stress level at 35 t:
Total hawse angle variation:
tot ≈ 6.44°
Stress level at 35 t:
Total hawse angle
variation: tot ≈ 2.70°
L2 Interlink angle
variation: int ≈ 0.92°
Stress relationship
Kuito chainhawse :
slope at origin
matches old
relationship, then
higher stresses 0.7
Summary of OPB tests results and determination of reduced curve
parameters
Average curves 81 mm 124 mm
0.6
Kuito reduced stress
Girassol chainhawse: 0.5
Kuito Pitch B in water reduced stress
Girassol reduced stress
0.1
corrosion
2.2
For lower stress ranges, DNV RPC203 B1 free corrosion mean S-N curve