Provided are a shape model setting circuitry for setting a shape model of a target structure, a crack candidate plane in the shape model, and an observation plane of the shape model, an estimation model generator for generating an estimation model obtained from a numerical analysis of a structural analysis model by sequentially changing a boundary condition of the crack candidate plane in the structural analysis model generated from the shape model, and a crack state analyzer for estimating a position and a size of the crack by obtaining a distribution of load and displacement in the crack candidate plane at the same time by probabilistic inference through the application of an observation plane deformation vector indicating deformation of the observation plane obtained from measurement values, the estimation model, and a latent variable indicating presence or absence of the crack in the crack candidate plane.

A method of offset load testing a tubular composite specimen with two pairs of aligned holes and having at least one defect, the method comprising: providing a testing apparatus having a pair of arms including a fixed arm and a mobile arm; securing the pair of arms using a fastener assembly in each of the two pairs of aligned holes; and moving the mobile arm to impart an offset load force to the tubular specimen. One aspect includes a method of offset load testing comprising: providing a testing apparatus having a pair of arms including a fixed arm and a mobile arm; providing a tubular composite specimen with a top portion and a bottom portion; securing the pair of arms to the top and bottom portions of the tubular composite specimen; and moving the mobile arm to impart an offset load force to the tubular composite specimen.

The invention consists of a methodology for calculating the service life of flexible tubes subject to the SCC-CO.sub.2 phenomenon, in which the methodology allows establishing the criticality level of each duct within the scope of the phenomenon, allowing the establishment of actions for the most critics. In addition, another important gain with the development of the methodology is related to the fact that it enables safe operation even in a degraded pipe.

A system and a method evaluate the effect of proactive utilization of a spatial stress field in laboratory. The system includes a rock sample placement device for placing a rock sample, a confining pressure control device for applying a set confining pressure to the rock sample, a fracture imaging device, a fracturing fluid injection device for injecting fracturing fluid into the perforation in the wellbore of the rock sample to form fractures within the rock sample, a stress measurement device, and a processing device for calculating a stress field proactive utilization coefficient of the rock sample.

The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program for enabling more accurate prediction of a crack to be made. A model acquisition unit acquires a structure model M.sub.D from a model generation unit, an external device (not illustrated), or the like. Amplitude load energy A in an element E0 having no cracks is set on the basis of a relationship between an equivalent stress σ and an equivalent elastic strain ε experimentally obtained according to a material constituting the element E0. Since the equivalent elastic strain ε depends on a crack variable φ, the amplitude load energy A is expressed as a function of the crack variable φ. A crack prediction unit predicts a crack to be generated in a structure D by calculating a differential equation having a term proportional to the amplitude energy. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a crack prediction device that predicts a crack.

A fracture toughness testing machine of the invention makes it possible to evaluate fracture toughness of a specimen in pure mode such that the effect of thermal residual stresses is removed, when the stresses are present in the specimen obtained by bonding dissimilar materials. The testing machine includes: testing-load applying means for applying a predetermined testing load to the specimen, in which the stresses are present; and cancelling-load applying means for applying a cancelling load to the specimen to cancel the stresses therein. The cancelling-load applying means includes: a pressing-force applying portion that applies a pressing force to the specimen as the canceling load; and a pressing-force determining portion that determines magnitude of the force. The pressing-force determining portion calculates the magnitude of the force using pre-stored equations so that an energy release rate related to in-plane shear mode crack deformation becomes zero.

The multiple rig stress corrosion cracking testing device is a stress corrosion cracking and sulfide stress cracking testing device for engineering material specimens. The device includes a pressure and temperature autoclave chamber and also includes four testing rigs for simultaneous stress corrosion cracking testing of a circumferential notched tensile specimen, a compact tension or a double cantilever beam specimen, a cantilever bend specimen, and a center cracked plate specimen under varying experimental conditions. The specimens may be of similar or different materials.

Disclosed is a device for testing corrosion fatigue resistance on the basis of acoustic emission. The device includes: a main machine including a supporting frame and a tensile mechanism arranged on the supporting frame; a clamping mechanism including a first clamp and a second clamp that is arranged opposite the first clamp, where the first clamp and the second clamp are both connected to the tensile mechanism, the tensile mechanism is used for driving the first clamp and the second clamp to move close to or away from each other, the first clamp is provided with an accommodation cavity for accommodating a corrosive substance, the accommodation cavity is provided with an opening that is provided on the first clamp and close to one end of the second clamp, and the first clamp can place a test specimen in the accommodation cavity when fixing the test specimen.

A method for preparing a static/dynamic three-dimensional (3D) microcrack propagation sensor, a sensor and equipment, belongs to the field of sensor technology. The preparation method includes: preparing a piezoresistive/piezoelectric sensing functional component dispersed material, and then coating the dispersed material to the surface of a fiber cloth substrate to obtain a piezoresistive/piezoelectric sensing fiber cloth; performing a pre-stretching treatment on the piezoresistive/piezoelectric sensing fiber cloth to obtain a piezoresistive/piezoelectric sensing 3D microcrack fiber cloth; ablating the piezoresistive/piezoelectric sensing 3D microcrack fiber cloth by microwave to remove the fiber cloth substrate, then obtaining a piezoresistive/piezoelectric sensing 3D microcrack functional skeleton; coating a conductive layer on both surfaces of the piezoresistive/piezoelectric sensing 3D microcrack functional skeleton, thereby forming an electrode; polarizing the piezoresistive/piezoelectric sensing 3D microcrack functional skeleton with the formed electrodes on the surfaces; and, encapsulating the piezoresistive/piezoelectric sensing 3D microcrack functional skeleton to obtain a static/dynamic 3D microcrack propagation sensor.

A device for testing mixed-mode fatigue crack growth rate includes a plate-like specimen, and a first fixture mechanism for exerting stretch, shear and torsion actions on the specimen via a second fixture mechanism. The second fixture mechanism is used for clamping the specimen and enabling the specimen to generate a mixed-mode fatigue crack in cooperation with the first fixture mechanism. The device further comprises a fatigue crack measurement instrument for measuring and recording the length of mixed-mode fatigue crack generated on the specimen.