The effect of periodic-random loading on fatigue crack growth

1976 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. N. McCartney

2009 ◽  
Vol 505 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 163-168
Author(s):  
Jae-Man Choi ◽  
Chung-Youb Kim ◽  
Ji-Ho Song




1984 ◽  
Vol 1984 (156) ◽  
pp. 513-522
Author(s):  
Junkichi Yagi ◽  
Masafumi Asada ◽  
Yasumitu Tomita ◽  
Takashi Sugimoto


1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (622) ◽  
pp. 1449-1454
Author(s):  
Masahiro MIYAKE ◽  
Shoji HARADA ◽  
Yoshihito KUROSHIMA ◽  
Masao TAKAHARA


1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-275
Author(s):  
T. S. Srivatsan ◽  
M. Sambandham ◽  
A. T. Bharucha-Reid

This paper reviews the experimental work on the influence of variable amplitude or random loads on the mechanics and micromechanisms of fatigue crack growth. Implications are discussed in terms of the crack driving force, local plasticity, crack closure, crack blunting, and microstructure. Due to heterogeneity in the material’s microstructure, the crack growth rate varies with crack tip position. Using the weakest link theory, an expression for crack growth rate is obtained as the expectation of a random variable. This expression is used to predict the crack growth rates for aluminum alloys, a titanium alloy, and a nickel steel in the midrange region. It is observed using the present theory that the crack growth rate obeys the power law for small ΔK and that the power is a function of a material constant.



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