A critical plane-strain energy density criterion for multiaxial low-cycle fatigue life under non-proportional loading

Author(s):  
X. Chen ◽  
S. Xu ◽  
D. Huang
Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2372
Author(s):  
Yifeng Hu ◽  
Junping Shi ◽  
Xiaoshan Cao ◽  
Jinju Zhi

The accumulated plastic strain energy density at a dangerous point is studied to estimate the low cycle fatigue life that is composed of fatigue initiation life and fatigue crack propagation life. The modified Ramberg–Osgood constitutive relation is applied to characterize the stress–strain relationship of the strain-hardening material. The plastic strain energy density under uni-axial tension and cyclic load are derived, which are used as threshold and reference values, respectively. Then, a framework to assess the lives of fatigue initiation and fatigue crack propagation by accumulated plastic strain energy density is proposed. Finally, this method is applied to two types of aluminum alloy, LC9 and LY12 for low-cycle fatigue, and agreed well with the experiments.


2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (41) ◽  
pp. 66-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Carpinteri ◽  
Giovanni Fortese ◽  
Camilla Ronchei ◽  
Daniela Scorza ◽  
Sabrina Vantadori ◽  
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Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 3692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jernej Klemenc ◽  
Domen Šeruga ◽  
Aleš Nagode ◽  
Marko Nagode

Magnesium is one of the lightest metals for structural components. It has been used for producing various lightweight cast components, but the application of magnesium sheet plates is less widespread. There are two reasons for this: (i) its poor formability at ambient temperatures; and (ii) insufficient data on its durability, especially for dynamic loading. In this article, an innovative approach to predicting the fatigue life of the AZ31 magnesium alloy is presented. It is based on an energy approach that links the strain–energy density with the fatigue life. The core of the presented methodology is a comprehensive new model for tensile and compressive loading paths, which makes it possible to calculate the strain–energy density of closed hysteresis loops. The model is universal for arbitrary strain amplitudes. The material parameters are determined from several low-cycle fatigue tests. The presented approach was validated with examples of variable strain histories.


2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 1128-1153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shun-Peng Zhu ◽  
Hong-Zhong Huang ◽  
Victor Ontiveros ◽  
Li-Ping He ◽  
Mohammad Modarres

Probabilistic methods have been widely used to account for uncertainty of various sources in predicting fatigue life for components or materials. The Bayesian approach can potentially give more complete estimates by combining test data with technological knowledge available from theoretical analyses and/or previous experimental results, and provides for uncertainty quantification and the ability to update predictions based on new data, which can save time and money. The aim of the present article is to develop a probabilistic methodology for low cycle fatigue life prediction using an energy-based damage parameter with Bayes’ theorem and to demonstrate the use of an efficient probabilistic method, moreover, to quantify model uncertainty resulting from creation of different deterministic model parameters. For most high-temperature structures, more than one model was created to represent the complicated behaviors of materials at high temperature. The uncertainty involved in selecting the best model from among all the possible models should not be ignored. Accordingly, a black-box approach is used to quantify the model uncertainty for three damage parameters (the generalized damage parameter, Smith–Watson–Topper and plastic strain energy density) using measured differences between experimental data and model predictions under a Bayesian inference framework. The verification cases were based on experimental data in the literature for the Ni-base superalloy GH4133 tested at various temperatures. Based on the experimentally determined distributions of material properties and model parameters, the predicted distributions of fatigue life agree with the experimental results. The results show that the uncertainty bounds using the generalized damage parameter for life prediction are tighter than that of Smith–Watson–Topper and plastic strain energy density methods based on the same available knowledge.


Author(s):  
M.-H. Herman Shen ◽  
Sajedur R. Akanda

A previously developed energy based high cycle fatigue (HCF) life assessment framework is modified to predict the low cycle fatigue (LCF) life of aluminum 6061-T6. The fatigue life assessment model of this modified framework is formulated in a closed form expression by incorporating the Ramberg–Osgood constitutive relationship. The modified framework is composed of the following entities: (1) assessment of the average strain energy density and the average plastic strain range developed in aluminum 6061-T6 during a fatigue test conducting at the ideal frequency for optimum energy calculation, and (2) determination of the Ramberg–Osgood cyclic parameters for aluminum 6061-T6 from the average strain energy density and the average plastic strain range. By this framework, the applied stress range is related to the fatigue life by a power law whose parameters are functions of the fatigue toughness and the cyclic parameters. The predicted fatigue lives are found to be in a good agreement with the experimental data.


2011 ◽  
Vol 194-196 ◽  
pp. 1210-1216
Author(s):  
Mou Sheng Song ◽  
Mao Wu Ran

In this paper, the problem of plastic strain energy density as a evaluation of low-cycle fatigue (LCF) properties for A356 alloys with various Ti content and Ti-addition methods is considered. The experimental results reveal that it is not the Ti-addition methods but the Ti content that has played an important role in influencing on the plastic strain energy density, thus on the LCF life. Whether for the electrolytic A356 alloys or for the melted A356 alloys, the alloys with 0.1% Ti content can consume higher cyclic plastic strain energy during the cyclic deformation compared with the alloys with 0.14% Ti content due to the better plasticity, giving rise to a better fatigue resistance and a longer LCF life. Because of the different macro or micro deformation mechanism, the fracture surface of electrolytic A356 alloy exhibits the diverse microstructural morphologies under the various strain amplitude.


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