Microstructure-Sensitive Fatigue Modeling of AISI 4140 Steel

Author(s):  
J. B. Jordon ◽  
M. F. Horstemeyer

A microstructure-based fatigue model is employed to predict fatigue damage in 4140 steel. Fully reversed, strain control fatigue tests were conducted at various strain amplitudes and scanning electron microscopy was employed to establish structure-property relations between the microstructure and cyclic damage. Fatigue cracks were found to initiate from particles near the free surface of the specimens. In addition, fatigue striations were found to originate from these particles and grew radially outward. The fatigue model used in this study captured the microstructural effects and mechanics of nucleation and growth observed in this ferrous metal. Good correlation of the number of cycles to failure between the experimental results and the model were achieved. Based on analysis of the mechanical testing, fractography and modeling, the fatigue life of the 4140 steel is estimated to comprise mainly of small crack growth in the low cycle regime and crack incubation in the high cycle fatigue regime.

2014 ◽  
Vol 875-877 ◽  
pp. 1239-1242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rena C. Yu ◽  
Luis Saucedo ◽  
Gonzalo Ruiz

We aim to develop a new fatigue model valid for quasi-brittle materials like concrete, which properties have considerably larger standard deviation than metals. Having this in mind, we fit the measured strength data with a three-parameter Weibull cumulative distribution function and in turn take it as the initial distribution for an asymptotic fatigue model in concrete. We also take into account the observed influence of frequency and stress ratio on the fatigue life in concrete, both plain and reinforced with fibers. The developed model is validated against fatigue tests in compression on cubic specimens for different stress ratios and loading frequencies. The secondary strain rate is also found to be correlational with the number of cycles to failure.


2010 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 751-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.D. Bernard ◽  
J.B. Jordon ◽  
M.F. Horstemeyer ◽  
H. El Kadiri ◽  
J. Baird ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (9) ◽  
pp. 61-65
Author(s):  
N. A. Makhutov

We consider and analyze general methodological issues regarding the strength and endurance (life-time) of the materials and structure elements under a combined effect of various force, deformation and temperature factors. The Journal "Zavodskaya laboratoriya. Diagnostika materialov" (Industrial laboratory. Diagnostics of materials) has launched systematic publications on this problematic since 2018. For many decades, domestic and foreign laboratory studies have gleaned to a traditional methodology for obtaining initial curves of the long-term and cyclic strength that related the breaking stresses with time or number of cycles. These curves, with the characteristic sections and break points, separating the areas of elastic and inelastic (plastic strain or creep strain) strain, are used in analysis of long-term and cyclic damage. Using the elementary linear law of damage summation, it is possible to calculate at a first approximation the strength and endurance under varying conditions of loading. Stepping up the requirements to the accuracy of calculations necessitates a transition from force fracture criteria (at stresses a) to deformation criteria (in elastic and inelastic deformations e). Thus, it becomes possible to construct and use a unified expression for the curve of the long-term cyclic fracture (taking into account the temporal x and cyclic N factors) and a long-term cyclic damage. With such approach it is possible to remain the linear law of damage summation though those damages are obviously nonlinear. The goal of the study is to continue and support the discussion of the most complex problems of a comprehensive assessment of the strength, resource, survivability and safety of high-risk engineering equipment within the journal pages.


2020 ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
Sergio Antonio Camargo ◽  
Lauro Correa Romeiro ◽  
Carlos Alberto Mendes Moraes

The present article aimed to test changes in cooling water temperatures of males, present in aluminum injection molds, to reduce failures due to thermal fatigue. In order to carry out this work, cooling systems were studied, including their geometries, thermal gradients and the expected theoretical durability in relation to fatigue failure. The cooling system tests were developed with the aid of simulations in the ANSYS software and with fatigue calculations, using the method of Goodman. The study of the cooling system included its geometries, flow and temperature of this fluid. The results pointed to a significant increase in fatigue life of the mold component for the thermal conditions that were proposed, with a significant increase in the number of cycles, to happen failures due to thermal fatigue.


JOM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Zelaya-Lainez ◽  
Giuseppe Balduzzi ◽  
Olaf Lahayne ◽  
Kyojiro N. Ikeda ◽  
Florian Raible ◽  
...  

AbstractNanoindentation, laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy and weighing ion-spiked organic matrix standards revealed structure-property relations in the microscopic jaw structures of a cosmopolitan bristle worm, Platynereis dumerilii. Hardness and elasticity values in the jaws’ tip region, exceeding those in the center region, can be traced back to more metal and halogen ions built into the structural protein matrix. Still, structure size appears as an even more relevant factor governing the hardness values measured on bristle worm jaws across the genera Platynereis, Glycera and Nereis. The square of the hardness scales with the inverse of the indentation depth, indicating a Nix-Gao size effect as known for crystalline metals. The limit hardness for the indentation depth going to infinity, amounting to 0.53 GPa, appears to be an invariant material property of the ion-spiked structural proteins likely used by all types of bristle worms. Such a metal-like biogenic material is a major source of bio-inspiration.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1191
Author(s):  
Ryuichi Yamada ◽  
Shoichiro Yoshihara ◽  
Yasumi Ito

A stent is employed to expand a narrowed tubular organ, such as a blood vessel. However, the persistent presence of a stainless steel stent yields several problems of late thrombosis, restenosis and chronic inflammation reactions. Biodegradable magnesium stents have been introduced to solve these problems. However, magnesium-based alloys suffer from poor ductility and lower than desired fatigue performance. There is still a huge demand for further research on new alloys and stent designs. Then, as fundamental research for this, AZ31 B magnesium alloy has been investigated for the effect of equal-channel angular pressing on the fatigue properties. ECAP was conducted for one pass and eight passes at 300 °C using a die with a channel angle of 90°. An annealed sample and ECAP sample of AZ31 B magnesium alloy were subjected to tensile and fatigue tests. As a result of the tensile test, strength in the ECAP (one pass) sample was higher than in the annealed sample. As a result of the fatigue test, at stress amplitude σa = 100 MPa, the number of cycles to failure was largest in the annealed sample, medium in the ECAP (one pass) sample and lowest in the ECAP (eight passes) sample. It was suggested that the small low cycle fatigue life of the ECAP (eight passes) sample is attributable to severe plastic deformation.


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (24) ◽  
pp. 16231-16241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasmus Kronberg ◽  
Mikko Hakala ◽  
Nico Holmberg ◽  
Kari Laasonen

H-Adsorption on MoS2-surfaces is studied as a function of structural parameters and an assessment of the intricate structure–property relations is conducted.


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