Fatigue of Notched CMC Plates Under Variable Thermomechanical Loads

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arvind Nagar ◽  
Ming Xie

Abstract The work is a part of a major study to develop design analysis methods for strength and life of CMC structural joints. This paper describes results of thermomechanical fatigue tests conducted on open hole ceramic matrix composite laminated plates. The open hole represent the zero load transfer in a joint. The thermomechanical spectrum loads included mechanical load cycle blocks of various stress levels and stress ratios. The thermal loads were varied simultaneously with mechanical loads for the duration of a representative generic flight. The spectrum peak stress versus life data was developed for the case when the peak temperature is 1500 F. An empirical relation to describe the fatigue life is presented. The results show that a CMC laminate with an open hole spend most of the life during initiation.

2011 ◽  
Vol 295-297 ◽  
pp. 2386-2389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ren Hui Tian ◽  
Qiao Lin Ouyang ◽  
Qing Yuan Wang

In order to investigate the effect of plasma nitriding treatment on fatigue behavior of titanium alloys, very high cycle fatigue tests were carried out for Ti-6Al-4V alloy using an ultrasonic fatigue machine under load control conditions for stress ratios of R=-1 at frequency of ƒ=20KHz. Experiment results showed that plasma nitriding treatment played the principal role in the internal fatigue crack initiation. More importantly, plasma nitriding treatment had a detrimental effect on fatigue properties of the investigated Ti-6Al-4V alloy, and the fatigue strength of material after plasma nitriding treatment appeared to be significantly reduced about 17% over the untreated material.


1981 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kantimathi ◽  
J. A. Alic

Fretting fatigue tests have been conducted on 7075-T7351 aluminum alloy coupons with fretting pads of the same material. Three different stress ratios were used, the otherwise constant amplitude axial loads being interrupted every 1000 cycles by either tensile overloads to 400 MPa or compressive underloads to −200 MPa. Tensile overloads greatly prolonged fatigue life for low stresses where the overload ratios were 1.6 and above; compressive underloads had comparatively little effect. The results are discussed in terms of crack growth retardation phenomena.


2006 ◽  
Vol 208 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Tanck ◽  
G. Hannink ◽  
R. Ruimerman ◽  
P. Buma ◽  
E. H. Burger ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Roland Mu¨cke ◽  
Klaus Rau

Modern heavy-duty gas turbines operate under hot gas temperatures that are much higher than the temperature capability of nickel superalloys. For that reason, advanced cooling technology is applied for reducing the metal temperature to an acceptable level. Highly cooled components, however, are characterised by large thermal gradients resulting in inhomogeneous temperature fields and complex thermo-mechanical load conditions. In particular, the different rates of stress relaxation due to the different metal temperatures on hot gas and cooling air exposed surfaces lead to load redistributions in cooled structures, which have to be considered in the lifetime prediction methodology. In this context, the paper describes Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue (CTMF) tests for simultaneously simulating load conditions on hot and cold surfaces of cooled turbine parts, Refs [1, 2]. In contrary to standard Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue (TMF) testing methods, CTMF tests involve the interaction between hot and cold regions of the parts and thus more closely simulates the material behaviour in cooled gas turbine structures. The paper describes the methodology of CTMF tests and their application to typical load conditions in cooled gas turbine parts. Experimental results are compared with numerical predictions showing the advantages of the proposed testing method.


Author(s):  
C. F. G. Baxter

Grades 23 and 29 titanium alloys are becoming more commonly used offshore for critical components of riser systems. Many of these components, such as compact flanges, operate at high mean strains due to make-up loads, often close to or above yield. Hitherto, weld fatigue data collected at low mean strains have been used for prediction of fatigue lives of such components. However, these analyses have resulted in short but adequate lives. The objective of this work was, therefore, to derive fatigue data that could be applied to components operating at high strains and over a large range of stress ratios. This necessitated strain-controlled fatigue testing. Cyclic material properties evaluated from the tests are presented. In addition, it was found that sustained strain load, a type of stress relaxation that, unlike normal stress relaxation, does not require elevated temperatures, affected the cyclic behavior It also affects the distribution of make up stresses. This phenomenon was also investigated and it was shown that the cyclic stress/strain curve, readily derived from strain-controlled fatigue tests, accounted for sustained strain load effects.


2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 07007
Author(s):  
Amélie Malpot ◽  
Fabienne Touchard ◽  
Sébastien Bergamo ◽  
Catherine Peyrac ◽  
Richard Montaudon ◽  
...  

In the automotive industry, the integration of thermoplastic composite components represents a high-potential solution to the mass reduction challenge. In this study, a woven glassfibre-reinforced composite with a polyamide 6,6 matrix is considered for the purpose of being integrated into automotive parts. Tension-tension fatigue tests were conducted on [(0/90)3] openhole samples. These tests were instrumented with non-destructive techniques, namely acoustic emission and infrared thermography. Acoustic emission results showed fibre-matrix debonding and fibre breakages in open-hole samples, located around the hole. Furthermore, 3-point bending fatigue tests were performed on “omega” mini-structures. A semi-empirical model was used in order to predict the fatigue lives of both open-hole coupons and automotive mini-structures. Predictions of the model for open-holes samples underestimate experimental fatigue lives. Nevertheless, the semiempirical model showed good results for the fatigue life prediction of composite mini-structures.


2005 ◽  
Vol 297-300 ◽  
pp. 2083-2089
Author(s):  
Gee Wook Song ◽  
Jung Seob Hyun ◽  
Sung Ho Chang ◽  
Bum Shin Kim

Acoustic emission (AE) technique was used to investigate fatigue crack growth on compact tension specimens of aging materials at room temperature. Test materials have been sampled steam pipe serviced the actual operation conditions for a long time in fossil power plant. The compact tension test specimens were subjected to load stress ratios of 0.33, 0.5, and 0.66. All the fatigue tests were performed at a frequency of 1Hz. The test results indicate that acoustic emission counts show reasonable correlation with crack propagation rates for applied stress ratios. When the crack growth rates increase, AE’s counts and energies show increment. Also, the higher stress ratios, the faster crack propagation rates. Based on these relationships it may be possible to predict the remaining service life of fatigue-damaged steam pipes.


Author(s):  
Yu-Jia Li ◽  
Fu-Zhen Xuan ◽  
Zheng-Dong Wang ◽  
Shan-Tung Tu

Axial force-controlled fatigue tests are conducted at various stress ratios (R) on Ti-6Al-4V specimens prepared by two different manufacturing techniques (hard turning plus polishing with and without vacuum stress relieve anneal carried out after polishing). Residual stress is measured by using X-ray diffraction. Results indicate that the surface compressive residual stress lead to an increase of fatigue limit at a given life and stress ratio. This effect decreases with increasing stress ratio R. At R = 0.6, the effect of surface residual stress on fatigue limit fades away. In addition, the location of crack initiation shifts from surface to interior when the stress ratio changes from −1 to 0.6.


2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-135
Author(s):  
M. Nasr ◽  
M. N. Abouelwafa ◽  
A. Gomaa ◽  
A. Hamdy ◽  
E. Morsi

Thin-walled tubular specimens, made from woven-roving glass fiber-reinforced polyester (GFRP) with two fiber orientations, [±45°]2s and [0,90°]2s, were tested under torsional fatigue tests at negative stress ratios R,R=−1,−0.75,−0.5,−0.25, 0. The mean-amplitude diagram of the [0,90°]2s specimens was found to be divided into two regions; region (1) in which the mean stress is ineffective and region (2) in which the mean stress has a detrimental effect on the amplitude component. All examined failure criteria were found to be valid for the [0,90°]2s specimens, without any modifications; using the amplitude component and the corresponding fatigue strength in region (1), and the equivalent static stress with the corresponding static strength in region (2). For the [±45]2s specimens, having the mean stress being effective in the whole mean-amplitude diagram, the equivalent static stress was used with the corresponding static strength in different failure criteria. None of the available criteria succeeded in predicting failure for the studied case; consequently, was introduced, which a new modifying term SWT2/F1sF1f was introduced, which made Norris-Distortional, Tsai-Hahn, and Tsai-Hill criteria suitable for this case.


1965 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Matters ◽  
A. A. Blatherwick

This paper covers the high temperature rupture, fatigue, and damping properties of AISI Designation 616 (Type 422) steel conforming substantially to the requirements of ASTM specification A437 grade B4C. This material has been extensively used for boiling and for steam turbine blading for service in the temperature range of 850 to 1000 F. The results of stress rupture and fatigue tests of smooth and notched bars at 800, 950, and 1050 F are presented. Stress rupture tests extend to 2000 hr or more and fatigue tests generally extend to 2 × 107 cycles or about 100 hr. The fatigue tests were performed in a direct stress machine at stress ratios A = infinity, 2.5, and 1.0. Vibration decay damping tests with various mean stresses were performed at 75, 800, 950, and 1050 F.


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