Fatigue Crack Initiation and Growth Behaviour of 316L Stainless Steel Manufactured Through Selective Laser Melting

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Davies ◽  
H. Thomlinson ◽  
P. A. Hooper
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
316L Stainless Steel ◽  
Fatigue Crack Initiation ◽  
Compact Tension ◽  
Growth Behaviour ◽  
Laser Melting

Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is a relatively new manufacturing technique that offers many benefits. However the utilisation of SLM manufactured components depends on the assurance of their integrity during operation. Tensile and high cycle fatigue tests have been performed on uniaxial samples manufactured using SLM of 316L stainless steel to examine the elastic-plastic deformation and fatigue crack initiation behaviour of the material. In addition, the fatigue crack growth behaviour has been determined from tests on compact tension samples manufactured using SLM. The influence of build orientation has been examined on the compact tension samples. The results are compared to values obtained from conventional manufacturing methods. The tensile samples have a higher strength but significantly lower ductility than wrought material. The fatigue strength of the SLM material was substantially less than wrought material, though a similar fatigue limit maybe seen, this may be attributed to porosity in the material. The fatigue crack growth rate of the SLM material was 5–10 times faster, for a given stress intensity factor, than wrought materials and strongly depended on crack orientation in relation to the build direction.

scholarly journals Shape of a crack growth front under fatigue in the range of 106 - 107cycles

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-39
Author(s):  
Georgi Georgiev Georgiev
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Fatigue Crack Initiation ◽  
Growth Front ◽  
Physical Endurance ◽  
Similar Materials ◽  
3D Computer Model

The paper explores the shape of a fatigue crack initiation in the interval of 106-107cycles of duplex stainless steel, commercially designated as SAF 2507. Particular emphasis is placed upon the development of the crack’s growth front and its subsequent expansion in three directions x, y, z. Created, accordingly, on the basis of the experimentally obtained results, is a 3D computer model to help provide a further prediction for the physical endurance of similar materials. The growth of a fatigue crack is modeled by using The SolidWorks and AutoCAD software tools for constructing the model of fatigue crack growth.

Modeling of Fatigue Crack Propagation

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanyao Jiang ◽  
Miaolin Feng
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Fatigue Damage ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
Fatigue Crack Initiation ◽  
Cyclic Plasticity ◽  
R Ratio

Fatigue crack propagation was modeled by using the cyclic plasticity material properties and fatigue constants for crack initiation. The cyclic elastic-plastic stress-strain field near the crack tip was analyzed using the finite element method with the implementation of a robust cyclic plasticity theory. An incremental multiaxial fatigue criterion was employed to determine the fatigue damage. A straightforward method was developed to determine the fatigue crack growth rate. Crack propagation behavior of a material was obtained without any additional assumptions or fitting. Benchmark Mode I fatigue crack growth experiments were conducted using 1070 steel at room temperature. The approach developed was able to quantitatively capture all the important fatigue crack propagation behaviors including the overload and the R-ratio effects on crack propagation and threshold. The models provide a new perspective for the R-ratio effects. The results support the notion that the fatigue crack initiation and propagation behaviors are governed by the same fatigue damage mechanisms. Crack growth can be treated as a process of continuous crack nucleation.

scholarly journals The Influence of Ceramic Coating on Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of X17CrNi15-2 Stainless Steel

Engineering ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 140-149
Author(s):  
Ran Li ◽  
Wenshu Wei ◽  
Shoubin Li ◽  
Rui Zhao ◽  
Hao Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Ceramic Coating ◽  
Growth Behaviour ◽  
Crack Growth Behaviour

Environmental Effects on Fatigue Crack Initiation in 2.25 Cr-1 Mo Steel and 316L Stainless Steel

1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-246
Author(s):  
V. K. Mathews ◽  
T. S. Gross
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
316L Stainless Steel ◽  
Silicone Oil ◽  
Fatigue Crack Initiation ◽  
Type A ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Number Of Cycles

Blunt notch fatigue crack initiation tests for Type A387 2.25 Cr-1 Mo steel and 316L stainless steel were performed in air at room temperature, in silicone oil at room temperature, in V-131B coal process solvent at 100°C, and in chlorine-modified V-131B coal process solvent at 100°C. For both steels the most damaging environment was room temperature air. The number of cycles to initiate a crack were almost identical in the coal process solvent and the silicone oil for the Type A-387 steel. These two environments resulted in the longest crack initiation lifetime for the Type A-387 steel. The crack initiation lifetime for the Type A-387 steel in the chlorine modified V-131 B coal process solvent was roughly a factor of five less than the lifetime in the silicone oil and the unmodified coal process solvent. The crack initiation lifetime for the Type A-387 steel in room temperature air was a factor of 30 less than the lifetime in the silicone oil or the unmodified coal process solvent. The improvement of the crack initiation lifetime for the Type A-387 steel in the unmodified coal process solvent and the silicone oil is attributed to protection of the material from embrittlement from room temperature air. The decrease in crack initiation lifetime in the chlorine modified coal process solvent indicates that chlorine can be an active embrittling agent in the coal process solvent. The crack initiation lifetime for 316L stainless steel was longest in the silicone oil. The lifetime decreased somewhat in the unmodified coal process solvent with a further decrease for the chlorine modified coal solvent. The crack initiation lifetime in air was an order of magnitude lower than the lifetime in the silicone oil. The silicone oil and the coal process solvent apparently protected the 316L stainless from the embrittlement in air. However, the coal process solvent is not entirely inert as in the case of Type A-387 steel. The chlorine is an active embrittling agent for the 316L stainless steel in the coal process solvent.

A Probabilistic Micromechanical Code for Predicting Fatigue Life Variability: Model Development and Application

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (4) ◽  
pp. 889-895 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. S. Chan ◽  
M. P. Enright
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Fatigue Crack Initiation ◽  
Crack Size ◽  
Crack Initiation Life ◽  
Variability Model

This paper summarizes the development of a probabilistic micromechanical code for treating fatigue life variability resulting from material variations. Dubbed MICROFAVA (micromechanical fatigue variability), the code is based on a set of physics-based fatigue models that predict fatigue crack initiation life, fatigue crack growth life, fatigue limit, fatigue crack growth threshold, crack size at initiation, and fracture toughness. Using microstructure information as material input, the code is capable of predicting the average behavior and the confidence limits of the crack initiation and crack growth lives of structural alloys under LCF or HCF loading. This paper presents a summary of the development of the code and highlights applications of the model to predicting the effects of microstructure on the fatigue crack growth response and life variability of the α+β Ti-alloy Ti-6Al-4V.

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