Development of New Design Fatigue Curves in Japan: Discussion of Best-Fit Curves Based on Fatigue Test Data With Small-Scale Test Specimen

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Wang ◽  
Hisamitsu Hatoh ◽  
Masato Yamamoto ◽  
Motoki Nakane ◽  
Akihiko Hirano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Stress Effect ◽  
Mean Stress ◽  
Mean Stress Effect ◽  
Scale Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Best Fit ◽  
Good Agreement

Based on the precedent design fatigue curves and recent fatigue data obtained from materials with different mechanical properties, new design fatigue curves with high general versatility in air have been developed by The Japan Welding Engineering Society (JWES). Structural materials with different tensile strength are utilized in fatigue tests to verify the validity of these design fatigue curves and discuss the mean stress effect. The materials employed in this study are austenitic stainless steel (SS) SUS316LTP, carbon steel (CS) STPT370, low-alloy steels (LASs) SQV2A and SCM435H, all of which are used in the structural components of nuclear power plants of Japan. The best-fit curves (BFCs) are formulated by using the parameter of tensile strength to describe the relationship between strain (stress) amplitude and fatigue life [1]. The results of fully reversed axial fatigue tests conducted with small-scale test specimens of those materials in air at ambient temperature show good agreement with the developed BFCs. The results of fatigue tests also indicate that the mean stress effect is remarkable in materials with higher tensile strength. The applicability of Modified Goodman and Smith-Watson-Topper (SWT) approaches to the design fatigue curves is compared and discussed when considering mean stress effect. The correction of mean stress effect with SWT approach shows a good agreement with the developed BFCs.

scholarly journals The effect of mean stress on the fatigue behaviour of overhead conductor function of the H/w parameter

2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 11001
Author(s):  
Remy Badibanga ◽  
Thiago Miranda ◽  
Pedro Rocha ◽  
Jorge Ferreira ◽  
Cosme da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Behaviour ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Stress Effect ◽  
Mean Stress ◽  
Stress Effects ◽  
Mean Stress Effect ◽  
The Mean

The objective of this work is to evaluate the effects of mean stress on the fatigue behaviour of an All Aluminium Conductor (AAC Orchid), Aluminium Conductor Steel Reinforced (ACSR Tern), and an Aluminium Conductor Alloy Reinforced (ACAR 750 MCM). In this sense, 72 fatigue tests on overhead conductors were performed using different values of H/w parameter. Based on the experimental results, the parameters which describe the fatigue behaviour of the conductors were determined after generating theirs S-N curves. In the assessment of the mean stress effects on the fatigue life, Goodman and Gerber’s relations were fitted to evaluate the use of such models for the conductors. It was observed that the evaluation of the mean stress effect on the overhead conductor could be made by using the fatigue relations.

Time-Variant Reliability Assessment of FPSO Hull Girder With Long Cracks

2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Efrén Ayala-Uraga ◽  
Torgeir Moan
Keyword(s):  
Brittle Fracture ◽  
Fatigue Cracking ◽  
Stiffened Panel ◽  
Stress Effect ◽  
Mean Stress ◽  
Stiffened Panels ◽  
Hull Girder ◽  
Mean Stress Effect ◽  
Hull Structure ◽  
The Mean

An efficient time-variant reliability formulation for the safety assessment of an aging floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels with the presence of through-thickness cracks (i.e., long cracks), is presented in this paper. Often in ship structures, cracks are detected by means of close visual inspection when they have already propagated through the thickness. The propagation of long cracks in stiffened panels is therefore considered, as they may be present in critical details of the deck and/or bottom plating of the vessel. Although it has been found that stiffened panels are tolerant to fatigue cracking, the safety of such structural components with the presence of long cracks may be threatened when exposed to overload extreme conditions, i.e., brittle or ductile fracture may occur. The probability of brittle fracture of an aging hull structure, i.e., a stiffened panel at the bottom plating with the presence of long cracks is studied in this paper. The mean stress effect due to the continuously varying still-water loading as well as residual stresses is explicitly accounted for in the crack growth calculation procedure presented herein. An analytical model is established for determining the equivalent long-term stress range including the mean stress effect. The continuously varying still-water load effects due to the operational nature of FPSOs introduce additional uncertainties in the estimation of fatigue damage as well as in the likelihood of fracture failure mode. In the present case study it is found that the time-invariant approach is a good approximation when dealing with the time-variant reliability problem. One of the main conclusions drawn from this study is that the still-water mean stress has a significant effect on the failure probabilities of stiffened panels with long cracks under brittle fracture mode.

High-Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Type 4340 Steel Pressurized Blocks Including Mean Stress Effect

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elie A. Badr ◽  
Joanne Ishak
Keyword(s):  
Stress Ratio ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Fatigue Loading ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Ultimate Stress ◽  
Stress Effect ◽  
Mean Stress ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Linear Correction ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Mean stress effects in pressurized steel blocks were examined under constant amplitude fatigue loading. The tests were performed to provide experimental data needed to study the effect of mean stress on fatigue lives of subject specimen, and to substantiate the use of analytical expressions to account for the mean stress. The mean stress was the result of subjecting the specimens to an autofrettage pressure which induced compressive residual stresses at the crossbore intersection of the specimens. Fatigue tests were carried out under both tensile and compressive mean stress levels. Test results were compared to several mean stress accounting relationships such as the Smith-Watson Topper, Bergmann and Seeger, modified Goodman, Gerber and Soderberg. Test results indicated that the modified Goodman equation is favorable in accounting for the effect of both tensile and compressive mean stresses on fatigue life (up to a compressive mean stress to ultimate stress ratio of −0.2). The behavior under compressive mean stress to ultimate stress ratio of less than −0.2 indicated that a linear correction relationship was required.

Mean Stress Effect on Fatigue Properties of Type 316 Stainless Steel: Part II — In PWR Primary Water Environment

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masayuki Kamaya
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Effective Strain ◽  
Strain Range ◽  
Stress Effect ◽  
Mean Stress ◽  
316 Stainless Steel ◽  
Mean Stress Effect ◽  
Primary Water ◽  
The Mean

The mean stress effect on the fatigue life of Type 316 stainless steel was investigated at 325°C in simulated PWR primary water. It was shown that, as shown in high-temperature air environment, the fatigue life was extended by applying the mean stress under the same stress amplitude. An increase in the maximum peak stress by applying the mean stress induced additional plastic strain and this hardened the material. On the other hand, the fatigue life was shortened by the mean stress for the same strain range. The ratcheting strain caused by applying mean stress accelerated crack mouth opening and reduced fatigue life. It was also shown that the fatigue life in the simulated PWR primary water was shorter than that in air even without the mean stress. The magnitude of the reduction depended on the strain range. The reduction in fatigue life was the maximum when the strain range was 0.6%. The environmental effect disappeared when the effective strain was less than 0.4%.

scholarly journals Thermoelastic Stress Analysis: An NDE Tool for Residual Stress Assessment of Metallic Alloys

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Gyekenyesi
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Second Harmonic ◽  
Temperature Response ◽  
Thermoelastic Stress ◽  
Stress Effect ◽  
Mean Stress ◽  
Thermoelastic Stress Analysis ◽  
Mean Stress Effect ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Mean Stresses

The primary objective of this report involves studying and developing various experimental techniques for accurate measurement of the mean stress effect in thermoelastic stress analysis (TSA, also recognized as SPATE: stress pattern analysis by thermal emission). The analysis of cyclic mean stresses at the coupon level directly relates to the measurement of residual stresses in structures. In a previous study by the authors, it was shown that cyclic mean stresses significantly influenced the TSA results for titanium and nickel-based alloys, although, difficulties were encountered concerning the quantification of the mean stress effect because of large test-to-test variations. This study continues the effort of accurate direct measurements of the mean stress effect by implementing various experimental modifications. In addition, a more in-depth analysis is included which involves analyzing the second harmonic of the temperature response. By obtaining the amplitudes of the first and second harmonics, the stress amplitude and the mean stress at a given point on a structure subjected to a cyclic load can be simultaneously obtained. The rather complex analysis of the temperature response involves obtaining the first and second harmonic amplitudes for 16384 infrared detectors (128×128 focal plane array). Upon establishing a protocol for mean stress measurements in the laboratory using the TSA technique, the next step is to utilize the method to assess residual stress states in complex structures during manufacturing and life.

Energy response of S355 and 41Cr4 steel during fatigue crack growth process

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (8) ◽  
pp. 663-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Lesiuk ◽  
Mieczysław Szata ◽  
Dariusz Rozumek ◽  
Zbigniew Marciniak ◽  
José Correia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Stress Effect ◽  
Mean Stress ◽  
Mean Stress Effect ◽  
R Ratio ◽  
The Mean

In this research, a novel approach of the fatigue crack growth rate description has been proposed. Based on theoretical and experimental approach, the mean stress effect expressed by R-ratio is present in classical da/dN–Δ K diagram. According to energy approach – based on the irrevocably dissipated energy accumulated in material (hysteresis loop) during fatigue process – the mean stress effect can be minimalized. Experimental validation of the proposed model was performed using results of fatigue crack propagation data for S355 and 41Cr4 steels in terms of strain energy density parameter Δ S or cyclic J-integral range –Δ J. In contrast to the force approach based on Kmax (or Δ K), the energy parameters Δ S or Δ J represent unambiguously the fatigue crack propagation rate, without influence of mean stress effect – R-ratio. However, in near threshold range of kinetic fatigue fracture diagram, the energy parameter displays a slight dispersion of the experimental data. According to the crack closure theory and its U-Elber parameter, the dispersion of experimental data is decreased. Therefore, the crack closure effects have a high significance in energy model – similar to the ‘force approach’ based on Δ K concept.

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