FATIGUE FAILURE OF FIBROUS COMPOSITE BASED ON MULTISCALE APPROACH

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
LAUREN KADLEC ◽  
CASSANDRA HALLER ◽  
YOUNG KWON ◽  
SOO-JEONG PARK ◽  
YUN-HAE KIM

A framework was presented for a fatigue failure model of fibrous composites using a multiscale approach, which uses the fatigue data of the fiber and matrix materials, respectively. Using this model, fatigue failure of fibrous composite materials and structures can be predicted from the constituent material behaviors. To that end, fiber bundles were tested under cyclic loading to determine their residual strength and stiffness. A successful completion of the model is expected to replace many fatigue tests as the configuration of the fibrous composite is varied.

2020 ◽  
Vol 995 ◽  
pp. 209-213
Author(s):  
Young W. Kwon

Failure analyses of laminated fibrous composite structures were conducted using the failure criteria based on a multiscale approach. The failure criteria used the stresses and strains in the fiber and matrix materials, respectively, rather than those smeared values at the lamina level. The failure modes and their respective failure criteria consist of fiber failure, matrix failure and their interface failure explicitly. In order to determine the stresses and strains at the constituent material level (i.e. fiber and matrix materials), analytical expressions were derived using a unit-cell model. This model was used for the multiscale approach for both upscaling and downscaling processes. The failure criteria are applicable to both quasi-static loading as well as dynamic loading with strain rate effects.


Author(s):  
Philip Purcell ◽  
Fiona McEvoy ◽  
Stephen Tiernan ◽  
Derek Sweeney ◽  
Seamus Morris

Vertebral compression fractures rank among the most frequent injuries to the musculoskeletal system, with more than 1 million fractures per annum worldwide. The past decade has seen a considerable increase in the utilisation of surgical procedures such as balloon kyphoplasty to treat these injuries. While many kyphoplasty studies have examined the risk of damage to adjacent vertebra after treatment, recent case reports have also emerged to indicate the potential for the treated vertebra itself to re-collapse after surgery. The following study presents a combined experimental and computational study of balloon kyphoplasty which aims to establish a methodology capable of evaluating these cases of vertebral re-collapse. Results from both the experimental tests and computational models showed significant increases in strength and stiffness after treatment, by factors ranging from 1.44 to 1.93, respectively. Fatigue tests on treated specimens showed a 37% drop in the rate of stiffness loss compared to the untreated baseline case. Further analysis of the computational models concluded that inhibited PMMA interdigitation at the interface during kyphoplasty could reverse improvements in strength and stiffness that could otherwise be gained by the treatment.


2021 ◽  
pp. 109963622110204
Author(s):  
Zhi-Wei Wang ◽  
Yang-Zhou Lai ◽  
Li-Jun Wang

The bending fatigue tests of single-wall and double-wall corrugated paperboards were conducted to obtain the εrms– N curves under sinusoidal and random loads in this paper. The εrms– N equation of corrugated paperboard can be described by modified Coffin–Manson model considering the effect of mean stress. Four independent fatigue parameters are obtained for single-wall and double-wall corrugated paperboards. The εrms– N curve under random load moves left and rotates clockwise compared with that under sinusoidal load. The fatigue life under random load is much less than that under sinusoidal load, and the fatigue design of corrugated box should be based on the fatigue result under random load. The stiffness degradation and energy dissipation of double-wall corrugated paperboard before approaching fatigue failure are very different from that of single-wall one. For double-wall corrugated paperboard, two turning points occur in the stiffness degradation, and fluctuation occurs in the energy dissipation. Different from metal materials, the bending fatigue failure of corrugated paperboard is a process of wrinkle forming, spreading, and folding. The results obtained have practical values for the design of vibration fatigue of corrugated box.


2000 ◽  
Vol 183-187 ◽  
pp. 945-950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chong Soo Lee ◽  
W. Hwang ◽  
Hyun Chul Park ◽  
Kyung Seop Han

Author(s):  
Seiji Asada ◽  
Akihiko Hirano ◽  
Toshiyuki Saito ◽  
Yasukazu Takada ◽  
Hideo Kobayashi

In order to develop new design fatigue curves for carbon steels & low-alloy steels and austenitic stainless steels and a new design fatigue evaluation method that are rational and have clear design basis, Design Fatigue Curve (DFC) Phase 1 subcommittee and Phase 2 subcommittee were established in the Atomic Energy Research Committee in the Japan Welding Engineering Society (JWES). The study on design fatigue curves was actively performed in the subcommittees. In the subcommittees, domestic and foreign fatigue data of small test specimens in air were collected and a comprehensive fatigue database (≈6000 data) was constructed and the accurate best-fit curves of carbon steels & low-alloy steels and austenitic stainless steels were developed. Design factors were investigated. Also, a Japanese utility collaborative project performed large scale fatigue tests using austenitic stainless steel piping and low-alloy steel flat plates as well as fatigue tests using small specimens to obtain not only basic data but also fatigue data of mean stress effect, surface finish effect and size effect. Those test results were provided to the subcommittee and utilized the above studies. Based on the above studies, a new fatigue evaluation method has been developed.


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.


2015 ◽  
Vol 789-790 ◽  
pp. 236-240
Author(s):  
Jiao Zhang ◽  
Xi Li ◽  
Hao Xie

EMU gearbox is a key component of high-speed train, the reliability of the gearbox will directly affect the operational safety of EMU. The box of EMU gearbox is with light alloy materials, bearing structure, so the box is subjected to greater loads and shock and vibration. Designers most take into account the static strength and stiffness of the box, ignore the fatigue failure. Fatigue failure is the leading cause of mechanical structural failure, while the peak load cycle fatigue failure is often far less than estimated in accordance with the static fracture analysis "safe" load, so the EMU gearbox box’s fatigue analysis is needed. Combining high-speed EMU gearbox actual operating conditions, using finite element method to do fatigue analysis of the gearbox box while the analysis result is evaluated and amended by the Smith schematic analysis method.


1967 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 919-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. C. Moore ◽  
P. A. Perkins ◽  
D. A. Smeaton

The test results of a 8.26-in-dia ball bearing under 51,000-lb axial load at 3710 rpm are discussed. A Weibull plot of the contact fatigue data showed about 6.95 times A FBMA life, a result to be expected with vacuum-melted M50 material and MIL-L-7808 lubricant. Due to high bending stresses, the fatigue spalls initiated ring fracture. Calculation and measurement of these stresses are discussed.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document