The Effect of Low Cycle Fatigue Cracks and Loading History on High Cycle Fatigue Threshold

2008 ◽  
pp. 427-427-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
MA Moshier ◽  
T Nicholas ◽  
BM Hillberry
2013 ◽  
Vol 647 ◽  
pp. 817-821
Author(s):  
Chao He ◽  
Yong Jie Liu ◽  
Qing Yuan Wang

Very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) properties of welded joints under ultrasonic fatigue loading have been investigated for titanium alloy (TI-6Al-4V) and bridge steel (Q345). Ultrasonic fatigue tests of base metal and welded joints were carried out in ambient air at room temperature at a stress ratio R=-1. It was observed that the fatigue strength of welded joints reduced by 50-60% as compared to the base metal. The S-N fatigue curves in the range of 107~109 cycles of base metal and welded joints for both materials exhibited the characteristic of continually decreasing type. The fatigue failure still occurred after 107 cycles of loading, and the fatigue limit in traditional does not exist. The fatigue facture mainly located in the weld metal region at low cycle fatigue range, but in the fusion area in HCF and VHCF. Analysis of fracture surfaces analyzed by SEM revealed that the fatigue cracks initiated from welding defects such as pores, cracks and inclusions.


2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylwester Kłysz ◽  
Janusz Lisiecki ◽  
Tomasz Bąkowski

Modification of the Equation for Description of Wöhler's Curves The paper presents the way to modify the equation σ = f(2Nf) in order to improve the fit of experimental results from High Cycle Fatigue tests. In particular, the study deals with introduction of the 5-parameter exponential equation that enables better fit of the full Wöhler's curve to experimental data within the range of stress at the level of fatigue threshold as well as approximation to the quasi-static range and Low Cycle Fatigue tests for the highest stress values. It is illustrated how individual parameters affect the procedure and possibility to match the aforementioned equation to experimental data.


1974 ◽  
Vol 188 (1) ◽  
pp. 321-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Evans ◽  
G. P. Tilly

The low-cycle fatigue characteristics of an 11 per cent chromium steel, two nickel alloys and two titanium alloys have been studied in the range 20° to 500°C. For repeated-tension stress tests on all the materials, there was a sharp break in the stress-endurance curve between 103 and 104 cycles. The high stress failures were attributed to cyclic creep contributing to the development of internal cavities. At lower stresses, failures occurred through the growth of fatigue cracks initiated at the material surface. The whole fatigue curve could be represented by an expression developed from linear damage assumptions. Data for different temperatures and types of stress concentration were correlated by expressing stress as a fraction of the static strength. Repeated-tensile strain cycling data were represented on a stress-endurance diagram and it was shown that they correlated with push-pull stress cycles at high stresses and repeated-tension at low stresses. In general, the compressive phase tended to accentuate cyclic creep so that ductile failures occurred at proportionally lower stresses. Changes in frequency from 1 to 100 cycle/min were shown to have no significant effect on low-cycle fatigue behaviour.


Author(s):  
Lei Han ◽  
Cao Chen ◽  
Xiaoyong Zhang ◽  
Xiaojun Yan

The combined high and low cycle fatigue (CCF) test on full scale turbine blade in the laboratory is an important method to evaluate the life. In fact, the low cycle fatigue which is usually caused by the centrifugal force can be confirmed easily. While, the high cycle fatigue which is usually caused by the vibration and aerodynamic force is often hard to determine. So the previous scholar has proposed the contrast method to determine the high cycle load in the field. This method utilizes the new and used blades to determine the high cycle within certain limits. While it can’t be applied effectively in the whole life range with the low cycle-high cycle-ultra high cycle fatigue theory raised. So this paper put forward the modified contrast method to realize the optimization. Firstly, the CCF tests are carried out on the turbine blade systematically. Then, the CCF damage properties, including the crack propagation, the fracture morphology and the dynamic characteristic are analyzed. Lastly, the new modified contrast method is proposed with the new coordinate axes, new fitting criterions and amend method. Through comparisons we conclude that: the new method is slightly complicated, but the evaluate precision has significantly increased. So it could be used to deal with data for CCF tests on full scale turbine blade in the future.


2005 ◽  
Vol 475-479 ◽  
pp. 589-594
Author(s):  
Masuo Hagiwara ◽  
A. Araoka ◽  
Satoshi Emura

The effect of the lamellar morphology on the high cycle fatigue (HCF) and low cycle fatigue (LCF) behavior of the Ti-22Al-27Nb alloy was investigated. The HCF tests were performed in air at an R ratio of 0.1 in the load-control mode, whereas the LCF tests were performed in vacuum at 923 K in the strain-controlled mode. The specimens with fine lamellar microstructure exhibited a better resistance to HCF than those with coarse lamellar microstructure. The microstructure-insensitive behavior was, however, observed in the LCF tests at 923 K. The fatigue mechanism was discussed based on the concurrent observation of the initiation facet and the underlying microstructure, and the TEM observations.


2007 ◽  
Vol 345-346 ◽  
pp. 343-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.C. Marinelli ◽  
Suzanne Degallaix ◽  
I. Alvarez-Armas

In this work, the formation of fatigue cracks is considered as a nucleation process due to the development of a characteristic microstructure formed just beneath the specimen surface. Strain controlled cyclic tests were carried out at room temperature at total strain ranges εt = 0.8 and 1.2% in flat specimens of SAF 2507 Duplex Stainless Steel (DSS). The results show that for this DSS, at εt = 0.8%, the correlation between phases (Kurdjumov-Sacks crystallographic relation) plays an important role in the formation of microcracks. On the other hand, at εt = 1.2%, microcracks initiate in the ferritic phase and the K-S relation does not seem to affect the formation of the cracks.


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