scholarly journals Improvement of Cyclic Void Growth Model for Ultra-Low Cycle Fatigue Prediction of Steel Bridge Piers

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuailing Li ◽  
Xu Xie ◽  
Yanhua Liao
Keyword(s):  
Growth Model ◽  
Void Growth ◽  
Prediction Accuracy ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Stress Triaxiality ◽  
Calibration Method ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Steel Bridge ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Parameter Calibration

The cyclic void growth model (CVGM) is a micro-mechanical fracture model that has been used to assess ultra-low cycle fatigue (ULCF) of steel structures in recent years. However, owing to the stress triaxiality range and contingency of experimental results, low goodness of fit is sometimes obtained when calibrating the model damage degradation parameter, resulting in poor prediction. In order to improve the prediction accuracy of the CVGM model, a model parameter calibration method is proposed. In the research presented in this paper, tests were conducted on circular notched specimens that provided different magnitudes of stress triaxiality. The comparative analysis was carried out between experimental results and predicted results. The results indicate that the number of cycles and the equivalent plastic strain to ULCF fracture initiation by the CVGM model calibrated by the proposed method agree well with the experimental results. The proposed parameter calibration method greatly improves prediction accuracy compared to the previous method.

scholarly journals Effect of Corroded Surface Morphology on Ultra-Low Cycle Fatigue of Steel Bridge Piers

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 666
Author(s):  
Fangyuan Song ◽  
Tingting Zhang ◽  
Xu Xie
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Surface Morphology ◽  
Void Growth ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Growth Index ◽  
Cyclic Loads ◽  
Steel Bridge ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Corrosion Morphology ◽  
Crack Initiation Life

Corrosion is a common form of durability degradation of steel bridges. Corrosion morphology affects stress distribution under cyclic loads and causes strain concentrations in pits, thus affecting the mechanical properties of steel structures, including ultra-low cycle fatigue (ULCF). To precisely simulate corrosion morphology and investigate the ULCF failure mechanism of corroded steel piers, a sculpting method was applied to mesh units using three-dimensional surface morphology data of corroded steel specimens. Moreover, the ULCF crack-initiation life was numerically predicted using the finite element model based on the cyclic void growth model (CVGM). The cumulative equivalent plastic strain, cyclic void growth index, and critical void growth index of corroded steel piers with different corroded morphologies were compared. Results reveal that, regardless of whether the pier is corroded, fatigue cracks tend to initiate at the weld toe at corners when exposed to cyclic loads under an oblique direction at the pier top. Additionally, the ULCF crack-initiation life in a corroded pier is less than that in an uncorroded pier, and it is significantly affected by a reduction in the pier wall thickness. Corrosion pits affect the position of ULCF crack initiation in a steel pier and cracks tend to initiate at the bottom of pits with large depth-to-diameter ratios. In the case of minor corrosion, the corrosion morphology affects the seismic performance of piers to a small extent.

Extremely Low-Cycle Fatigue Tests of Thick-Walled Steel Bridge Piers

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 858-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanbin Ge ◽  
Lan Kang ◽  
Yasuhiro Tsumura
Keyword(s):  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Bridge Piers ◽  
Steel Bridge ◽  
Cycle Fatigue

Effect of microstructural constituents and morphological characteristics on low cycle fatigue behaviour of inter-critically annealed 20MnMoNi55 steel

2021 ◽  
pp. 146442072110387
Author(s):  
Parichay Basu ◽  
Sanjib K Acharyya ◽  
Prasanta Sahoo
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Strain Amplitude ◽  
Crystal Plasticity ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Stress Triaxiality ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Strain Curve ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Microstructural Parameters

The effect of varying microstructural parameters on the cyclic behaviour of dual-phase steels was studied on the basis of experimental and micromechanical finite-element simulated results. The initial bainitic morphology of as-received 20MnMoNi55 steel was transformed into ferrite and martensite through proper inter-critical heat treatment procedures. Strain-controlled low cycle fatigue tests were conducted at room temperature with different strain amplitudes at a specific strain rate of 10−3/s. The cyclic stress–strain curve, obtained through joining the peak stresses of hysteresis loops corresponding to different strain amplitude, shows an increase in strain hardening with an increase in volume fraction of martensite. Whereas the rate of cyclic softening, considering the decrease in stress amplitude with respect to elapsed cycles, increases with increasing strain amplitude. Inclusive of all affecting microstructural parameters, an original microstructure-based representative volume element associated with a crystal plasticity-based material model was adopted for conducting micromechanical finite-element simulation. In addition to several parameters associated with a crystal plasticity model, consideration of initial geometrically necessary dislocation density in constituent phases resulted in the accurate prediction of a hysteresis loop at low strain amplitude as compared with the experimental results. A variation of stress triaxiality built up in ferrite matrix with martensite fraction along with deformation inhomogeneity between ferrite and martensite was also observed through a strain partitioning phenomenon obtained from finite-element simulated results.

Modification of the Equation for Description of Wöhler's Curves

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylwester Kłysz ◽  
Janusz Lisiecki ◽  
Tomasz Bąkowski
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Fatigue Threshold ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Exponential Equation ◽  
The Way

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.

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