scholarly journals Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour and Role of Roughness-Induced Crack Closure in CP Ti: Stress Amplitude Dependence

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1656
Author(s):  
Mansur Ahmed ◽  
Md. Saiful Islam ◽  
Shuo Yin ◽  
Richard Coull ◽  
Dariusz Rozumek

This paper investigated the fatigue crack propagation mechanism of CP Ti at various stress amplitudes (175, 200, 227 MPa). One single crack at 175 MPa and three main cracks via sub-crack coalescence at 227 MPa were found to be responsible for fatigue failure. Crack deflection and crack branching that cause roughness-induced crack closure (RICC) appeared at all studied stress amplitudes; hence, RICC at various stages of crack propagation (100, 300 and 500 µm) could be quantitatively calculated. Noticeably, a lower RICC at higher stress amplitudes (227 MPa) for fatigue cracks longer than 100 µm was found than for those at 175 MPa. This caused the variation in crack growth rates in the studied conditions.

Author(s):  
Koji Gotoh ◽  
Keisuke Harada ◽  
Yosuke Anai

Fatigue life estimation for planar cracks, e.g. part-through surface cracks or embedded cracks is very important because most of fatigue cracks found in welded built-up structures show planar crack morphologies. Fatigue crack growth behaviour of an embedded crack in welded joints is investigated in this study. The estimation procedure of crack shape evolution for an embedded crack is introduced and validation of the estimation procedure of fatigue crack growth based on the numerical simulation of fatigue crack growth with EDS concept for an embedded crack is performed. The validity of the proposed shape evolution estimation method and the fatigue crack growth simulation based on the fracture mechanics approach with EDS concept are confirmed.


Author(s):  
Kokleang Vor ◽  
Catherine Gardin ◽  
Christine Sarrazin-Baudoux ◽  
Jean Petit ◽  
Claude Amzallag

The scope of this study is to investigate the effect of tensile prestrain on crack growth behavior in a 304L stainless steel. Fatigue crack propagation tests were performed on single-edge notched tension (SENT) raw specimens (0% of prestrain) and on prestrained specimens (2% and 10%). On one hand, it is found that the different levels of prestrain exhibit no significant influence on crack propagation in the high range of Stress Intensity Factor (SIF), where there is no detectable crack closure. On the other hand, a clear effect of prestrain on crack growth rate can be observed in the near threshold region where closure is detected. Thus, it can be concluded that the prestrain mainly affects the crack growth rate through its influence on the crack closure.


2008 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 815-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lothar W. Meyer ◽  
Kristin Sommer ◽  
T. Halle ◽  
Matthias Hockauf

Crack growth in AA6060 after two and eight equal-channel angular extrusions (ECAE), showing a bimodal microstructure and a homogenous ultrafine-grained microstructure, respectively, are compared to the coarse grained counterpart. Furthermore, an optimized condition, obtained by combining one ECA-extrusion and a subsequent short aging treatment is included. Fatigue crack growth behaviour in the near-threshold regime and the region of stable crack growth is investigated and related to microstructural features such as grain size, grain size distribution, grain boundary characteristics and ductility. Micrographs of crack propagation surfaces reveal information on crack propagation features such as crack path deflection and give an insight to the underlying microstructure. Instrumented Charpy impact tests are performed to investigate crack initiation and propagation under impact conditions. Due to the recovery of ductility during the post-ECAE heat treatment, the optimized condition shows improved fatigue crack properties and higher energy consumption in Charpy impact tests, when compared to the as-processed conditions without heat treatment.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jianguo Wu ◽  
Shan Jiang ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Zili Wang

A two-parameter fatigue crack growth algorithm in integral form is proposed, which can describe the continuous crack growth process over the time period. In this model, the fatigue crack propagation behavior is governed by the temporal crack-tip state including the current applied load and the physical condition due to the previous load sequence. The plasticity-induced crack closure, left by the historical loading sequence, controls the following fatigue crack growth behavior and typically leads to the interaction effects. In the proposed method, a modified crack closure model deriving from the local plastic deformation is employed to account for this load memory effect. In general, this model can simulate the fatigue crack growth under variable amplitude loading. Additionally, this model is established on the physical state of crack tip in the small spatial and temporal scale, and it is used to evaluate the macroscopic crack propagation and fatigue life under irregular tension-tension loading. A special superimposed loading case is discussed to demonstrate the advantage of the proposed model, while the traditional two-parameter approach is not proper functional. Moreover, the typical various load spectra are also employed to validate the method. Good agreements are observed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 1026-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeru Hamada ◽  
Taro Suemasu ◽  
Motomichi Koyama ◽  
Masaharu Ueda ◽  
Hiroshi Noguchi

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