A Continuum Damage Mechanics Approach for Fatigue Life Prediction of Open-Hole Metallic Plate

2014 ◽  
Vol 670-671 ◽  
pp. 1060-1067
Author(s):  
Xian Min Chen ◽  
Qin Sun ◽  
Di Guan ◽  
Feng Ping Yang
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Test ◽  
Damage Evolution ◽  
Life Prediction ◽  
Damage Mechanics ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Life Prediction ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Damage Initiation ◽  
Open Hole

A damage evolution model is presented for fatigue life prediction of metallic structures. This model is formulated based on damage mechanics and the irreversible thermodynamics framework developed by LEMAITRE and CHABOCHE. Using this model, the fatigue lifetime can be predicted both in the high cycle fatigue (HCF) regime and the low cycle fatigue (LCF) regime. Based on the energy theory and material fatigue test data, the plastic strain threshold for damage initiation was modified for HCF and LCF respectively. The damage evolution parameters were determined according to the fatigue test results of standard specimens. A damage mechanics-finite element full-couple method was adopted to simulate the process of fatigue damage evolution. The numerical simulation of fatigue lives were compared with the fatigue tests of 2A12-T4 open-hole plates and good agreement was obtained.

scholarly journals Research on low cycle fatigue life prediction considering average strain

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Peng ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Haoran Li ◽  
Jiankang Xing
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Life Prediction ◽  
Damage Mechanics ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Fatigue Life Prediction ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Average Strain

Abstract To address the difficult problems in the study of the effect of average strain on fatigue life under low-cycle fatigue loads, the effect of average strain on the low-cycle fatigue life of materials under different strain cycle ratios was discussed based on the framework of damage mechanics and its irreversible thermodynamics. By introducing the Ramberg-Osgood cyclic constitutive equation, a new low-cycle fatigue life prediction method based on the intrinsic damage dissipation theory considering average strain was proposed, which revealed the correlation between low-cycle fatigue strain life , material properties, and average strain. Through the analysis of the low-cycle fatigue test data of five different metal materials, the model parameters of the corresponding materials were obtained. The calculation results indicate that the proposed life prediction method is in good agreement with the test, and a reasonable characterization of the low-cycle fatigue life under the influence of average strain is realized. Comparing calculations with three typical low-cycle fatigue life prediction models, the new method is within two times the error band, and the prediction effect is significantly better than the existing models, which is more suitable for low-cycle fatigue life prediction. The low-cycle fatigue life prediction of different cyclic strain ratios based on the critical region intrinsic damage dissipation power method provides a new idea for the research of low-cycle fatigue life prediction of metallic materials.

A weight function method for multiaxial low-cycle fatigue life prediction under variable amplitude loading

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Wei Wang ◽  
De-Guang Shang ◽  
Yu-Juan Sun
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Weight Function ◽  
Life Prediction ◽  
Function Method ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Life Prediction ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Critical Plane ◽  
Variable Amplitude ◽  
Weight Function Method

A weight function method based on strain parameters is proposed to determine the critical plane in low-cycle fatigue region under both constant and variable amplitude tension–torsion loadings. The critical plane is defined by the weighted mean maximum absolute shear strain plane. Combined with the critical plane determined by the proposed method, strain-based fatigue life prediction models and Wang-Brown’s multiaxial cycle counting method are employed to predict the fatigue life. The experimental critical plane orientation and fatigue life data under constant and variable amplitude tension–torsion loadings are used to verify the proposed method. The results show that the proposed method is appropriate to determine the critical plane under both constant and variable amplitude loadings.

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