A Study on the Relationship between Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior and Cyclic Crack Tip Opening Displacement

2006 ◽  
Vol 326-328 ◽  
pp. 1051-1054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyeon Chang Choi ◽  
Hyeon Ki Choi
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Growth Behavior ◽  
Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Crack Tip Opening Displacement ◽  
Opening Displacement ◽  
Crack Tip Opening ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between fatigue crack growth behavior and cyclic crack tip opening displacement is studied. An elastic-plastic finite element analysis (FEA) is performed to examine the growth behavior of fatigue crack, where the contact elements are used in the mesh of the crack tip area. We investigate the relationship between the reversed plastic zone size and the changes of the cyclic crack tip opening displacement along the crack growth. The cyclic crack tip opening displacement is related to fatigue crack opening behavior.

scholarly journals Digital Image Correlation (DIC) Technique for Fatigue Crack Growth Analysis Using ∆CTOD Criteria

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.38) ◽  
pp. 1362
Author(s):  
Akshay B. Patil ◽  
Suraj P. Toppo ◽  
Dr. RKP Singh
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth ◽  
Digital Image Correlation ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Digital Image ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Image Correlation ◽  
Crack Tip Opening Displacement ◽  
Opening Displacement ◽  
Crack Tip Opening

The present paper deals with an experimental determination of fatigue crack growth rate (FCGR) of microalloyed steel (38MnVS6) to study the crack propagation in forged automobile crankshafts. The criterion based on crack tip opening displacement range (∆CTOD) is used to investigate the fatigue crack growth rate. In the current work use of 2D-digital image correlation (DIC) technique for the measurement of crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) and crack length (a) is proposed. Digital Image Correlation (DIC) is a full field displacement and strain measurement technique. It is easier to measure the crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) and crack length (a) with this technique than other. Fatigue crack growth curve based on crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) criteria is presented using DIC.  

scholarly journals FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH BEHAVOR OF CARBON BLACK–REINFORCED NATURAL RUBBER

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis B. Tunnicliffe
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth ◽  
Carbon Black ◽  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Growth Behavior ◽  
Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Amplification Factors

ABSTRACT Fatigue crack growth behavior of carbon black–reinforced natural rubber is investigated. Rubber compounds of Shore A = 70 are prepared by varying the formulation loadings of a wide range of carbon black types based on their structure and surface area properties. The resulting fatigue crack growth behavior shows significant variation in β exponent values, depending on the properties of the carbon black. These variations are rationalized by considering the strain amplification of natural rubber by carbon black aggregates in the region of compound directly ahead of the crack tip. An assumption is made that little networking of the carbon black aggregates exists in this region of very high strain and that hydrodynamic calculations that consider occluded rubber can therefore provide realistic values for strain amplification. A reasonable scaling of power law crack growth parameters to calculated strain amplification factors is found, with the exponent, β, decreasing with increasing strain amplification. The implication here is that enhanced strain amplification promotes the formation of strain-induced crystallites in the crack tip region. Performance tradeoffs resulting from the crossover of crack growth data sets dependent on the carbon black type are discussed. Of practical significance is the fact that the strain amplification factors can be calculated directly from knowledge of carbon black type and loading in rubber formulations.

In-Situ SEM Testing for Transient Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior Investigation Subjected to a Single Tensile Overload

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Yongming Liu
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Closure ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Growth Behavior ◽  
Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Single Overload

In this paper, the in-situ scanning electron microscopy (SEM) experiments are performed in the edge-cracked specimen under the single overload in order to investigate transient fatigue crack growth behavior. The specimen is made of Al7075-T6 and under the plane stress condition. During the testing, several loading cycles of interest are selected and divided into a certain number of steps. At each step, high resolution images around the crack tip region are taken under the SEM. Imaging analysis is used to quantify the crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) at each corresponding time instant in a loading cycle. In the current experimental work, the crack closure phenomenon is not only directly observed under constant amplitude loadings, but also under the variable amplitude loading. The experimental results provide the evidence that the crack closure may disappear or become inconsequential right after the single overload. And some observations imply that the crack closure is not the only parameter which controls fatigue crack growth rate, other factors need to be considered. A detailed discussion is given based on the current investigation.

scholarly journals Modeling of environmentally assisted fatigue crack growth behavior

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 351-359
Author(s):  
Daniel Kujawski ◽  
Phani C.R. Sree
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Extension ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Load Cycle ◽  
Growth Behavior ◽  
Crack Growth Behavior ◽  
Loading Frequency ◽  
Crack Tip Opening

AbstractIt is well recognized that environment has a significant role on the failure of mechanically loaded structures. In most cases of cyclic loading, fatigue crack growth (FCG) behavior exhibits lower threshold and faster growth rate in air than in vacuum. It is well documented that the effect of loading frequency on FCG behavior can be more pronounced in aggressive environment/material systems. This is seen in the Kmax term of the FCG. On the other hand, a weak dependence of FCG behavior with R ratio in inert environment indicates that a crack extension is governed mainly by ΔK. Existing experimental data indicate that the actual crack extension per cycle is associated with the rising part of the load cycle than the unloading part. In this paper, the synergetic role of environment and mechanical loading on crack growth behavior is considered to see their roles on FCG. In this article, we attempt to model how crack extension interplays between a crack-tip opening and crack-tip blunting angle associated with the applied load and environment, respectively. To support such a model for discussion, we have selected limited FCG data taken from literature corresponding to different environments ranging from vacuum to air and NaCl solution for a number of alloys and with different specimens geometries. We are also not discussing innate mechanisms for each alloy, due to space concerns.

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