SEM Study of Fatigue Crack Propagation in Chromium Martensitic Steel after LCF

2017 ◽  
Vol 754 ◽  
pp. 15-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamaz Eterashvili ◽  
G. Abuladze ◽  
L. Kotiashvili ◽  
T. Dzigrashvili ◽  
M. Vardosanidze
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Sem Study ◽  
Deformation Tests ◽  
Microstructure Of The Material

Crack propagation after low-cycle fatigue (LCF) deformation has been studied in the chromium martensitic structural steel. Although the study of a fundamental mechanism of fatigue crack growth has received much attention over the last decade, it still remains a sufficiently complex problem and needs full understanding. Moreover, the recent studies show that the cracks propagate discontinuously even on the millisecond timescale, and their growth rate significantly depends on a microstructure of the material. In the present work the boundaries of the former austenitic grains were revealed on the polished surfaces of the thermally treated samples, which subsequently were undergone low-cycle fatigue tests. The experimental studies show that fatigue macrocracks mainly grow along the boundaries of the former austenitic grains, and changetheir propagation direction when crossing the grain boundary, however, remain within 45 ̊ interval with regard the cycling axis. In particular cases, when the boundaries of a martensite packets and those of the former austenite grains lay along the length of a packet, the macrocrack is better formed and with regular borders. After a macrocrack reaches a definite length ~30-50μ, a microcrack is nucleated ahead of the macrocrack tip, and is oriented along the substructure element of the steel. Further deformation tests provide an increase in the length of the main crack via aggregation of microcracks initiated ahead of it during the LCF. In the cases when the macrocrack is deviated, slip bands are formed in martensitic structures along the boundaries of martensite packets (laths). A correlation is revealed between the microcrack components and the substructure elements of the steel as well. The same results were obtained by fractography of the tested and fractured samples. However, in the latter case correlation was established between the cleavage facets and the dimensions of packets.

scholarly journals Description of short fatigue crack propagation under low cycle fatigue regime

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 3010-3017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Hutař ◽  
Jan Poduška ◽  
Alice Chlupová ◽  
Miroslav Šmíd ◽  
Tomáš Kruml ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Short Fatigue Crack

LOW CYCLE FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF Zn-22Al ALLOY IN SUPERPLASTIC REGION AND NON-SUPERPLASTIC REGION

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (31n32) ◽  
pp. 5477-5482 ◽  
Author(s):  
ATSUMICHI KUSHIBE ◽  
TSUTOMU TANAKA ◽  
YORINOBU TAKIGAWA ◽  
KENJI HIGASHI
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
The Other ◽  
Al Alloy ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Secondary Cracks

The crack propagation properties for ultrafine-grained Zn -22 wt % Al alloy during low cycle fatigue (LCF) in the superplastic region and the non-superplastic region were investigated and compared with the corresponding results for several other materials. With the Zn - 22 wt % Al alloy, it was possible to conduct LCF tests even at high strain amplitudes of more than ±5%, and the alloy appeared to exhibit a longer LCF lifetime than the other materials examined. The fatigue life is higher in the superplastic region than in the non-superplastic region. The rate of fatigue crack propagation in the superplastic region is lower than that in the other materials in the high J-integral range. In addition, the formation of cavities and crack branching were observed around a crack tip in the supereplastic region. We therefore conclude that the formation of cavities and secondary cracks as a result of the relaxation of stress concentration around the crack tip results in a reduction in the rate of fatigue crack propagation and results in a longer fatigue lifetime.

Research on High Temperature Low Cycle Fatigue Crack Propagation of 2.25Cr-lMo Steel under Complex Stress State

2011 ◽  
Vol 361-363 ◽  
pp. 1422-1425
Author(s):  
Wen Xiao Zhang ◽  
Guo Dong Gao ◽  
Guang Yu Mu
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Stress State ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Complex Stress ◽  
Complex Stress State ◽  
J Integral ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Propagation Law

The crack propagation law of 2.25Cr-1Mo steel with notched cylinder was researched under high temperature low cycle fatigue. The crack propagation life was viewed by fatigue experiment and the equivalent stress-strain on the crack tip was calculated by the ANSYS. The equivalent J-integral range which was computed by equivalent elastic and plastic strain ranges were employed to denote the fatigue crack propagation rate. The results showed that crack propagation law of this material under complex stress state can be characterized by equivalent J-integral ranges and the relation between da/dN and ΔJf is not influenced by the type of notch and the load strain range.

The Fatigue and Fracture Analysis of Steam Turbine Rotor Shafts Containing Defects

2019 ◽  
Vol 795 ◽  
pp. 254-261
Author(s):  
Shang Wang ◽  
Wei Qiang Wang ◽  
Ming Da Song ◽  
Hao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Steam Turbine ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Turbine Rotor ◽  
Initial Surface ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Steam Turbine Rotor ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation Life

In this study, the assessment and calculation methods for the crack propagation life of steam turbine rotor shafts containing defects are presented. The analytic methods for estimating the average stress and the alternating stress amplitude of the steam turbine rotor shafts are introduced. The defects on/in the rotor shafts were regularized by the method of fracture mechanics, and the high cycle fatigue crack propagation life and low cycle fatigue crack propagation life of the rotor shafts are estimated from Paris formula. Taking the 60MW turbine rotor shafts containing an initial surface defect and an initial internal defect as the examples respectively, the crack propagation life of them were calculated. The results indicated that the assessment method for the crack propagation life can preliminarily be both used to estimate the safety-operating life and to analyze the fracture reason of a steam turbine rotor shaft containing defects. This paper can provide reference for periodic maintenance and safety evaluation of turbine rotor shafts.

Experimental Study on Crack Propagation and Strain Accumulation of Cracked Stiffened Plate Under Cyclic Load

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Ping Yang ◽  
Ziya Peng
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Stiffened Plates ◽  
Strain Accumulation ◽  
Stiffened Plate ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Load ◽  
Cracked Structures

Stiffened plates with cracked damage are often subjected to constant amplitude and/or variable amplitude cyclic loads in sea environment. Under the stress-controlled asymmetric low-cycle fatigue loads, the coupling effect of low-cycle fatigue crack propagation and accumulative plasticity contributes to the increase of accumulative mean strain of cracked structures. Low-cycle fatigue crack growth and the increase of whole strain of cracked structures will change the bearing capacity of cracked structures. In this paper, experimental study on crack propagation and strain accumulation of cracked stiffened plate under low cycle fatigue load has been conducted. AH32 steel is used to make stiffened plate specimen with crack symmetrically located about stiffener. The accumulative strain of the cracked stiffened plate specimens during low-cycle fatigue crack propagation was obtained. From the experiments for cracked stiffened plates under the low-cycle fatigue loading, it is found out that the crack propagates firstly in the weld and then also gradually takes place in the stiffener. The stress ratio of low-cycle fatigue load and stiffener stiffness have been investigated in the experimental study and it is found out that these parameters significantly affect the low-cycle fatigue crack growth life and accumulation strain of the cracked stiffened plate specimens.

Fatigue Crack Modeling and Simulation Based on Continuum Damage Mechanics

2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masakazu Takagaki ◽  
Toshiya Nakamura
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
Damage Mechanics ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Continuum Damage Mechanics ◽  
Fatigue Loading ◽  
Present Theory ◽  
Continuum Damage ◽  
Cycle Fatigue

Numerical simulation of fatigue crack propagation based on fracture mechanics and the conventional finite element method requires a huge amount of computational resources when the cracked structure shows a complicated condition such as the multiple site damage or thermal fatigue. The objective of the present study is to develop a simulation technique for fatigue crack propagation that can be applied to complex situations by employing the continuum damage mechanics (CDM). An anisotropic damage tensor is defined to model a macroscopic fatigue crack. The validity of the present theory is examined by comparing the elastic stress distributions around the crack tip with those obtained by a conventional method. Combined with a nonlinear elasto-plastic constitutive equation, numerical simulations are conducted for low cycle fatigue crack propagation in a plate with one or two cracks. The results show good agreement with the experiments. Finally, propagations of multiply distributed cracks under low cycle fatigue loading are simulated to demonstrate the potential application of the present method.

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