scholarly journals AUTO-SHAPE ANALYSIS OF IMAGE TEXTURES IN FRACTOGRAPHY

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hynek Lauschmann ◽  
Ivan Nedbal

The aim of this study is to estimate the velocity of fatigue crack growth (crack growth rate - CGR) from the texture in SEM images of crack surfaces. A simple and quick method is based on fitting training images as a linear combination of several small subimages selected from the images themselves. The size of basic subimages is derived from autocorrelation functions of the image in row and column direction. The selection of basic subimages is based on two indicators: "appeal" evaluating their shape content, and mutual coefficient of correlation. The method is easy to implement and quick in computations, while results of testing application are fully comparable with best ones obtained within textural fractography of fatigue failures.

2007 ◽  
Vol 567-568 ◽  
pp. 129-132
Author(s):  
Zuzana Sekerešová ◽  
Hynek Lauschmann

Texture of a fatigue crack surface is strictly related to crack growth rate. Cracks in specimens from aluminum alloy were studied. Two types of information were used: SEM images of fracture surfaces, and 3D reconstructions of fracture surface morphologies. Sets of equidistantly focused images obtained by an optical microscope served as the basis for 3D reconstruction. Multiparametric fractal analysis was applied to characterize crack surfaces. A vector of fractal features represented each image or 3D reconstruction of selected locations of fracture surfaces. For estimating fractal characteristics, the box-counting method in 3D was used in all cases, [1]. Multilinear regression was used to express the relation between crack growth rate and feature vectors, with satisfactory results for both crack surface representations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 329-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Surojo ◽  
J. Anindito ◽  
F. Paundra ◽  
A. R. Prabowo ◽  
E. P. Budiana ◽  
...  

Abstract Underwater wet welding (UWW) is widely used in repair of offshore constructions and underwater pipelines by the shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) method. They are subjected the dynamic load due to sea water flow. In this condition, they can experience the fatigue failure. This study was aimed to determine the effect of water flow speed (0 m/s, 1 m/s, and 2 m/s) and water depth (2.5 m and 5 m) on the crack growth rate of underwater wet welded low carbon steel SS400. Underwater wet welding processes were conducted using E6013 electrode (RB26) with a diameter of 4 mm, type of negative electrode polarity and constant electric current and welding speed of 90 A and 1.5 mm/s respectively. In air welding process was also conducted for comparison. Compared to in air welded joint, underwater wet welded joints have more weld defects including porosity, incomplete penetration and irregular surface. Fatigue crack growth rate of underwater wet welded joints will decrease as water depth increases and water flow rate decreases. It is represented by Paris's constant, where specimens in air welding, 2.5 m and 5 m water depth have average Paris's constant of 8.16, 7.54 and 5.56 respectively. The increasing water depth will cause the formation of Acicular Ferrite structure which has high fatigue crack resistance. The higher the water flow rate, the higher the welding defects, thereby reducing the fatigue crack resistance.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1183
Author(s):  
Edmundo R. Sérgio ◽  
Fernando V. Antunes ◽  
Diogo M. Neto ◽  
Micael F. Borges

The fatigue crack growth (FCG) process is usually accessed through the stress intensity factor range, ΔK, which has some limitations. The cumulative plastic strain at the crack tip has provided results in good agreement with the experimental observations. Also, it allows understanding the crack tip phenomena leading to FCG. Plastic deformation inevitably leads to micro-porosity occurrence and damage accumulation, which can be evaluated with a damage model, such as Gurson–Tvergaard–Needleman (GTN). This study aims to access the influence of the GTN parameters, related to growth and nucleation of micro-voids, on the predicted crack growth rate. The results show the connection between the porosity values and the crack closure level. Although the effect of the porosity on the plastic strain, the predicted effect of the initial porosity on the predicted crack growth rate is small. The sensitivity analysis identified the nucleation amplitude and Tvergaard’s loss of strength parameter as the main factors, whose variation leads to larger changes in the crack growth rate.


2012 ◽  
Vol 525-526 ◽  
pp. 221-224
Author(s):  
Rui Bao ◽  
Xiao Chen Zhao ◽  
Ting Zhang ◽  
Jian Yu Zhang

Experiments have been conducted to investigate the crack growth characteristics of 7050-T7451 aluminium plate in L-S orientation. Two loading conditions are selected, i.e. constant amplitude and constant stress intensity factor range (ΔK). The effects of ΔK-levels and stress ratios (R) on crack splitting are studied. Test data shows that crack splitting could result in the reverse of crack growth rate trend with the increasing R ratio at high ΔK-level. The appearance of crack splitting depends on both ΔK and R.


1985 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-133
Author(s):  
V. I. Pokhmurskii ◽  
A. S. Zubchenko ◽  
A. A. Popov ◽  
I. P. Gnyp ◽  
V. M. Timonin ◽  
...  

1969 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. P. Pook

Some fatigue crack growth data have been obtained for age-hardened beryllium copper. The fatigue crack growth rate was found to be very dependent on the hardness and tensile mean stress. This dependence is believed to be associated with the intense residual stresses surrounding Preston-Guinier zones.


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