简介:Carbon-manganesesteelisoftenappliedincomponentsofpipesinnuclearplant.Ultrasonicfatiguetestsfollowinglowcyclefatigue(LCF)cyclesdamagedareusedtostudythestrengthofveryhighcyclefatigure(VHCF).ThecomparisonoftestresultsofsimpleVHCFandcumulativefatigue(LCFplusVHCF)showsthatLCFloadinfluencesthefollowingVHCFstrength.ContinuumdamagemechanicsmodelisextendedtoVHCFregion.TheeffectofLCFloadonVHCFisstudiedbyanimprovedcumulativedamagemodel.
简介:Amodelisproposedtocorrelatethecrackgrowthrateandstressratiocontainingveryhighcyclefatigueregime.Themodelisverifiedbytheexperimentaldatainliterature.Thenaformulaisderivedfortheeffectofmeanstressonfatiguestrength,anditisusedtoestimatethefatiguestrengthofabearingsteelinveryhighcyclefatigueregimeatdifferentstressratios.TheestimatedresultsarealsocomparedwiththosebyGoodmanformula.
简介:Intheapplicationsofaircrafts,automobiles,railways,biomedicineandoff-shorestructures,manycomponentsmayexperiencecyclicloadingconditionsoveralongperiodoftime,runninguptoseveralhundredmillioncycles.1Determinationoflonglifefatiguebehaviorbecomesextremelyimportantforbetterunderstandinganddesignofcomponentsandstructures.
简介:Veryhighcyclefatiguebehaviorsoftwobainite/martensitedual-phasesteelswereinvestigated.Oneofthesteelswascyclicrapidheattreatedanditsmicrostructureswererefined.Fatiguestrengthofthesteelis225MPahigherthanthatwithoutrefining.Observationoffracturesurfacesshowthatthefatiguecracksinitiateatbainitesfornon-refinedsteelandatnon-metallicinclusionsfortherefinedsteel.Thesizeofinclusionsismuchsmallerthanthatofbainiteswhichresultsintheimprovementoffatiguestrength.
简介:Thefatiguelifeofnumerousaerospace,locomotive,automotiveandbiomedicalstructuresmaygobeyond10~8cycles.Determinationoflonglifefatiguebehaviorbecomesextremelyimportantforbetterunderstandinganddesignofthecomponentsandstructures.Initially,beforetheinventionofultrasonicfatiguetesting,mostoftheengineeringmaterialsweresupposedtoexhibitfatiguelifeupto10~7cyclesorless.Thispaperreviewscurrentunderstandingofsomefundamentalaspectsonthedevelopmentofacceleratedfatiguetestingmethodanditsapplicationinultra-highcyclefatigue,crackinitiationandgrowthmechanismsofinternalfracture,S-Ndiagram,fatiguelimitandlifeprediction,etc.
简介:Thedeterminationofstructuraldynamicstressspectrumdistributionisofgreatsignificanceinthestructuralfatiguestrengthevaluationaswellasreliabilitydesign.Inpreviousempiricaldataprocessingmethods,thedatagroupinganddistributionfittingwereexcessivelycoarseandcontaineddistinctivedefects.Thispaperproposedaneffectiveapproachtostatisticallygroupactualmeasureddynamicstressdataandvalidlyextrapolatethecombineddistributiontofitthedynamicstressspectrumdistribution.Thisapproachhasbeenverifieditseffectivenessthroughchi-squaretest,stressspectrumextrapolationanddamagecalculationindynamicstressstudy.
简介:Thermalfatigue(TF)isoneofthemostimportantfactorsthatinfluenceturbine'slife.Thispaperestablishesa3Dsolid-fluidcouplingmodelforasteadytemperatureanalysisofahigh-pressureturbinenozzleatdifferentturbineinletgastotaltemperatures(TIGTTs).Thetemperatureanalysissuppliesthetemperatureloadforsubsequent3Dfiniteelementanalysistoobtainthestrainvalues.Followingthis,thepredictionoftheTFlifeismadeonthebasisofequivalentstrainrange.TheresultsshowthatthestrainincreaseswithTIGTT,andthepredictedTFlifedecreasescorrespondingly.ThislifepredictionwasconfirmedbyoneTFtest.
简介:Twostochasticmodelsoffatiguecrackgrowthunderconstantamplitudecyclicloadingareproposedandstudiedbyusingthestochasticaveragingmethodandtotalprobabilitytheoremtoac-countforhighfrequencycomponentandlowfrequencycomponent,respectively,oftheirregularna-tureoffatiguecrackgrowthobservedinVirkler’sexperiment.Particularattentionispaidtothepredic-tionperformanceofthemodelsunderachangeintheinitialcracklength.Itisshownthatthemodelsproposedinthepresentpaperyieldsbetteragreementwithexperimentaldatathanothermodelsavail-ableinliterature.
简介:Acousticfatiguelifeevaluationisessentialforthermalprotectionstructuresduetotheseverethermo-acousticloadinservice.AstudyontemperaturedependenceofacousticfatiguelifeforaC/SiCpanelispresentedinthispaper.EffectsoftemperatureonboththestructuralresponsesandtheS–Ncurvesareinvestigated.TheDirlikmethodisadoptedtopredictthefatiguelifeofaC/SiCpanelatthreedifferenttemperaturesrespectively.Significantdifferencesareobservedfromtheresultsofnumericalsimulationsbetweenthefatiguelivesofthepanelinthethreecases.Thetemperature-dependenceofacousticfatiguelifeofaC/SiCpanelisverified,andfatiguetestofthematerialneedstobemoreattentivelyperformed.
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简介:Theaimofthisresearchistocharacterizethedevelopmentoffatiguedamagebymeansofstress-strainhysteresis.Experimentswereconductedon14specimensmadeofcold-finishedunannealedAISI1018steel.Resultsdemonstratethatthemechanicalhysteresisloopareas,whenplottedasafunctionofthenumberofloadingcycles,showsignificantvariationsanddemonstratethethreeprincipalstagesconcerningtheprogressofthefatiguefailure—initialaccommodation,accretionofdamageandterminalfailure.ThesethreestagesoffatiguearemarkedbythetransitionsatcyclesN2andN3.ExperimentalresultsshowthatalthoughfatiguelifeNfrangesfrom2644cyclesto108992cycles,theratiosofN2/NfandN3/Nftendtobestable:N2/Nf=10.7%,N3/Nf=91.3%.
简介:Aso-called“localprobabilisticParisrelationmethod”waspresentedformeasuringtherandomthresholdsoflongfatiguecrackpropagation.Acheckwasmadetotheconventionalmethod,inwhichthethresholdsweremeasuredstatisticallyanddirectlybythetestdata.Itwasrevealedthatthismethodwasnotreasonablebecausethetestdatahaveseldomaunifiedlevelofcrackgrowthrates.Differently,inthepresentedmethodtheParis-Erdoganequationwasappliedtomodelthelocaltestdataaroundthethresholds.Localprobabilisticrelationswithboththesurvivalprobabilityandtheconfidencewereestablishedonalognormaldistributionofthestressdensityfactors.Andthen,theprobabilisticthresholdswerederivedfromtheprobabilisticfactorswithagivencriticallevelofgrowthrate.AnanalysisonthetestdataofLZ50axlesteelfortheChineserailwayvehiclesverifiesthatthepresentmethodisfeasibleandavailable.
简介:Veryhighcyclefatigue(VHCF)behaviorsofbridgesteel(Q345)weldedjointswereinvestigatedusinganultrasonicfatiguetestsystematroomtemperaturewithastressratioR=-1.Theresultsshowthatthefatiguestrengthofweldedjointsisdroppedbyanaverageof60%comparingtothebasemetalandthefatiguefailurestilloccurredbeyond10~7cycles.Thefatiguefractureofweldedjointsinthelowcycleregimegenerallyoccurredatthesolderwhileattheheat-affectedzone(HAZ)intheveryhighcycleregime.Thefatiguefracturesurfacewasanalyzedwithscanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM),showingweldingdefectssuchaspore,micro-crackandinclusionwerethemainfactorsondecreasingthefatiguepropertiesofweldedjoints.Theeffectofweldingdefectsonthefatiguebehaviorsofweldedjointswasdiscussedintermsofexperimentalresultsandfiniteelementsimulations.
简介:Thefatiguebehaviorofahighstrengthsteel300Minthegigacycleregimewasinvestigated.Fullyreversedtension-compressionfatiguetestsatambienttemperaturewereperformedusinganultrasonicfatiguesystemoperatingat20kHz.Thestaircasetestmethodwasemployedtoobtainaccuratevaluesofthemeanfatiguestrengthcorrespondingtofixednumbersofcyclesupto10~9.Theseresultswerecomparedtothecurvewhichisestimatedbythedatatestedinthemid-longliferegimeonconventionalservohydraulictestmachineat20Hz.Resultsindicatethatthefatiguestrengthdeterminedfromultrasonicfatiguetestingislightlyhigherthanconventionaltestingintherangeof10~6-10~7cycles.Itisobviousthatnucleationsoffracturestendtooccurbelowthesurface,iffractureshappenaftermorethan10~7cycles.AllthefracturedspecimensfailsfrominternalSiO_2inclusionsorsmallercarbidesandcarbideclusters.
简介:TheeffectoffrequencyandsampleshapeonfatiguebehaviorsofDZ125superalloyaresystematicallystudied.Theresultsshowthatfatiguefracturestilloccursabovethecycleof10~8fortestscarriedoutatthefrequencyoff=20kHzandstressratioR=-1,sothetraditionalfatiguelimitatcycleof10~7isnotappropriateforfatiguedesign.Fatiguefracturesurfacesareperpendiculartostressaxisforcylindricalandplatespecimens,andthefatiguecracksoriginatefromtheextrasurfaceofthespecimens.Fatiguecrackisapttopropagatefromcuttingdirectiontoforwarddirection,whichoccursmainlyinthesecondpropagationstageathigherstressamplitude.ThereisanobviousfrequencyeffectforDZ125superalloy.Thehigherthetestfrequencyis,themoreserioustheeffectoffrequencyonfatiguebehaviorsofthealloy.Afterthefrequencycorrection,theultra-highcyclefatigueS-NcurvewellcoincidewiththetraditionalfatigueS-Ncurve.