A MODIFIED FRACTURE MECHANICS APPROACH TO METAL FATIGUE

Autor: David L. DuQuesnay, T. H. Topper, H. Abdel-Raouf, Alan Plumtree
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures. 15:979-993
ISSN: 1460-2695
8756-758X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1992.tb00026.x
Popis: The fatigue lives, the fatigue limit stress ranges and fatigue notch factors for metallic specimens can be predicted using a modified fracture mechanics model for short cracks based on the combination of solutions for the non-uniform strains at the surface of a metal and the development of crack closure. The resulting local stress intensity factor exceeds that indicated by linear elastic fracture mechanics at short crack lengths. The model predicts a smooth and continuous variation of the fatigue notch factor with notch size between a lower bound of unity and an upper bound equal to the theoretical notch stress concentration factor. The model is verified using experimental data for a 2024-T351 aluminium alloy for smooth and notched specimens tested at various stress ratios.
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