Study of the Shielding Interactions between Double Cracks on Crack Growth Behaviors under Fatigue Loading

Autor: Zhichao Han, Caifu Qian, Huifang Li
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Metals, Vol 10, Iss 2, p 202 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-4701
DOI: 10.3390/met10020202
Popis: In this paper, the interactions between double cracks with a co-bisector-line were investigated theoretically and experimentally. Fatigue crack growth tests of specimens with a single crack or double cracks were carried out to measure the crack growth rates, and finite element calculations were performed to obtain the stress intensity factors at crack tips. It was found that when the double cracks are in co-bisector-line, they present shielding interactions which reduce the stress intensity factors at crack tips as well as the crack growth rates. By modifying the stress intensity factors and the Paris equation considering the shielding interactions, a new simplification method was proposed to simplify the double cracks into a single crack with the same crack growth rates.
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