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Author: Marcos Lugo Publisher: ISBN: Category : Aluminum alloys Languages : en Pages :
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From its discovery, crack closure was recognized as a key aspect in understanding the fatigue crack growth process. Considering the condition of plane stress, a vast amount of research has been conducted experimentally, analytically, and numerically to understand the complex process of fatigue crack growth and crack closure. Nonzero crack opening stress values are routinely observed, and it seems that there is a general agreement regarding the incidence of the phenomenon under plane stress. However, investigations regarding crack closure under plane strain conditions are less abundant. Moreover, the existence of crack closure under the plane strain state of the stress has been questioned. The importance of accurate measurements of closure to predict adequately fatigue crack growth rates should not be underestimated. Models employed to predict fatigue crack growth rates rely on plasticity-induced crack closure concepts, and the validity of plasticity-induced crack closure depends on crack closure measurements. Crack closure measurements can be performed with Elber's Method, the ASTM standard (Compliance offset method), or it may be done alternatively by the compliance ratio (CR) or the adjusted compliance ratio method (ACR). In this research, a small scale yielding two-parameter modified boundary layer analysis is performed to study the occurrence of plasticity-induced fatigue crack closure under constant amplitude loading and plane strain conditions. A wide range of T-stresses and KI levels are considered in the finite element analysis with the purpose of exploring the behavior of the crack opening stress. Crack closure was observed for some values of T-stress. Other values of T-stress resulted in an absence of closure under steady state conditions. In addition, an elastic-plastic finite element model was used to simulate a growing fatigue crack with WARP3D software. The computed displacements were used to determine the effective stress intensity factor range [delta]Keff with the ASTM standard compliance offset approach, the (CR) method, and the (ACR) method. Finally, measurement location effects on ACR and the ability of ACR method to remove residuals stresses were investigated.
Author: Marcos Lugo Publisher: ISBN: Category : Aluminum alloys Languages : en Pages :
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From its discovery, crack closure was recognized as a key aspect in understanding the fatigue crack growth process. Considering the condition of plane stress, a vast amount of research has been conducted experimentally, analytically, and numerically to understand the complex process of fatigue crack growth and crack closure. Nonzero crack opening stress values are routinely observed, and it seems that there is a general agreement regarding the incidence of the phenomenon under plane stress. However, investigations regarding crack closure under plane strain conditions are less abundant. Moreover, the existence of crack closure under the plane strain state of the stress has been questioned. The importance of accurate measurements of closure to predict adequately fatigue crack growth rates should not be underestimated. Models employed to predict fatigue crack growth rates rely on plasticity-induced crack closure concepts, and the validity of plasticity-induced crack closure depends on crack closure measurements. Crack closure measurements can be performed with Elber's Method, the ASTM standard (Compliance offset method), or it may be done alternatively by the compliance ratio (CR) or the adjusted compliance ratio method (ACR). In this research, a small scale yielding two-parameter modified boundary layer analysis is performed to study the occurrence of plasticity-induced fatigue crack closure under constant amplitude loading and plane strain conditions. A wide range of T-stresses and KI levels are considered in the finite element analysis with the purpose of exploring the behavior of the crack opening stress. Crack closure was observed for some values of T-stress. Other values of T-stress resulted in an absence of closure under steady state conditions. In addition, an elastic-plastic finite element model was used to simulate a growing fatigue crack with WARP3D software. The computed displacements were used to determine the effective stress intensity factor range [delta]Keff with the ASTM standard compliance offset approach, the (CR) method, and the (ACR) method. Finally, measurement location effects on ACR and the ability of ACR method to remove residuals stresses were investigated.
Author: Mehmet Gkhan Gken Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing ISBN: 9783838357911 Category : Languages : en Pages : 84
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In spite of the fact that the use of contact elements in modeling crack surface contact, and thus in modeling of crack closure is inherently natural, almost no effort to incorporate it in the finite element analysis of fatigue crack growth has been reported in the literature. The traditional method is based on placing truss elements on the crack surface nodes In this research contact elements are used to model crack surface contact and similar to mentioned method the determination of crack opening stress is accomplished by monitoring the state of contact elements during incrementally applied loading. Instead of determining crack opening stress of every load cycle, an algorithm that makes it possible to find crack opening stress at predetermined load cycle intervals is developed. With the developed algorithm it was possible to analyze crack closure behavior during a larger number of load cycles with less execution time. Due to simulation of relatively high number of load cycles, final stabilization of crack opening stress values after a subsequent decay in the initially "stabilized" opening stress values is observed.
Author: Kristine B. Cochran Publisher: ProQuest ISBN: 9781109218688 Category : Languages : en Pages : 195
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Plasticity induced crack closure (PICC) has a potentially strong effect on the growth rate of fatigue cracks in metal structures. As a crack grows through previously yielded material, the permanent deformation in the crack wake Shields the crack tip from the full impact of the remote load. This work sought to add to the large body of PICC finite element studies by introducing two nonlinear plasticity models---nonlinear kinematic hardening (Armstrong and Frederick's model) and nonlinear plastic strain evolution (Lubliner's generalized plasticity)---into a 3D small scale yielding boundary layer approximation of a mode I crack. With the traditional method of growing the crack by one element per load cycle, the results display strong sensitivity to the element size. This work and the PICC literature demonstrate that linear plasticity models may also produced mesh dependent results in certain conditions. The manifestation of mesh sensitivity depends on not only the material model, but also the material parameters, whether the model is 3D, 2D plane strain, or 2D plane stress, and if the T-stress is compressive or tensile. This work reveals that cyclic accumulation of permanent deformation (strain ratcheting) is responsible for mesh dependence when the rate of growth depends on the element size. Mesh refinement may commute with the use of multiple load cycles between crack growth increments to provide the same effective growth rate. Sufficient cycles between crack growth increments can reduce mesh dependence while approaching real crack growth rates. For conditions that create severe ratcheting, the number of cycles needed to obtain fully mesh independent results may be impractical. Spontaneous crack growth shows some promise for reducing mesh dependence; a critical COD criterion for crack extension produced similar crack growth rate and opening loads for different mesh sites. Nevertheless, strong gradients in crack closure near the crack tip imply that there will always be an element size effect with respect to measuring 3D variations in near-tip behavior.
Author: ME. Pawlik Publisher: ISBN: Category : Closure Languages : en Pages : 13
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A numerical method for predicting closure and its effects on thermomechanical crack growth has been developed. A finite element model, using linear-elastic fracture mechanics shape functions, is employed to predict crack tip displacements. The effective changes in stress intensity, and therefore crack growth, are obtained from the minimum and maximum crack tip displacement predictions. When a flaw is loaded in Mode I, a ligament of material ahead of the flaw yields, and a maximum crack tip displacement is computed. Upon unloading, plastically deformed material from prior plastic zones acts to limit the minimum displacements of the crack tip. The material is modeled as elastic-perfectly plastic. The yield strength of the material is varied based on the degree of constraint. The upper limit of constraint is a plane strain condition while the lowest constraint is a plane stress condition. The level of constraint is predicted by relating the stress intensity to the thickness of the component. Temperatures also affect yield strength, along with stiffness, and can cause the plastic zone to expand due to creep. During variable-amplitude loadings, and/or temperature changes, the irregular shape of the wake can be accommodated with this numerical procedure. The method has proven to accurately account for load interaction effects such as delayed retardation, crack arrest, initial accelerations following overloads, and the transient growth and stabilization of closure level with number of overloads. This method has been verified against data obtained in the literature, and data collected under the program in which the method was developed, NASA's High Speed Research [1].
Author: Jordi Loureiro-Homs Publisher: Linköping University Electronic Press ISBN: 9179297927 Category : Languages : en Pages : 34
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The main objective of the work presented in this Licentiate of Engineering thesis is to investigate and model the fatigue crack propagation behaviour of the nickel-based superalloy Inconel 792, with special attention to the industrial lifing of high-temperature components. In-phase (IP) crack propagation tests have been performed at different temperatures and loading regimes, including extended hold times. The observations from these tests have been the basis for establishing several hypotheses to describe the crack growth behaviour, which progressively have been verified experimentally and numerically. Most prominently, it has been observed that crack closure has a substantial impact on crack growth and can explain, to a large degree, the crack growth behaviour for this material under the conditions studied. This phenomenon has been observed experimentally and modelled numerically to extend further the precision of the methodology. Huvudsyftet med arbetet som presenteras i denna licentiat avhandling är att undersöka och modellera utmattnings sprickväxtbeteendet hos den nickelbaserade superlegeringen Inconel 792, med särskild uppmärksamhet riktad mot liuslängsdmodellering av högtemperaturkomponenter i en industriell kontext. I-fas (IP) sprickväxtprov har utförts vid olika temperaturer och belastningsregimer, inklusive hålltider. Observationerna från dessa tester har legat till grund för hypoteser för att förklara spricktillväxtbeteende, vilka successivt har verifierats experimentellt och numeriskt. Mest framträdande har det observerats att sprickslutning har en väsentlig inverkan på sprickväxten, och kan i stor utsträckning förklara sprickväxten för detta material under studerade förhållanden. Detta fenomen har observerats experimentellt och modellerats numeriskt för att förbättra metodens precision.
Author: Marcos Lugo
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Author: Mehmet Gkhan Gken
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Author: Jordi Loureiro-Homs