Prediction models of fatigue crack closure and growth under random loading

The effects of plastic zones both in front of and behind crack tip on crack closure have been analysed. The total residual deformations of crack surfaces involve two parts, that is, the amount of plastic blunting of crack tip and the residual deformation in the wake of the tip. This paper presents a fatigue crack closure model in which the influences of compressive load on closure stress are discussed. The model is applied to random loading conditions by the assumption of limited memory properties. The fatigue lives are predicted using the proposed crack growth model for CCT plane stress specimen cut from 2219-T851 aluminum alloy under flight spectrum loadings, and the prediction values agree with the test results.The project was supported by the natural science foundation of China.     

表面裂纹准静态扩展的有限元模拟计算

由于现有断裂准则未能考虑表面裂纹前沿各点实际断裂阻力的变化，所作的表面裂纹准静态扩展模拟计算不能很好地预测几何形貌的真实变化规律。本文提出了一个考虑应力状态不同对实际断裂阻力影响的变阻力断裂准则；并以该准则作为表面裂纹前沿局部断裂扩展的判据，通过三维有限元法进行了表面裂纹准静态扩展的模拟计算；还将模拟预测值与用多试件法测得的实验值进行比较，验证了变阻力断裂准则作为裂纹稳态扩展判据的有效性     

一种新型的宽带随机谱下疲劳寿命计算模型的建立与分析

通过严密的数学推导和具体的数值分析，建立了一种新型的宽带随机载荷谱下疲劳寿命计算模型，数值计算表明，本模型较国际上已有的几种有代表性的近似计算模型有更大的适应范围和更高的精度。     

Elastoplastic finite element analysis of three-dimensional fatigue crack growth in aluminum shafts subjected to axial loading

We have developed a three-dimensional cohesive element and a class of irreversible cohesive laws which enable the accurate and efficient tracking of three-dimensional fatigue crack fronts and the calculation of the attendant fatigue life curves. The cohesive element governs the separation of the crack flanks in accordance with an irreversible cohesive law, eventually leading to the formation of free surfaces, and is compatible with a conventional finite element discretization of the bulk material. The versatility and predictive ability of the method is demonstrated through the simulation of the axial fatigue tests of aluminum shafts of Thompson and Sheppard, 1992a, Thompson and Sheppard, 1992b, Thompson and Sheppard, 1992c . The ability of the method to reproduce the experimentally observed progression of beachmarks and fatigue life curves is particularly noteworthy.     

三点弯曲试样动态冲击特性的有限元分析

本文使用动态有限元技术，对于两种不同几何尺寸，两种不同材料的三点弯曲试样在三类七种不同冲击载荷作用下的动态响应进行了分析，求得了动态应力强度因子随时间的变化规律。并与准静态应力强度因子进行了比较。计算结果表明：将冲击载荷历史代入静态公式确定动态应力强度因子的做法是不正确的，要求得动态应力强度因子，必须对试样进行完全的动态分析。当材料的Ｅ／ρ值相同时，动态应力强度因子的响应曲线完全相同。而动态应力强度因子分别与加载点的位移及裂纹的张开位移之间存在着与准静态情况下各自相同的线性关系。这与资料［５］［６］中的结论完全相同。     

疲劳裂纹扩展寿命的可靠性及灵敏度分析

将影响结构疲劳裂纹扩展寿命的不确定因素视为随机变量,用随机有限元和可靠性分析理论,从概率论和数理统计的角度出发对含裂纹平面结构的断裂过程进行了可靠性分析。通过疲劳裂纹扩展寿命可靠度对随机变量的灵敏度分析,可以看出不同因素对疲劳裂纹扩展寿命可靠度影响的差别很大。     

雨载作用下浮顶结构有限元分析的载荷修正法

浮顶结构的受力与变形之间存在着非线性的耦合关系,这给计算分析带来了很大的麻烦。为了解决这一问题,本文提出了单盘式浮顶结构在雨水载荷作用下有限元分析的载荷修正计算方法。通过对浮顶结构力学模型的分析,建立了浮顶结构载荷与单盘挠度之间的关系式,并基于这一关系式给出了浮顶结构有限元分析的载荷修正法和相应计算方案。载荷修正法的基本思想是,首先利用有限元方法对浮顶结构进行几何大变形非线性分析,然后通过迭代修正来调整载荷大小,使得计算得到的载荷与挠度满足给定关系式,最终获得浮顶结构的变形与受力情况。最后,将计算结果与试验结果进行了比较,验证了本文提出的计算方法的有效性和可靠性,为浮顶结构的进一步有限元分析打下基础。     

谐振载荷作用下工程结构振动疲劳寿命预估的损伤力学-有限元法

建立了预估谐振载荷作用下结构振动疲劳寿命的损伤力学-有限元方法。首先根据损伤热力学原理,构建了损伤演化方程,建立光滑试件在恒幅应变交变载荷作用下寿命预估方法;进一步由损伤力学守恒积分原理,得到恒幅重复载荷作用下应力与寿命的关系式;然后根据标准件疲劳试验结果,拟合得到损伤演化方程中的材质参数;最后利用APDL语言编程对ANSYS软件进行了二次开发,借助ANSYS软件对谐振载荷作用下结构振动疲劳裂纹萌生寿命进行预估。作为算例,本文利用该方法预估了LC9CgS1铝合金梁谐振载荷作用下疲劳裂纹萌生寿命。     

A phenomenological model of fatigue crack growth in perfectly plastic infinite plates under completely reversed uniaxial loading

The fatigue failure of a thin infinite center-cracked plate under completely reversed uniaxial loading is considered. A two-stage fatigue crack model including the incubation and crack propagation stages is constructed. The stress distribution in the vicinity of the crack tip is described using the concept of a conventional elastic crack. The crack-tip plastic zone is simulated by a Dugdale thin plastic zone, and the condition for the movement of the failure front is given by criteria of damage mechanics. It is shown that the fatigue crack growth rate in perfectly plastic materials with a plastic zone of constant length is a power-law function of the stress intensity factor range. This relationship is quadratic when the length of the plastic zone is not constant Published in Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 12, pp. 116–127, December 2005.     

A method for fatigue analysis of metallic and composite materials under asymmetric high-cycle loading

A new method of plotting limit stress diagrams is set forth. The method is based on the hypothesis of unified limit diagram invariant to the number of cycles to failure. The unified diagram is given by a transcendental power function whose exponent is considered an additional material constant characterizing the sensitivity of the material to cycle asymmetry (stress ratio). The equations derived on the basis of this function encompass all forms of limit stress diagrams, including convex, nearly rectilinear, and concave ones. The method is tested for a wide range of metallic and composite materials subjected to asymmetric tension-compression, bending, and torsion.Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 40, No. 11, pp. 106–116, November 2004.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

拉压循环载荷下正交异性钢桥面板肋-面板焊缝裂纹扩展分析

采用四步法计算了考虑循环载荷中压应力影响的正交异性钢桥面板的肋-面板焊缝表面裂纹扩展。第一步是基于正交异性钢桥面板的疲劳分析模型,计算肋-面板焊缝处的应力,第二步是通过肋-面板焊缝的三维局部模型,用Schwartz-Neumann交替法计算焊缝表面裂纹的应力强度因子分布,第三步是用二维断裂力学模型和增量塑性损伤模型,计算循环载荷中的压应力对裂纹扩展的影响,第四步是用第二步中的三维裂纹分析结果和第三步中的二维断裂力学模型得到的裂纹扩展公式,计算钢桥面板的肋-面板焊缝表面裂纹扩展。计算结果表明,对应于正交异性钢桥面板肋-面板焊缝处的循环应力,本文所用模型的裂纹尖端反向塑性区导致裂纹扩展率增加50%以上。研究结果为正交异性钢桥面板肋-面板焊缝裂纹的疲劳寿命分析提供了研究基础。