Fatigue crack propagaion under mixed mode loading

Mixed model fatigue crack propagation is analyzed in this paper, using a centre cracked plate geometry, loaded under un-iaxial cyclic tension. Based on maximum principal stress criterion, a modified Paris expression of fatigue crack growth rate is derived in terms of ΔK and crack angle β_α for an inclined crack. It is also shown that it is more convenient to express the Paris equation by means of crack length projected on the x -axis, α_x rather than the actual length, α itself. The crack trajectory due to cyclic loading is predicted, β is varied from 29° to 90°. Experimental data on Type L3 aluminium agree fairly well with predicted values when β_α exceeds 30°.     

Modelling of crack growth under cyclic contact loading

The paper describes a general computational model for modelling of subsurface fatigue crack growth under cyclic contact loading of mechanical elements. The model assumes that the initial fatigue crack develops along the slip line in a single crystal grain at the point of the maximum equivalent stress. The position and magnitude of the maximum equivalent stress are determined with the Finite Element Analysis of the equivalent contact model, which is based on the Hertzian contact conditions with the addition of frictional forces. The Virtual Crack Extension method is then used for simulation of the fatigue crack propagation from the initial to the critical crack length, when the surface material layer breaks away and a pit appears on the surface. The pit shapes and relationships between the stress intensity factor and the crack length are determined for various combinations of contacting surface curvatures and contact loadings. The computational results show that the model reliably simulates the subsurface fatigue crack growth under contact loading and can be used for computational predictions of surface pitting for various contacting mechanical elements.     

Intersonic crack propagation in homogeneous media under shear-dominated loading: theoretical analysis

The mechanics of cohesive failure under mixed-mode loading is investigated for the case of a steadily propagating subsonic and intersonic dynamic crack subjected to a follower tensile and shear distributed load. The cohesive failure model chosen in this study is rate independent but accounts for the coupling between normal and tangential damage. Special emphasis is placed here on mixed-mode cases with predominantly shear loading. The analysis shows that the size of the mixed-mode cohesive zone is smaller than that obtained in the pure shear case. The relative extent of the shear and tensile cohesive damage zones depends on the crack speed and the mode mixity. In the intersonic regime, the failure process takes place exclusively in shear, even under remote mixed-mode loading conditions.     

爆炸加载下混凝土表面的裂纹扩展

为深入研究内爆加载下岩土类材料的破坏机理,提出了一种新的爆炸裂纹检测算法,采用数字图像相关方法测量表面位移场和应变场,建立了裂纹扩展和扩张模型,并通过混凝土内爆试验观测裂纹扩展过程,研究了裂纹长度扩展与宽度扩张规律。结果表明,裂纹长度扩展是应力波和爆生气体共同作用的结果,裂纹最大扩展速度为225.95 m/s,平均速度为122.27 m/s,裂纹总长159.92 mm,长度扩展止于1.75 ms;裂纹的张开由气体主导,最大宽度1.59 mm,作用时间长达4.5 ms;拉应变集中区先于裂纹出现,其形状决定了裂纹的走向和趋势,爆炸加载下断裂过程区长度为骨料粒径的8～9倍。

     

Prediction of fatigue crack growth life under variable-amplitude loading using finite element analysis

This article presents an elastic-plastic study aiming at predicting the fatigue crack growth (FCG) of 2024-T3 aluminum alloys under variable-amplitude loading. The proposed analysis needs the estimation of the residual stress distribution ahead of the crack tip during propagation. An elastic-plastic FE analysis has been implemented for modeling FCG using Chaboche's model. The FE study has been carried out through consideration of the loading history effect using the memory rules. Three different loading spectra have been applied in this work. The obtained results have been compared to the experimental ones and it has been proved that the suggested model has a better prediction of the FCG lives of cracked 2024-T3 aluminum alloy structures subjected to variable-amplitude loading.     

Fatigue behaviour of coke drum materials under thermal-mechanical cyclic loading

Coke drums are vertical pressure vessels used in the delayed coking process in petroleum refineries. Significant temperature variation during the delayed coking process causes damage in coke drums in the form of bulging and cracking. There were some studies on the fatigue life estimation for the coke drums, but most of them were based on strain-fatigue life curves at constant temperatures, which do not consider simultaneous cyclic temperature and mechanical loading conditions. In this study, a fatigue testing system is successfully developed to allow performing thermal-mechanical fatigue (TMF) test similar to the coke drum loading condition. Two commonly used base and one clad materials of coke drums are then experimentally investigated. In addition, a comparative study between isothermal and TMF lives of these materials is conducted. The experimental findings lead to better understanding of the damage mechanisms occurring in coke drums and more accurate prediction of fatigue life of coke drum materials.     

海洋平台K型管节点的疲劳裂纹扩展分析 II:数值分析

对于已含初始裂纹平台管节点的寿命预测很大程度上依靠应力强度因子的精确值,而复杂载荷条件下的节点应力强度因子的计算尚无参数方程直接确定。本文提出了一种含表面裂纹的K节点的有限元网格产生方法,即把整个K节点划分为几个子区域,每个子区域的网格具有不同类型的单元和不同的密度。这种方法在控制网格密度,尤其是控制沿着裂纹边缘单元的边长比方面有其独特的优越性,当所有子区域的网格自动产生后,容易得到整个结构的有限元模型。同时用J积分和位移外推插值法分别计算了一个K型节点沿着裂纹前缘的应力强度因子值,发现:试验得到的应力强度因子值和提出的模型计算结果非常吻合,证明了所提有限元模型的准确性。     

海洋平台K型管节点的疲劳裂纹扩展分析Ⅱ:数值分析

对于已含初始裂纹平台管节点的寿命预测很大程度上依靠应力强度因子的精确值,而复杂载荷条件下的节点应力强度因子的计算尚无参数方程直接确定.本文提出了一种含表面裂纹的K节点的有限元网格产生方法,即把整个K节点划分为几个子区域,每个子区域的网格具有不同类型的单元和不同的密度.这种方法在控制网格密度,尤其是控制沿着裂纹边缘单元的边长比方面有其独特的优越性,当所有子区域的网格自动产生后,容易得到整个结构的有限元模型.同时用J积分和位移外推插值法分别计算了一个K型节点沿着裂纹前缘的应力强度因子值,发现:试验得到的应力强度因子值和提出的模型计算结果非常吻合,证明了所提有限元模型的准确性.     

热循环加载条件下空洞对EBGA焊点可靠性的影响

空洞是球栅阵列(BGA：Ball Grid Array)器件在装配过程中形成的主要缺陷之一,本文以增强性BGA(EBGA：Enhanced BGA)为研究对象,采用统一型粘塑性Anand本构方程描述Sn63Pb37的粘塑性力学行为,应用非线性有限元的方法分析了不同位置和大小的空洞对焊点疲劳寿命的影响,为制定装配后的BGA焊点接收标准提供理论参考。     

海洋平台K型管节点的疲劳裂纹扩展分析I:试验测试

对承受疲劳载荷的海洋平台K型管节点首先进行了静力测试,确定了沿着焊缝的热应力区的应力分布及热应力区最大应力点的位置,从而判断裂纹产生的位置;然后通过专用测试设备提供循环疲劳载荷,用ACPD(Alternating Current Potential Drop,即交流电流势能落差法)技术检测裂纹的产生和增长过程,得到裂纹最深点,用S-N曲线估算其疲劳寿命.对已有裂纹的K型管节点,用应力强度因子估计其剩余寿命.同时用测试的结果验证了S-N的准确性和可靠性.     

Plastic strip model of circular crack under cyclic loading with damage accumulation

A cylindrical solid containing a penny-shaped crack in its mid plane is subjected to a remote tensile stress field. In the plastic region near the crack border, damage due to continuous deterioration of the material accumulates, and may lead to crack instability and crack growth. A damage model relating the crack opening displacement in the plastic zone to the fraction of the cross-sectional area occupied by voids is used to describe the conditions necessary for the onset of crack instability, fatigue crack propagation by cyclic loading, and rates of crack growth for time-dependent environmental effects.     

Fatigue crack growth in high and low strength steel under torsional loading

During loading of a crack in mode III the crack surfaces in contact slide against each other giving rise to friction, abrasion and mutual support, thereby reducing the effective stress at the crack tip (“sliding mode crack closure”). This phenomenon was investigated in a high strength steel (AISI 4340) and in a low strength steel (AISI C1018) in circumferentially notched specimens under pure cyclic torsion and combined loading (cyclic torsion plus static axial load). The influence of sliding mode crack closure on fatigue crack propagation is shown and “true” crack growth values (without the sliding mode crack closure influence) are determined on the basis of an extrapolation procedure. Explanations are given for causes of the various fracture modes observed, such as “factory roof” fracture, macroscopically flat mode III fracture and “lamella” fracture. Finally the scientific and technical importance of sliding mode crack closure is demonstrated.     

Fatigue crack shapes development of plate-to-plate welded joints

This paper presents crack shapes development of 3D surface semielliptical cracks which are always found at the weld toe of non-load-carrying cruciform welded joints. The alternating current potential drop technique has been used to measure the eight crack depths along the weld toe where probes are placed at 10-mm intervals. 3D crack shapes can be obtained at any particular cycle during the fatigue test. Subregion boundary element methods incorporating the transition and quarter-point elements along the crack front are used to validate the experimental stress intensity factors along the crack front. A method for evaluating the effective stress intensity factors is proposed. It is found that the numerical results generally agree with the experimental results.     

温度循环应力剖面对QFP焊点热疲劳寿命的影响

采用统一型粘塑性Anand本构方程描述了QFP(四方扁平封装)焊点的粘塑性力学行为,利用有限元分析软件建立组装在印制电路板上QFP的有限元模型,通过研究焊点内部总应变范围的变化进而研究温度循环应力剖面各个参数对焊点热疲劳寿命的影响,为设计合理的温度循环应力剖面提供了理论依据。     

吊车荷载作用下钢结构吊车梁的疲劳可靠寿命评估

从Miner累积损伤的定义出发,视累积损伤为随机过程,临界损伤为随机变量,基于疲劳动态可靠性理论,提出了在役钢结构吊车梁疲劳剩余寿命的可靠寿命评估法。之后与现行《钢结构检测评定与加固技术规程》(YB9257-96)中安全期限寿命评估法进行了分析比较,说明了安全寿命评估方法的概率意义。算例分析结果表明,本文提出的可靠寿命评估方法更加合理。     

63Sn-37Pb钎料合金在非比例循环加载下的非弹性流动特性研究

基于63Sn-37Pb钎料舍金在多种非比例应变循环加载下的实验结果,通过考察材料的非弹性应变率与偏应力之间的夹角随累积非弹性应变的变化规律,对63Sn-37Pb钎料合金的非弹性流动特性进行了定量分析。分析结果显示：在相同的非比例加载路径下,当加载等效应变幅值相同时,等效应变率越高,非弹性应变率与偏应力之间夹角平均水平越低,当等效应变率相同时,等效应变幅值越大,相应的夹角平均水平越低;在保持时间范围内,非弹性应变率方向与偏应力方向趋于一致;当非比例路径形状不同时,其非弹性应变率与偏应力之间的夹角随累积非弹性应变的变化趋势明显不同。研究表明,材料的非弹性流动特性强烈依赖于等效应变幅值、等效应变率、保持时间、非比例路径形状。     

爆炸载荷下板条边界斜裂纹的动态扩展行为

为了研究爆炸应力波作用下板条边界斜裂纹的动态扩展行为,首先分析了爆炸应力波在含边界斜裂纹板条中的传播,其次采用动态焦散线实验方法,进行了爆炸载荷下板条边界斜裂纹扩展规律的实验研究.研究结果表明,爆炸应力波作用下,板条试件边界斜裂纹的扩展过程中,裂纹扩展速度、扩展加速度和裂尖动态应力强度因子随时间波动变化,扩展速度最大值...