Fatigue growth prediction of elliptical cracks in welded joint structure: Hybrid and energy density approach |
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Authors: | B.K. Hachi S. Rechak M. Haboussi |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Mechanical Engineering, Djelfa University, BP 3117 Ain-Cheih, 17000 DJELFA, Algeria b LGMD, Department of Mechanical Engineering, E.N.P., BP 182 Harrach, 16200 ALGIERS, Algeria c LEMTA, Nancy-University, CNRS, 2 avenue de la Forêt de Haye, BP 160, 54504 VANDOEUVRE CEDEX, France |
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Abstract: | A hybrid weight function approach (HWFM) is presented for the fatigue life prediction of infinite body and welded joint structure containing elliptical cracks. A self-containing computer code has been developed for this purpose. Numerical computations were first conducted on cracked infinite body showing a physical fact, that the elliptical shape of the crack becomes circular during its evolution. The prediction of the fatigue crack growth shows that the present results are in perfect concordance with those reported in the literature. Then, numerical tests were carried out on two types of specimens of welded joint structure. The present results were compared to the experimental and predicted ones of other authors, demonstrating that the hybridization method is a powerful numerical technique, and that the SEDF approach (using the Sih’s law) is more valid for the critical cases of welded joints than the SIF approach (using the Paris law). A parametric study has been conducted on the stress ratio “R” showing that the fatigue life to failure decreases with the increase of “R”. |
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Keywords: | Fatigue crack growth Strain energy density factor Stress intensity factor Weight function Elliptical crack Welded joints |
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