Xi Liu, Yaohui Lu, Qiushi Wang, Chuan Lu, Neil James
{"title":"Parametric characterization of the Christopher–James–Patterson model for crack propagation in welded zone of A7N01 Aluminum alloys","authors":"Xi Liu, Yaohui Lu, Qiushi Wang, Chuan Lu, Neil James","doi":"10.1111/ffe.14423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.14423","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Aluminum alloy is a widely used material in railway vehicle structures. In order to accurately analyze the crack propagation mechanism of Aluminum alloy welding structures and predict their crack propagation life, this study focuses on the A7N01 Aluminum alloy and proposes a full-field strain solution method based on the least-squares method. For the first time, digital image correlation (DIC) experimental measurements are combined with the finite element analysis method to determine the shape and size of the plastic zone at the crack tip of the compact tension (CT) specimen. And it also calculates the crack propagation driving force parameters of the Christopher–James–Patterson (CJP) model using traditional crack propagation driving parameters. The research results revealed that the plastic zone at the crack tip captured by DIC experiments is in good agreement with the finite element simulation results. Additionally, the crack growth rate curve of the A7N01 Aluminum alloy, fitted based on the CJP model, is insensitive to the stress ratio. The results offer an effective approach to utilizing the d<i>a</i>/d<i>N</i>-∆<i>K</i><sub>CJP</sub> curve in analyzing A7N01 Aluminum alloy and welded structural failures, broadening the scope of engineering applications for the CJP model.</p>","PeriodicalId":12298,"journal":{"name":"Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142429159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrosion fatigue cracking behaviors of Q690qE high-strength bridge steel as a weld joint in simulated marine environment","authors":"Cuiping Lu, Qiong Yao, Ningning Li, Liyang Sun, Wenhe Dai, Chuang Zhang, Hongchi Ma","doi":"10.1111/ffe.14427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.14427","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Corrosion fatigue behavior and mechanism of the weld joint of Q690qE high-strength bridge steel was investigated in a simulated marine environment. It reveals the sub-critical heat-affected zone (SCHAZ) and coarse-grained heat-affected zone (CGHAZ) are the most vulnerable sites to corrosion fatigue cracking. The CGHAZ of the Q690qE steel weld joint was prone to corrosion fatigue initiation mainly because of micro-galvanic corrosion between CGHAZ and weld metal (WM). The corrosion fatigue failure in SCHAZ mainly resulted from local stress/strain concentration due to weld softening. The final fracture location was determined by the competition between these two effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":12298,"journal":{"name":"Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142429160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Singularity analysis for V-notches in a piezoelectric multimaterial and functionally graded piezoelectric materials","authors":"Shanlong Yao, Guibin Dai, Changzheng Cheng, Zhongrong Niu","doi":"10.1111/ffe.14424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.14424","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study develops a novel singularity analysis method that addresses the limitations posed by piezoelectric material quantity and the variation patterns of property functions in functionally graded piezoelectric materials (FGPMs). Given that piezoelectric composite materials consist of multiple materials, the material properties of FGPMs vary with respect to angle. By introducing the asymptotic assumption that governs the physical fields close to the notch vertex into the static equilibrium equations, a comprehensive set of characteristic equations is formulated. All singularity orders and corresponding characteristic angle functions of the notch are determined by numerically solving the established characteristic equations. The effects of the notch opening angle, piezoelectric material polarization direction, and boundary conditions on the electromechanical field singularity at the notch are assessed. The judicious selection of material variation patterns can alleviate notch singularity in FGPMs.</p>","PeriodicalId":12298,"journal":{"name":"Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of thickness debit and stress concentration on superalloy DZ125 subjected to cyclic loading","authors":"Yang Gan, Qinzheng Yang, Yi Zhao, Xiaoan Hu","doi":"10.1111/ffe.14435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.14435","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this paper, the thickness debit and stress concentration effects of a nickel-based directionally solidified superalloy were investigated through strain-controlled low cycle fatigue (LCF) and creep–fatigue interaction (CFI) experiments. Compared to the fatigue lives of solid specimens provided in the existing literature, the results of this paper indicate that when the wall thickness of the specimen is reduced from 5 to 1.125 mm, the fatigue life with different strain amplitudes decreases by about 45%. When film-cooling holes (FCHs) are introduced into the hollow specimens, the fatigue life is further reduced by about 25%. Based on the observation of the scanning electron microscope (SEM), the formation mechanisms of the thickness debit and stress concentration effects under LCF and CFI loads were revealed. Subsequently, two parameters, the “wall-thickness coefficient” and “hole coefficient,” were proposed to establish a new fatigue life prediction method.</p>","PeriodicalId":12298,"journal":{"name":"Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A spot weld element formulation and implementation for mesh-insensitive fatigue evaluation of lightweight structures","authors":"Lunyu Zhang, Shengjia Wu, Pingsha Dong","doi":"10.1111/ffe.14431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.14431","url":null,"abstract":"<p>With the rising importance of virtual engineering in an increasingly competitive marketplace, there is a growing need for simplified representations of finite element (FE) modeling for spot joints in lightweight structures without losing accuracy in structural life evaluation. For this purpose, this paper presents a spot weld element with an implicit weld representation and its numerical implementation as a user element for deployment in commercial FE code for reliably computing traction structural stress in a mesh-insensitive manner. The spot weld element is formulated by degenerating conventional first-order four-nodes shell elements by imposing kinematic constraints with respect to a series of virtual nodes placed in the region around a spot weld. The simplicity and effectiveness of the spot weld element have been validated by comparing with the explicit weld representation for computing mesh-insensitive structural stresses and fatigue life correlation of welded components.</p>","PeriodicalId":12298,"journal":{"name":"Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of fracture criteria for cracking behavior of asphalt concrete using various SCB specimen sizes","authors":"Ramin Momeni, Sadjad Pirmohammad","doi":"10.1111/ffe.14416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.14416","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this research, five fracture criteria (maximum tangential stress (MTS), generalized maximum tangential stress (GMTS), minimum strain energy density (SED), generalized minimum strain energy density (GSED), and modified maximum tangential stress (MMTS)) were evaluated for asphalt concrete using fracture data from tests conducted under various loading modes and conditions. Tests were performed on semi-circular bend (SCB) specimens of various sizes. Based on the results, the MTS criterion tends to overestimate fractures, while the GMTS criterion exhibits more precise predictions. The SED and GSED criteria inaccurately predict fractures, especially under certain loading conditions. The MMTS criterion shows superior predictive capability for asphalt concrete fractures. Specimen size influences fracture resistance, with larger specimens exhibiting higher fracture values. Overall, the MMTS criterion closely mirrors the crack growth behavior of asphalt concrete, highlighting its precision in predicting fracture results. The errors between the predictions of the fracture criteria MTS, GMTS, SED, GSED, and MMTS, and the experimental results ranged from 0% to 42.8%, 0% to 22.5%, 0% to 52.7%, 0% to 42.4%, and 0% to 14.5%, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":12298,"journal":{"name":"Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fatigue life prediction of notched components based on energy gradient using reconstructed critical distance theory","authors":"Jumei Lu, Jianhui Liu, Fei Zhou, Xuemei Pan, Wenjun Kou, Youtang Li, Shengchuan Wu","doi":"10.1111/ffe.14432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.14432","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this paper, a reasonable explanation is given to unify notch effect and geometric size effect into notch geometric feature effect (NGFE), and energy gradient is utilized to depict the influence of the NGFE on the critical distance. The correlation of energy gradient with critical distance and fatigue life is discussed respectively. The weight index of the high energy region is used to quantify the contribution of the high energy region to the fatigue damage. Finally, a model of the reconstructed critical distance theory considering the geometric notch characteristic effect is established. The fatigue test of Q355 (D) alloy steel notched components was carried out, and the evaluation precision of the presented method is compared with Yang’ model and Shen’ model combining with the existing fatigue test data of En8. The results indicate that prediction results of the proposed method are consistent with the test results.</p>","PeriodicalId":12298,"journal":{"name":"Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clara Schramm, Dennis Birkner, Sebastian Schneider, Steffen Marx
{"title":"Experimental investigations on normal mode nodes as support positions of a resonant testing facility for bending fatigue tests","authors":"Clara Schramm, Dennis Birkner, Sebastian Schneider, Steffen Marx","doi":"10.1111/ffe.14412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.14412","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Large-scale fatigue testing is very important to the research on scale effects, which occur in large cyclic loaded structures, such as wind turbine towers. However, such experimental testing has a very high energy consumption. As an efficient alternative, this paper presents a new resonant testing facility for large-scale specimens under cyclic bending loads. The facility works as a 4-point bending test, in which the specimen is supported in the nodes of its first normal bending mode, where theoretically no reaction forces occur. Two counter-rotating imbalance motors with excitation frequencies near resonance generate a harmonic force acting on the specimen. Experimental trial fatigue tests on a steel pipe as a specimen were carried out, in order to validate the new testing setup. A great decrease in the support forces was reached by placing the supports at the normal mode nodes. Additionally, the behavior of the support forces under varying positions and excitation frequencies was also investigated. In summary, the resonant testing method combined with the supports at the normal mode nodes offers an efficient and energy-saving testing setup for large-scale fatigue tests.</p>","PeriodicalId":12298,"journal":{"name":"Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ffe.14412","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Davide Leonetti, Elena Zancato, Giovanni Meneghetti, Johan Maljaars
{"title":"Experimental and numerical determination of the fatigue notch factor in as-built wire arc additive manufacturing steel components","authors":"Davide Leonetti, Elena Zancato, Giovanni Meneghetti, Johan Maljaars","doi":"10.1111/ffe.14430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.14430","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Parts manufactured by wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) are characterized by a peculiar surface morphology, namely, surface waviness, that negatively affects the fatigue performance. To exploit the full potential of WAAM and minimize the need for postproduction work, it is crucial to utilize the components in the as-built state. This is because conventional machining techniques, typically employed for postprocessing operations, severely curtail the freedom of geometry of the components. This study focuses on an experimental and numerical characterization of the notch effect of the surface waviness for an AISI 308 LSi stainless steel. This is done by quantifying the fatigue notch factor in a probabilistic fashion, considering the results of ad-hoc designed fatigue tests. A finite element model is developed by considering a 3D scan of the geometry of WAAMed plates, allowing to determine the theoretical stress concentration factor. The fatigue notch factor is also estimated from the numerical model by making use of the gradient correction according to the FKM guidelines. To validate the numerical approach, test data produced for different testing conditions are correlated by using the local stress approach, showing that classical methods are also applicable to additive manufactured parts.</p>","PeriodicalId":12298,"journal":{"name":"Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ffe.14430","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plastic damage fracture characteristics and constitutive modeling of rocks under uniaxial compression considering crack geometry","authors":"Hongtao Xu, Tingye Qi, Guorui Feng, Tian Qiu, Haochen Wang, Linfei Wang, Zhicheng Zhang, Siyuan Cheng","doi":"10.1111/ffe.14425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.14425","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The study of damage and failure in fractured rock masses is crucial. This study employs the representative volume element (RVE) method to develop a microscale rock model. The model simulates the propagation and rupture of fractures by integrating factors including actual mineralogical composition, the Weibull distribution function, the Mohr–Coulomb damage criterion, and strain softening. Results indicate that fractures reduce the uniaxial compressive strength of the rock and that peak strength is significantly correlated with crack geometries. Plastic damage in rocks was categorized into three stages: elastic, rapid growth, and postpeak softening. A logistic growth model describes the plastic volume change curves for rocks with various fracture geometries, establishing the relationship between plastic damage volume and damage variables. Constitutive models for rocks with varying fracture geometries under uniaxial compression were formulated. The accuracy and applicability of these models were validated, providing a theoretical basis for rock engineering applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":12298,"journal":{"name":"Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}