{"title":"Cracking directions in multiaxial low cycle fatigue at high and room temperatures","authors":"M. Sakane, Takamoto Itoh","doi":"10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.03","url":null,"abstract":"Cracking direction in multiaxial low cycle fatigue is an important research subject because crack initiation and propagation behavior is a physical background for developing an estimation method of multiaxial low cycle fatigue lives. However, there are a few open questions on cracking direction in multiaxial low cycle fatigue because cracking direction in multiaxial low cycle fatigue is complex and changes depending on stress multiaxiality, strain range, notch and material. This paper overviews cracking directions in tension-torsion low cycle fatigue of low alloy steels and nickel base superalloys. Two types of cracking directions in these materials, maximum shear direction and maximum principal direction, are discussed in relation with strain multiaxiality and an existence of notch and precrack. The two cracking directions in torsion low cycle fatigue of SUS 304 stainless steel are also discussed in relation with strain range. Detailed micro crack observations are finally presented to discuss the two cracking directions in torsion low cycle fatigue of a SUS 304 unnotched specimen.","PeriodicalId":300868,"journal":{"name":"Fracture and Structural Integrity","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133944364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study on the effect of new type liquid accelerator on the performance of shotcrete","authors":"Luchen Zhang, Shuchen Li, Q. Yan, Lin Zhu","doi":"10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.47","url":null,"abstract":"Shotcrete is an essential preliminary support means in New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM) construction and plays a very important role in controlling the stability of surrounding rock. The accelerator is a necessary admixture in shotcrete and its quality can greatly affect shotcrete performance. This paper proposes a new liquid accelerator characterized by short initial and final setting time, small dosage, and good adaptability to cement. Laboratory tests and field tests are conducted to verify the influence of this liquid accelerator on performance of shotcrete. Numerical simulation is carried out to study the strength growth of shotcrete with time and interaction between the strength and stress release of surrounding rock. The results show that the initial and final setting time of this liquid accelerator is 2 minutes and 4 minutes respectively. Its dosage is just 1.5% to 4% of the cement quantity. Adding this liquid accelerator can effectively improve the early strength and reduce the later strength loss of shotcrete, and therefore enhance the supporting effects of shotcrete on surrounding rock. In the field application, it is an ideal liquid accelerator for shotcrete, characterized by little resilience, no slurry shedding, and low dust.","PeriodicalId":300868,"journal":{"name":"Fracture and Structural Integrity","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134233686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. S. Cruces, P. Lopez‐Crespo, B. Moreno, A. Lopez-Moreno, S. Suman
{"title":"Evaluation of new multiaxial damage parameters on low carbon steel","authors":"A. S. Cruces, P. Lopez‐Crespo, B. Moreno, A. Lopez-Moreno, S. Suman","doi":"10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.08","url":null,"abstract":"Most mechanical components are subjected to the complex fatigue loading conditions, where both amplitude and direction of loading cycles change over the time. The estimation of damage caused by these complex loading scenarios are often done by simplified uniaxial fatigue theories, which ultimately leads to higher factor of safety during the final design considerations. Critical plane-based fatigue theories have been considered more accurate for computing the fatigue damage for multiaxial loading conditions in comparison to energy-based and equivalent stress-based theories. Two recently developed fatigue theories have been evaluated in this work for the available test data. Test data includes significant amount of biaxial load paths.","PeriodicalId":300868,"journal":{"name":"Fracture and Structural Integrity","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114427669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of Leak-Before-Break concept in 316LN austenitic steel pipes welded using 316L","authors":"G. Cunto, A. Andrade, W. Monteiro","doi":"10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.44","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.44","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents a study of the application of Leak-Before- Break (LBB) concept in a relatively small-diameter high energy reactor coolant line, where it is proposed type AISI 316LN to be used as base material welded with type AISI 316L coated electrode considering a pipe with diameter of 273 mm. The pipe material was characterized in terms of tensile test with Ramberg-Osgood analyses and fracture toughness tests with J-Resistance curve determination, considering base material, weld joint and heat affected zones. For the mechanical properties found in tensile tests and using the PICEP software, were determined the leak rate curves versus crack sizes, to determine the size of a detectable leakage crack, and the critical crack sizes, considering failure by plastic collapse. For the critical crack sizes found in weld, which presented the lowest toughness, J-Integral analysis was performed considering failure by tearing instability. Results show a well-defined mechanical behavior where base material has a high toughness, weld has a low toughness, and HAZ showed intermediate properties. For the load limit analysis, the lowest critical crack size was found for base material presenting circumferential cracks. For J- Integral analysis, it was demonstrated that failure by tearing instability will not occur.","PeriodicalId":300868,"journal":{"name":"Fracture and Structural Integrity","volume":"152 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120972868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cracked components under anti-plane loading: recent outcomes and future developments","authors":"F. Berto","doi":"10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.59","url":null,"abstract":"The existence of three-dimensional effects at cracks has been known for many years, but understanding has been limited, and for some situations still is. Understanding improved when the existence of corner point singularities and their implications became known. Increasingly powerful computers made it possible to investigate three-dimensional effects numerically in detail. Despite increased understanding, three-dimensional effects are sometimes ignored in situations where they may be important. The purpose of the present investigation is to study by means of accurate 3D finite element (FE) models a coupled fracture mode generated by anti-plane loading of a straight through-the-thickness crack in linear elastic plates. An extended version of the present work has recently been published in the literature. The results obtained from the highly accurate finite element analyses have improved understanding of the behaviour of through cracked components under anti-plane loading. The influence of plate bending is increasingly important as the thickness decreases. It appears that a new field parameter, probably a singularity, is needed to describe the stresses at the free surfaces. Discussion on whether KIII tends to zero or infinity as a corner point is approached is futile because KIII is meaningless at a corner point. The intensity of the local stress and strain state through the thickness of the cracked components has been evaluated by using the strain energy density (SED) averaged over a control volume embracing the crack tip. The SED has been considered as a parameter able to control fracture in some previous contributions and can easily take into account also coupled three-dimensional effects. Calculation of the SED shows that the position of the maximum SED is independent of plate thickness. Both for thin plates and for thick ones the maximum SED is close to the lateral surface, where the maximum intensity of the coupled mode II takes place.","PeriodicalId":300868,"journal":{"name":"Fracture and Structural Integrity","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127720247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of forging conditions on the fatigue mechanisms of low alloy steels: a 3D study","authors":"P. Lorenzino, J. Buffière, C. Verdu","doi":"10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.26","url":null,"abstract":"The influence of forging conditions on the propagation of physically small fatigue cracks has been studied for two high strength steels. Two surface conditions were produced after the forging process. The subsurface microstructure of the materials has been characterized by EBSD. Small samples extracted from the original specimens were used to perform in situ fatigue tests monitored by high resolution synchrotron X-ray tomography. Fatigue cracks were initiated from an artificial defect (100 ?m wide x 50 ?m deep) introduced in the forging skin by laser machining. 3D images of the initiation and growth of those physically small fatigue cracks have been obtained. It was found that the presence of a shot-blasted skin containing a hardness and microstructure gradient influences the 3D crack shape during propagation in comparison with the materials without material properties gradient. The 3D crack shapes are rationalized in terms of crack closure effects induced by the forging processes, close to the surface.","PeriodicalId":300868,"journal":{"name":"Fracture and Structural Integrity","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128958936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Notched multiaxial fatigue of Al7050-T7451: on the need for an equivalent process zone size","authors":"M.V.C. Sá, J. Ferreira, C. Silva, J. A. Araújo","doi":"10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.13","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this work is to investigate stress gradient effects on the fatigue life estimation of notched Al 7050-T7451 specimens under combined torsion and push-pull loading conditions. Initially, simple push-pull and torsion fatigue tests in plain and notched specimens were independently conducted not only to obtain the material properties necessary to calibrate a standard multiaxial critical plane based model, but also to raise the critical distance versus life curves in tension (L? – Nf) and in torsion (L? – Nf). This latter step also required a Finite Element Elastic Stress Analysis of the notched specimens tested in the medium high-cycle fatigue regime. Then, proportional multiaxial fatigue tests were carried out using this same notched geometry. The combination of a multiaxial model with the theory of critical distance (TCD) was applied to estimate fatigue lives. For this aluminium alloy, neither the use of the L? – Nf nor L? – Nf combined with the predictive multiaxial model was able to estimate lives in an accurate way.","PeriodicalId":300868,"journal":{"name":"Fracture and Structural Integrity","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127687629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Residual welding stress of I-section members beyond the limits of width-thickness ratio","authors":"Zhiyuan Li, Zhiyun Zhao","doi":"10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.49","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.49","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the extensive studies on the effect of width-thickness ratio and residual stress on member behavior, few scholars have probed into the residual stress distribution on the I-section members. Based on the principle of blind hole drilling, this paper conducts an experimental study of the residual welding stresses of eight welded I-shaped members. Through the analysis of the test results, the author draws the following conclusion: it is safe to use I-section members beyond the limits of width-thickness ratio because the residual stress distribution is not severely affected by width-thickness ratio.","PeriodicalId":300868,"journal":{"name":"Fracture and Structural Integrity","volume":"68 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125934853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Carpinteri, A. Spagnoli, M. Terzano, S. Vantadori
{"title":"Fracture toughness of rough and frictional cracks emanating from a re-entrant corner","authors":"A. Carpinteri, A. Spagnoli, M. Terzano, S. Vantadori","doi":"10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.24","url":null,"abstract":"In mixed-mode conditions, the competing contribution of the different stress intensity factors predicts fracture initiation load as well as crack propagation direction. Commonly, mixed-mode fracture resistance is based on the assumption of smooth and frictionless cracks. However, the effect of friction and roughness cannot be neglected when mixed mode loading occurs, as in the case of a crack emanating from a re-entrant corner. In this paper, the effect of friction and roughness is evaluated through a simple saw-tooth model in a three-quarter-infinite plane (corresponding to a 90 degree re-entrant corner). The crack surfaces are assumed to be globally smooth, and roughness and friction are incorporated through a constitutive law between opposite crack surfaces. The solution is found using the distributed dislocation method, and an iterative algorithm is needed due to the non-linearity of the model. The effect of friction and roughness angle is discussed for a simple case.","PeriodicalId":300868,"journal":{"name":"Fracture and Structural Integrity","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124130139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental evaluation of CTOD in constant amplitude fatigue crack growth from crack tip displacement fields","authors":"J. Vasco‐Olmo, F. Díaz, F. Antunes, M. James","doi":"10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.22","url":null,"abstract":"In the current work an experimental study of the crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) is performed to evaluate the ability of this parameter to characterise fatigue crack growth. A methodology is developed to measure and to analyse the CTOD from experimental data. The vertical displacements measured by implementing Digital Image Correlation on growing fatigue cracks are used to measure the CTOD. Fatigue tests at R ratios of 0.1 and 0.6 were conducted on compact-tension specimens manufactured from commercially pure titanium. A sensitivity analysis was performed to explore the effect of the position selected behind the crack tip for the CTOD measurement. The analysis of a full loading cycle allowed identifying the elastic and plastic components of the CTOD. The plastic CTOD was found to be directly related to the plastic deformation at the crack tip. Moreover, a linear relationship between da/dN and the plastic CTOD for both tests was observed. Results show that the CTOD can be used as a viable alternative to ?K in characterising fatigue crack propagation because the parameter considers fatigue threshold and crack shielding in an intrinsic way. This work is intended to contribute to a better understanding of the different mechanisms driving fatigue crack growth and the address the outstanding controversy associated with plasticity-induced fatigue crack closure.","PeriodicalId":300868,"journal":{"name":"Fracture and Structural Integrity","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116512057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}