Prediction of very high cycle fatigue failure for high strength steels, based on the inclusion geometrical properties

Almaraz, Gonzalo M. Domínguez

doi:10.1016/j.mechmat.2008.03.001

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“…However, the process of subsurface crack initiation and propagation is still not clear and there are few theoretical models developed to analyze the different crack initiation process [8,9,13,20]. Additionally, although there have been many studies on the factors those may affect VHCF propensity of high strength steels, such as environmental medium [14][15][16], loading frequency [17,18], microstructure state [19][20][21], etc. [5,8,12], the influence of notch effect has not been fully understood.…”

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Investigation of high cycle and Very-High-Cycle Fatigue behaviors for a structural steel with smooth and notched specimens

Qian

Hong

Zhou

2010

Engineering Failure Analysis

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a b s t r a c tThe high cycle and Very-High-Cycle Fatigue (VHCF) properties of a structural steel with smooth and notched specimens were studied by employing a rotary bending machine with frequency of 52.5 Hz. For smooth specimens, VHCF failure did occur at fatigue cycles of 7.1 Â 10 8 with the related S-N curve of stepwise tendency. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) was used for the observations of the fracture surfaces. It shows that for smooth specimens the crack origination is surface mode in the failure regime of less than 10 7 cycles. While at VHCF regime, the material failed from the nonmetallic inclusion lies in the interior of material, leading to the formation of fisheye pattern. The dimensions of crack initiation region were measured and discussed with respect to the number of cycles to failure. The mechanism analysis by means of low temperature fracture technique shows that the nonmetallic inclusion in the interior of specimen tends to debond from surrounding matrix and form a crack. The crack propagates and results to the final failure. The stress intensity factor and fatigue strength were calculated to investigate the crack initiation properties. VHCF study on the notched specimens shows that the obtained S-N curve decreases continuously. SEM analysis reveals that multiple crack origins are dominant on specimen surface and that fatigue crack tends to initiate from the surface of the specimen. Based on the fatigue tests and observations, a model of crack initiation was used to describe the transition of fatigue initiation site from subsurface to surface for smooth and notched specimens. The model reveals the influences of load, grain size, inclusion size and surface notch on the crack initiation transition.

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Investigation of high cycle and Very-High-Cycle Fatigue behaviors for a structural steel with smooth and notched specimens

Qian

Hong

Zhou

2010

Engineering Failure Analysis

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“…Since the work by Naito et al [1], a number of researches have shown that fatigue failures of high-strength steels may occur at the stress lower than the conventional fatigue limit defined at failure cycles of 10 7 [2][3][4][5][6][7]. Different from low cycle fatigue, the crack initiation site for the fatigue life larger than 10 7 (very-high-cycle fatigue, VHCF) for high-strength steels usually changes from the surface to the interior of specimen and the failure is mostly caused by interior non-metallic inclusions.…”

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Effects of inclusion size and stress ratio on fatigue strength for high-strength steels with fish-eye mode failure

Sun

Lei

Xie

et al. 2013

International Journal of Fatigue

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a b s t r a c tExperimental results indicate that the fatigue life reduces by about two orders of magnitude when inclusion size doubles. Then, a model is proposed for predicting the fatigue strength of high-strength steels with fish-eye mode failure based on the experimental results for the effect of inclusion size and stress ratio. In the model, the effect of inclusion size a 0 and stress ratio R on fatigue strength r a is expressed as r a / a 0, where m and a are material parameters. The predicted results are in good agreement with our experimental results and the ones reported in literature.

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“…In recent years, the investigation of VHCF on metallic materials has attracted an increasing number of investigators in the fatigue research field (e.g. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]) due to the growing requirements of engineering applications, including aircraft, automobile, ship, railway, bridge, etc., for which the metallic components and structures need to endure a fatigue life larger than 10 7 or 10 8 loading cycles, and even requiring 10 10 -10 11 life cycles of endurance in some vital cases.…”

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“…Nishijima and Kanazawa [11] attributed the reason why the fatigue life for internal failure is longer than that for a surface failure to the fact that the stress intensity factor for flaws in the interior is smaller than that at the surface for the same size defect. Some factors, such as loading frequency [12,13], surface finishing condition [14,15], microstructure state [16][17][18], etc., may affect the VHCF properties of high-strength steels. Results in Ref.…”

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Experimental and theoretical investigation of environmental media on very-high-cycle fatigue behavior for a structural steel

2011

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Rotary bending fatigue tests were performed in laboratory air and 3.5% NaCl aqueous solution to investigate the influence of environmental media on fatigue properties of a structural steel in high-cycle and very-high-cycle fatigue regimes. The results show that the fatigue strength of the structural steel in 3.5% NaCl solution is remarkably degraded compared with the case tested in laboratory air. The fracture surfaces of specimens tested in different environments were examined to reveal the fatigue crack initiation characteristics. It shows that for specimens tested in 3.5% NaCl solution, cracks originate via multiple surface initiation modes and cracking is intergranular; in addition, widespread secondary cracks feature on the fracture surface. Based on fatigue tests and fractography observations, a numerical model of crack initiation is proposed to describe the transition of fatigue initiation site from subsurface to surface for specimens tested in air and 3.5% NaCl solution. The model reveals the influences of load, material strength, grain size, inclusion size and surface environmental media on the crack initiation site transition. It agrees well with the experimental observations.

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Prediction of very high cycle fatigue failure for high strength steels, based on the inclusion geometrical properties

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Investigation of high cycle and Very-High-Cycle Fatigue behaviors for a structural steel with smooth and notched specimens

Investigation of high cycle and Very-High-Cycle Fatigue behaviors for a structural steel with smooth and notched specimens

Effects of inclusion size and stress ratio on fatigue strength for high-strength steels with fish-eye mode failure

Experimental and theoretical investigation of environmental media on very-high-cycle fatigue behavior for a structural steel

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