A model to quantify fatigue crack growth by cyclic damage accumulation calculated by strip-yield procedures

Elber's hypothesis that  Keff can be assumed as the driving force for fatigue crack growth (FCG) is the basis for strip-yield models widely used to predict fatigue lives under variable amplitude loads, although it does not explain all load sequence effects observed in practice. To verify if th...

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Main Authors: Samuel Elias Ferreira, Jaime Tupiassú Pinho de Castro, Marco Antonio Meggiolaro
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Published: Gruppo Italiano Frattura 2017-07-01
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Online Access:http://www.gruppofrattura.it/pdf/rivista/numero41/numero_41_art_18.pdf
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description Elber's hypothesis that  Keff can be assumed as the driving force for fatigue crack growth (FCG) is the basis for strip-yield models widely used to predict fatigue lives under variable amplitude loads, although it does not explain all load sequence effects observed in practice. To verify if these models are indeed intrinsically better, the mechanics of a typical strip-yield model is used to predict FCG rates based both on Elber's ideas and on the alternative view that FCG is instead due to damage accumulation induced by the cyclic strain history ahead of the crack tip, which does not need or use  Keff ideas. The main purpose here is to predict FCG using the cyclic strains induced by the plastic displacements calculated by strip-yield procedures, assuming there are strain limits associated both the with the FCG threshold and with the material toughness. Despite based on conflicting principles, both models can reproduce quite well FCG data, a somewhat surprising result that deserves to be carefully analyzed.
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spelling doaj-art-2ade807776034de19902c614ebd6b7e32025-01-03T00:40:08ZengGruppo Italiano FratturaFracture and Structural Integrity1971-89931971-89932017-07-01114112913810.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.18A model to quantify fatigue crack growth by cyclic damage accumulation calculated by strip-yield proceduresSamuel Elias Ferreira0 Jaime Tupiassú Pinho de Castro1Marco Antonio Meggiolaro 2Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, BrazilElber's hypothesis that  Keff can be assumed as the driving force for fatigue crack growth (FCG) is the basis for strip-yield models widely used to predict fatigue lives under variable amplitude loads, although it does not explain all load sequence effects observed in practice. To verify if these models are indeed intrinsically better, the mechanics of a typical strip-yield model is used to predict FCG rates based both on Elber's ideas and on the alternative view that FCG is instead due to damage accumulation induced by the cyclic strain history ahead of the crack tip, which does not need or use  Keff ideas. The main purpose here is to predict FCG using the cyclic strains induced by the plastic displacements calculated by strip-yield procedures, assuming there are strain limits associated both the with the FCG threshold and with the material toughness. Despite based on conflicting principles, both models can reproduce quite well FCG data, a somewhat surprising result that deserves to be carefully analyzed.http://www.gruppofrattura.it/pdf/rivista/numero41/numero_41_art_18.pdfFatigue crack growth modelsStrip-yield mechanicsCrack closure; Damage accumulation ahead of the crack tip
spellingShingle Samuel Elias Ferreira
Jaime Tupiassú Pinho de Castro
Marco Antonio Meggiolaro
A model to quantify fatigue crack growth by cyclic damage accumulation calculated by strip-yield procedures
Fracture and Structural Integrity
Fatigue crack growth models
Strip-yield mechanics
Crack closure
; Damage accumulation ahead of the crack tip
title A model to quantify fatigue crack growth by cyclic damage accumulation calculated by strip-yield procedures
title_full A model to quantify fatigue crack growth by cyclic damage accumulation calculated by strip-yield procedures
title_fullStr A model to quantify fatigue crack growth by cyclic damage accumulation calculated by strip-yield procedures
title_full_unstemmed A model to quantify fatigue crack growth by cyclic damage accumulation calculated by strip-yield procedures
title_short A model to quantify fatigue crack growth by cyclic damage accumulation calculated by strip-yield procedures
title_sort model to quantify fatigue crack growth by cyclic damage accumulation calculated by strip yield procedures
topic Fatigue crack growth models
Strip-yield mechanics
Crack closure
; Damage accumulation ahead of the crack tip
url http://www.gruppofrattura.it/pdf/rivista/numero41/numero_41_art_18.pdf
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