Crack initiation and kinking behaviours of spot welded coach peel specimens under cyclic loading

Abstract

The present study is carried out to investigate fatigue crack initiation and kinking behaviours of spot welded coach peel (CP) specimens of low carbon steel sheets subjected to cyclic loading by experimental and finite element analysis methods. Evaluations of fatigue crack growth stages were performed by crack tip plastic strains and J integral analyses and also by microhardness measurements on process zone. According to the experimental and analytical results, fatigue crack initiation and growing stages in the spot welded CP specimens can be divided to three stages. Stage I corresponds to 'gap sharpening stage' observed at the beginning steps of cyclic loading with crack growing on the interface plane between the overlapped sheets. Stage II corresponds to kinked crack initiation and propagation through the sheet thickness observed after applying a certain number of loading cycles. Stage III corresponds to crack propagation through the width of the specimens observed at the final step of the fatigue crack propagation. The FE results of the crack paths and crack locations are in good agreement with those of experimental observations.     

十字接头恒幅和变载荷历程疲劳试验结果及预测

对十字接头分别进行恒辐轴向载荷和变载荷历程疲劳试验,接头疲劳裂纹通常开始发生在焊缝根部,但如果接头变形引起的弯曲应力较大,疲劳裂纹也可能发生在焊缝趾部。本研究试图找出影响焊接接头疲劳寿命各参数之间的相互关系,并利用作者引伸的焊接接头疲劳裂纹起始－扩展模型较精确地预测复杂焊件的疲劳寿命。该模型把疲劳裂纹起始寿命看成是疲劳裂纹萌生,早期生成并聚合成主疲劳裂纹的循环次数,利用应变控制疲劳数据和Ｐａｌｍｇ     

夹杂物对超高强度钢低周疲劳裂纹萌生及扩展影响的原位观测

采用扫描电镜原位观测了数微米大小夹杂物对超高强度钢疲劳裂纹萌生及扩展的影响,并用有限元法解释了夹杂物尺寸和形状对疲劳裂纹萌生及初期扩展的影响程度,得到了超高强度钢低周疲劳裂纹萌生与扩展特性和夹杂物对疲劳破坏的关键尺寸的估计值．同时,讨论了现行实验方法对确定铁基材料裂纹扩展速率的作用．     

取向偏离度对镍基单晶高温合金DD10低周疲劳行为的影响

本文研究了特定试验条件下,镍基单晶DD10取向偏离[001]的程度对其低周疲劳行为的影响。结果表明：取向偏离度对DD10合金的低周疲劳行为影响明显。疲劳寿命随取向偏离度的增加而明显降低,在同等偏离度下,晶体取向靠近[001]-[011]的合金低周寿命优于取向靠近[001]-[11]的合金;分析发现：不同取向偏离度合金DD10低周疲劳寿命的差异源于其每循环周次的可累计塑性变形的差异。另一方面,取向偏离度对疲劳总应力幅和塑性应变幅的影响却截然相反,但对疲劳裂纹萌生和扩展方式影响不大。     

循环压缩载荷下Ni3Al基合金单晶体的疲劳开裂

采用两种晶体取向的单边缺口试样，在循环压缩载荷下对Ｎｉ３Ａｌ基合金单晶体的疲劳裂纹萌生和扩展行为进行了研究。在循环压缩载荷下，第一阶段的晶体学开裂在缺口根部同时沿着两个或更多的（１１１）面发生。     

Fatigue crack initiation and multiplication of unnotched titanium matrix composites

Fatigue crack initiation and multiplication of the unnotched SCS-6 silicon carbide fiber-reinforced titanium matrix composites with different matrix and interfacial properties have been investigated experimentally and analytically. Ti–15V–3Al, Ti–6Al–4V, and Ti–22Al–23Nb were chosen as matrix materials. The initiation and propagation of each individual matrix crack as a function of fatigue cycles and applied stress levels were carefully monitored. The statistical distribution of crack growth rates in each composite has been constructed and analyzed. The evolution of normalized matrix crack density and stiffness reduction of these composites under fatigue loading also has been characterized. A modified shear-lag model, coupled with the strain-life equation and a fiber bridging model were used to predict the fatigue crack initiation life, matrix crack growth rate, normalized matrix crack density, and residual stiffness of the composites. The predicted fatigue properties correlated well with experimental results.     

Probabilistic modelling of fatigue crack initiation from pits and pit clusters in aluminium alloys

Abstract

A numerical model of crack initiation under high cycle fatigue loading from pits is investigated in this paper. A probability based pit growth model, which takes into account the influence of mechanical cyclic load and particle clusters present in alloys, is used for investigations. Critical pit sizes, calculated using linear elastic fracture mechanics principles, are used to determine the probability of crack initiation for different conditions. The results are critically compared to extract an insight on the parameters that control the pit growth behaviour and thereby the fatigue crack initiation.     

In situ characterization of fatigue damage evolution in a cast Al alloy via nonlinear ultrasonic measurements

A new methodology is described for in situ characterization of fatigue damage accumulation using nonlinear ultrasonic measurements via analysis of the feedback signal of a closed-loop ultrasonic fatigue system. In the very high-cycle fatigue regime, ultrasonic nonlinearity increases with initiation and growth of a dominant, life-limiting fatigue crack. Based on the increase in the ultrasonic nonlinearity with fatigue cycling, crack initiation, small fatigue crack growth and fast crack growth regimes have been distinguished during cycling in specimens with different pore sizes tested at various stress amplitudes. The fraction of fatigue life spent in initiation of a life-limiting fatigue crack decreases with increasing stress amplitude. For a constant stress amplitude, the initiation life also decreases with increasing pore size. The present study also demonstrates the applicability of the methodology for fatigue crack growth studies from natural defects located internally or at the surface in smooth specimens.     

ZL101铝合金低周疲劳行为研究

研究了ZL101-T6铝合金的拉压低周疲劳行为,并重点分析了疲劳裂纹在材料中萌生与扩展的过程。通过扫描电镜和金相显微镜的观察分析表明:共晶硅相的断裂是材料低周疲劳裂纹萌生的主要方式,硅颗粒断裂的数量随疲劳循环周次的增加而增加,应变幅值的增加加快了硅颗粒的断裂速率,使疲劳裂纹的萌生速率加快;疲劳裂纹在循环初期主要通过断裂硅颗粒的互相连接进行扩展,随疲劳裂纹的长大,裂纹可穿过铝基体连接形成主裂纹并导致材料破坏,穿晶断裂为最终断裂的主要特征。     

Study of crack propagation behavior during low cycle fatigue in spheroidal graphite cast iron based on observation of surface and fracture sections

In this paper, in order to clarify the effect of crack coalescence for crack growth rate, low cycle fatigue tests were carried out using two kinds of spheroidal graphite cast iron (SGI). Crack propagation behavior from crack initiation to fracture was investigated by observing the surface of specimens and their fracture section. The main results obtained are as follows: (1) The variation range in the crack growth curves in SGI is larger than that in its matrix material. This tendency is caused by the occurrence of crack coalescence and the difference in crack initiation length. (2) In most of the cases where the crack growth rate accelerated, there was microshrinkage on the neighboring surface. (3) Crack coalescence is not the main factor in accelerating crack growth rate.     

EFFECT OF CREEP FRACTURE TOUGHNESS ON CRACK INITIATION AND PROPAGATION UNDER CREEP FATIGUE INTERACTION

本文研究了蠕变断裂韧性对三种低合金Cr-Mo-V钢在蠕变一疲劳交互作用下裂纹开裂和扩展的影响.试验表明,材料韧性对裂纹开裂和扩展起重要作用,脆性状态时,裂纹开裂时间比蠕变时短,二者间的裂纹扩展速度无明显差别;韧性状态时,裂纹开裂时间不仅比蠕变时短,而且其裂纹扩展速度比蠕变时大得多.此外,低合金Cr-Mo-V钢经蠕变一疲劳交互作用后有脆化倾向,其脆性程度取决于钢的原始韧性值.韧性状态时,蠕变-疲劳交互作用显著促使三种Cr-Mo-V钢由韧性向脆性转变;而在脆性状态时,这种脆性转变不明显。     

Damage mechanism of a nodular cast iron under the very high cycle fatigue regime

Fatigue behaviour in the very high cycle regime (VHCF) of 10¹⁰ cycles were investigated with a cast iron (GS51) under ultrasonic fatigue test system (20 kHz) in ambient air at room temperature with a stress ratio R = −1.

The influence of frequency was examined by comparing similar data generated on conventional servo hydraulic test systems. An advanced, high-speed, and high-sensitivity infrared imaging system was used to measure the temperature changes during ultrasonic fatigue test at various load levels caused by internal damping due to a very high frequency cycling. The temperature field on the surface specimen was determined by using a non-destructive measurement technique called infrared pyrometer. An infrared camera made up of a matrix of 320 × 240 detectors was used.

The S-N curves obtained show that fatigue failure occurred beyond 10⁹ cycles, fatigue limit does not exist for the cast iron and there is no evidence of frequency effect on the test results. A detailed study on fatigue specimens subjected to ultrasonic frequency shows that the temperature evolution of the cast iron specimen is very evident, the temperature increased just at the beginning of the test, the temperature increased depending on the maximum stress amplitude. Under the current test conditions, the high cycle fatigue (VHCF) behaviour of the cast iron exhibited a typical fatigue crack growth process, that is, fatigue initiation takes place always at the surface graphite or subsurface void; the distinctive stable fatigue crack growth zone can be found around the fatigue crack initiation site, the change of fatigue initiation site from surface to subsurface is associated with the complex effects of applied maximum stress level, surface condition.

Under lower stress amplitude and high cycle condition, surface graphite fatigue initiation is predominantly depended on cyclic stress amplitude; subsurface void fatigue initiation is determined by maximum cyclic stress.

In the process of small crack propagation, the temperature in local plastic zone increase very sharply. The temperature field of ultrasonic fatigue specimen can be changed with the cooling condition; internal heating can accelerate surface fatigue crack initiation and propagation.

Fatigue properties in VHCF regime were studied for cast iron (GS51) at 20 kHz frequency and for the first time, crack initiation and propagation stages were analyzed using a high-sensitivity infrared camera. The new Paris's model for fish eye formation in the gigacycle fatigue were also confirmed by this study.     

Fatigue properties of ferrite/bainite dual-phase X80 pipeline steel welded joints

Fatigue properties are important parameters for the safety design and security evaluation of pipelines. In this work, fatigue life and fatigue crack propagation of full-thickness X80 pipeline steel joints compared with the base metal (BM) was investigated. Full-thickness BM specimens showed superior fatigue life compared with that of welded joints. The fatigue crack initiation of full-thickness X80 welded joint specimens occurred at the outside weld toe and then grew inward until a fracture was formed. During fatigue crack growth in the heat-affected zone (HAZ), crack growth rate linearly increased with increased ΔK in each HAZ subregion. However, the change rate of fatigue crack growth rate (da/dN) differed among HAZ subregions. This difference was related to the variation in crack path and fracture mode because of the possible microstructural sensitivity of fatigue crack propagation behaviour.     

腐蚀疲劳过程中裂尖阳极溶解对裂纹扩展的作用

在模拟腐蚀疲劳裂尖介质中,分别用铂丝和40CrNiMo钢为辅助电极测定了在不同拉伸速率下中温回火的40CrNiMo钢的腐蚀电流密度i_(a)与应变速率、塑性应变量的关系,其结果为:利用疲劳裂纹尖端应变的弹塑性有限元计算,得到腐蚀疲劳裂尖阳极溶解引起的裂纹扩展与△K的关系,结果表明:中温回火的40CrNiMo钢在3.5％NaCl水容液中裂尖阳极溶解对腐蚀疲劳裂纹扩展的直接贡很小,阳极溶解的主要作用是影响为裂尖断裂区氢致开裂提供氢原子的阴极过程。     

不锈钢在循环扭转载荷下近门槛值的疲劳裂纹扩展行为

研究了带环状预裂纹不锈钢圆棒试样在循环扭转载荷下、门槛值附近的疲劳裂纹扩展行为,用应力强度因子表征了裂纹扩展开始的门槛值．随着裂纹的扩展,裂纹扩展速率由于裂纹面的滑移接触而减小．通过外插裂纹扩展速率与裂纹长度之间的关系,可近似得到裂纹长度为零时无裂纹面滑移接触影响的裂纹扩展速率．施加的应力强度因子范围可分解为推动裂纹扩展的有效值和由于裂纹面的滑移接触而屏蔽掉的两部分．预测了疲劳裂纹的萌生和断裂极限,预测值和实验值相当一致．     

Effect of corrosive environment on the fatigue crack initiation and propagation behavior of Al 5454-H32

Fatigue behavior of aluminum alloy 5454- H32 was studied under laboratory air and 3 % NaCl solution environment using smooth cylindrical and notched plate specimens. Presence of 3 % NaCl environment during fatigue loading drastically reduced alloy fatigue life. The deleterious effect was pronounced in both types of specimens in the long- life regions, where the fatigue lives were lowered by as much as a factor of 10. However, the sharply notched specimens showed only a modest reduction in fatigue life in corrosive environment. The severe influence of the corrosive environment in the long- life (low- stress) regime cannot be explained merely by the early initiation of the fatigue crack from surface pits; the environmental contribution in the early crack growth regime must also be considered an important factor. Fracture surface studies revealed extensive pitting and some secondary cracking in the crack initiation region. It was shown that lowered fatigue life in Al 5454- H32 occurs by early initiation of fatigue cracks from surface pits. In addition, a corrosion pitting and secondary cracking process may be operative in the small crack growth region. This could have enhanced the early crack growth rate and thus contributed to the lower fatigue life in the long- cycle region.     

A7N01铝合金焊接接头的疲劳特性及寿命预测(英文)

研究A7N01铝合金焊接接头的疲劳特性,提出基于疲劳裂纹萌生寿命的寿命预测模型。母材、热影响区和焊缝三个区域内的疲劳裂纹萌生寿命差异较小。在这三个区域内,疲劳裂纹萌生寿命与疲劳总寿命之比是一个依赖于材料的参数,对于母材、热影响区和焊缝分别为26.32%、40.21%和60.67%。提出的疲劳寿命预测模型与实验结果和Basquin’s模型预测结果吻合良好。利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对疲劳断口进行观察,发现焊缝区域的裂纹萌生于焊接过程中产生的光滑表面。热影响区内疲劳裂纹萌生于熔合区气孔。母材中破碎的第二相是引起疲劳裂纹的主要原因。     

基于Tanaka-Mura位错模型的疲劳裂纹萌生寿命预测

为了准确预测材料的疲劳寿命,提高结构疲劳寿命预测精度,对ABAQUS有限元数值模拟预测试样疲劳寿命的方法进行了研究. 基于Tanaka-Mura位错理论,利用python语言对ABAQUS进行二次开发,模拟预测了S960QL马氏体钢和Ti₂AlNb钛合金接头各区域疲劳裂纹萌生寿命. 利用泰森多边形法生成了晶体特征单元建立了微观子模型,考虑了体心立方结构相互垂直的两条滑移带作为潜在的裂纹萌生位置,并对具有相同取向的多条平行滑移带都进行了模拟计算. 通过计算得到的裂纹扩展速率变化,给出了裂纹萌生阶段过渡到裂纹扩展阶段的临界点处的裂纹萌生寿命. 模拟结果表明,除焊缝柱状晶组织外裂纹萌生寿命与试验数据吻合良好.     

不锈钢管道焊缝金属疲劳短裂纹行为的实验研究Ⅱ.裂纹萌生,扩展与 …

基于“有效短裂纹准则”,用复型研究了１Ｃｒ１８Ｎｉ９Ｔｉ不锈钢管道焊缝金属光滑试样表面的短裂纹萌生、扩展与交互作用行为。结果表明：有效短裂纹（ＥＳＦＣｓ）萌生于δ铁素体与奥氏体基体的交界处。ＥＳＦＣｓ扩展具有明显微观结构短裂纹（ＭＳＣ）和物理短裂纹（ＰＳＣ）两阶段特征。主导有效短裂纹（ＤＥＳＦＣ）行为是ＥＳＦＣｓ交互作用的结果,适于表征短裂纹行为。ＤＥＳＦＣ扩展率的分散性与ＥＳＦＣｓ密度的分散性有