一种基于混合硬化本构模型的汽轮机轮盘榫槽疲劳寿命预测方法

针对汽轮机转子轮盘的受力特点,以非对称载荷下材料的瞬态应力应变响应为基础,在内变量理论框架下,建立起某型汽轮机轮盘材料的率无关循环塑性本构模型;并结合局部应力应变法,进一步建立了基于混合硬化本构模型(N-5L1)描述平均应力松弛行为的汽轮机轮盘榫槽疲劳寿命预测方法。通过与实验结果相比较,表明混合硬化本构模型能够较好地模拟脉动加载下转子轮盘材料的循环应力应变响应及平均应力松弛行为,由此建立的寿命预测方法可对轮盘榫槽进行较为准确的疲劳寿命预测(与试验寿命误差总体落在1.5倍分散带以内),明显优于基于平均应力松弛经验公式的疲劳寿命预测值。     

考虑三维应力的复合材料层压板疲劳寿命分析

由于层间应力的存在,受面内载荷作用的复合材料层压板实际处于多轴应力状态。构建了由刚性元、弹簧元和二维板元构成的准三维有限元模型,结合单向板在典型应力状态下的疲劳试验结果和疲劳损伤模型,发展了一种考虑三维应力的、预测任意铺层多向层压板疲劳寿命的分析方法,包括应力分析、静力和疲劳累积损伤失效分析及材料性能退化3个主要部分,能够模拟面内和层间损伤产生、发展直至层压板整体破坏的完整过程,并得到疲劳寿命。对2种T300/QY8911多向铺层板进行了实际计算,寿命预测结果与试验结果吻合较好。      

基于遗传规划算法的不同应力比下不同厚度7050铝合金疲劳裂纹扩展寿命预测

针对不同厚度7050铝合金试样进行了不同应力比条件下的一系列疲劳裂纹扩展试验,并运用遗传规划算法对疲劳裂纹扩展寿命进行预测。遗传规划算法是模拟自然界中生物的进化策略,通过交换、突变等遗传操作,搜索目标的最优解。建立7050铝合金疲劳裂纹扩展速率的遗传规划模型,并利用试验数据对模型进行测试,后与其他典型疲劳裂纹扩展模型进行比较。研究结果表明:GP模型预测的7050铝合金疲劳裂纹扩展寿命结果与试验值基本吻合,相对误差小于1.5%,且GP模型预测结果的准确性高于Paris模型和Walker模型。     

疲劳-蠕变交互作用的寿命预测探讨

从反映物系运动过程的能量守恒定律和动量守恒定律出发,对材料疲劳-蠕变交互作用下的破坏过程进行了分析,推导出一个新的疲劳-蠕变交互作用的寿命预测模型.与已有的疲劳-蠕变交互作用寿命预测模型相比,本文提出的模型具有适用性强(对于应力控制模式和应变控制模式均适用)、形式简单、所需参数少和应用方便等优点.为检验本文提出模型的准确性,进行了1.25Cr0.5Mo钢光滑试样540℃和520℃环境下应力控制的梯形波加载试验,用本文提出的模型进行了上述两种温度环境下的疲劳-蠕变交互作用的寿命预测,预测结果与实际测量结果符合较好.     

2024铝合金喷丸试件疲劳寿命试验及仿真研究

现有的喷丸材料疲劳性能研究扩展有限元模型没有考虑残余应力对裂纹扩展的影响。对2024铝合金的喷丸与未喷丸试样进行三弯疲劳试验,以明确喷丸工艺对试件疲劳寿命的强化作用。通过ABAQUS建立试件的二维平面应力模型,导入残余应力并利用扩展有限元法模拟循环载荷下裂纹的萌生与扩展,对比试验结果来验证该扩展有限元数值模型的正确性。最后基于该数值模型,改变载荷工况,研究不同载荷工况下残余应力对疲劳寿命的影响,得到喷丸残余应力强化作用与载荷工况的关系。结果表明:喷丸引入的残余应力可以有效地增强试件的疲劳寿命;过大的循环载荷可能造成喷丸残余应力发生松弛;在最大载荷不变的前提下,应力比越小,试件疲劳寿命越短;应力比越大,残余应力对疲劳寿命强化效果越明显。     

TA17合金薄片材料毫小试样疲劳性能研究

关键工程结构、小尺寸零部件和焊接区的疲劳寿命评估中往往无法采用传统大试样进行疲劳试验,因此本文提出了一种采用毫米级别薄片试样获取材料循环本构关系和低周疲劳寿命的新方法。在Care原位试验机上完成毫米级别薄片漏斗试样的加载工装和低周疲劳试验的基础上,通过变幅对称循环试验和等辐循环试验分别实现了材料循环本构关系和低周疲劳性能的获取。该文提出了一种对不同幂律材料和不同几何尺寸构型均具有良好普适性的材料循环本构关系预测模型,并通过有限元实现了模型准确性的正反向预测验证。将循环本构关系用于有限元计算中,给出了薄片漏斗试样漏斗两侧名义应力、名义应变和漏斗根部真实应力、真实应变的转换方程,进而预测材料的低周疲劳寿命。该文完成了TA17合金等直圆棒试样和1.2 mm厚度薄片漏斗试样的对称变幅循环试验和多级等辐循环试验。由模型预测获得的TA17合金循环本构关系与等直圆棒试样的试验结果比较表明:两种曲线的弹性段和0.009 mm/mm~0.011 mm/mm应变段吻合良好,在弹塑性过渡段（0.004 mm/mm~0.009 mm/mm）模型预测结果最大相对误差小于9%。根据两组应力和应变转换方程获得的漏斗试样材料代表性体积单元疲劳寿命和Manson-Coffin寿命预测模型与等直圆棒试样试验结果均吻合良好。     

单向层合板拉-拉及压-压疲劳加载材料退化模型

以刚度退化为基础,并结合正则化疲劳寿命预测方法,推导建立了单层板疲劳累积损伤过程剩余刚度退化模型,同时给出了剩余强度退化模型.本文退化模型适用于拉-拉及压-压疲劳加载任意应力水平和应力比下的单层板疲劳寿命预测,所建立的剩余刚度退化模型显著减少为获得模型参数所必需的试验件数量,经济性好.最后,通过试验研究,建立了材料T300/BMP-316单向层合板疲劳加载各主方向剩余刚度退化表达式、剩余强度退化表达式及疲劳寿命表达式,为层合板结构疲劳损伤分析提供了有力依据.     

飞机管道疲劳性能仿真分析与试验验证

为解决实际工况中飞机管道疲劳性能问题，研究飞机管道安装应力环境下的疲劳寿命分析方法，首先，建立飞机管道有限元模型；然后，利用有限元软件ANSYS Workbench对不同轴向装配偏差情况下的管道进行模态分析以及谐响应分析；进而，提取出管道危险点应力幅值，利用材料的S-N曲线进行疲劳寿命预测。最后，设计不同安装应力情况下的管道共振疲劳试验，并对仿真结果进行验证。仿真和试验的对比结果表明：根据仿真和试验得到的管道发生断裂的位置一致，两者管道疲劳寿命循环次数契合，随着轴向装配偏差增大，管道疲劳寿命逐渐下降。     

随机振动载荷下塑封球栅阵列含铅焊点疲劳寿命模型

对塑封球栅阵列(PBGA)封装器件Sn37Pb焊点进行了正弦振动、随机振动实验,得到各个载荷下焊点的疲劳寿命结果.建立了三维有限元模型,进行与实验条件一致的有限元分析,计算焊点的应力;将实验结果与有限元计算相结合,并基于Steinberg寿命预测模型,发展了随机振动载荷下焊点疲劳寿命预测方法.结果表明,疲劳寿命模型预测...     

钢丝绳拉伸疲劳寿命仿真分析与试验研究

为研究钢丝绳在拉伸载荷下的疲劳寿命预测问题,以6×36 WS结构钢丝绳为研究对象,建立了钢丝绳的有限元模型,仿真分析了其在轴向拉伸载荷下的应力分布。对仿真结果中应力最大的钢丝进行拉伸疲劳试验,得到钢丝试件的载荷寿命曲线。在此基础上进行了钢丝绳疲劳寿命的仿真分析,并通过钢丝绳的疲劳试验进行了验证。钢丝绳疲劳仿真结果表明,在轴向拉伸载荷作用下,最大应力位于相邻两个绳股接触区域,对应的此处区域疲劳寿命最短。钢丝绳疲劳寿命仿真与试验结果具有较好的吻合度,由仿真数据拟合的载荷寿命曲线为钢丝绳疲劳寿命的预测提供了依据。     

Study on the fatigue life and damage accumulation of a compressor blade based on a modified nonlinear damage model

Comparing with the fatigue test results of Ti‐6Al‐4V, the widely used Chaboche damage model shows considerable differences in fatigue life prediction under asymmetric load, which is potentially caused by the local plastic deformation. In this paper, a modified nonlinear damage accumulation model is developed to improve the prediction accuracy for asymmetric loading condition. To account for the elastic and plastic strains, an elastoplastic fatigue factor is developed with 2 weighting factors based on the Ramberg‐Osgood equation and introduced into the stress term of the damage model. The validation of the proposed damage model is verified against the experimental data of Ti‐6Al‐4V titanium alloy and 2024‐T3 aluminium alloy with various stress ratios. Comparing with the original Chaboche model, the predicted life of the proposed model shows much better agreement with the experimental results. Then, the proposed model is used to estimate the fatigue life of a compressor blade of aero‐engine. Considering the variable amplitude loads and the loading sequence, the damage accumulation and the fatigue life of the blade are calculated, and the results indicate a longer fatigue life with slower damage accumulation rate in the early life stage.     

Mean stress and ratcheting corrections in fatigue life prediction of metals

Ratcheting occurs easily because of the presence of mean stress during the stress‐control fatigue of engineering components. For ductility exhaustion dominated fatigue failure, a new fatigue life prediction model is developed by introducing the mean ratcheting strain rate to incorporate the effects of ratcheting and mean stress on fatigue life. The prediction accuracy of the proposed model was compared with that of the generalised damage parameter, Xia–Kujawski–Ellyin, Walker and Goswami models. Specifically, the model predictions and tested lives were compared using nine sets of experimental data from the literature. In the statistical analysis of these five models, the proposed model provides the highest accuracy and robust life predictions with the lowest model prediction errors.     

A fatigue damage accumulation model for reliability analysis of engine components under combined cycle loadings

Rotor components of an aircraft engine in service are usually subjected to combined high and low cycle fatigue (CCF) loadings. In this work, combining with the load spectrum of CCF, a modified damage accumulation model for CCF life prediction of turbine blades is first put forward to take into account the effects of load consequence and load interaction caused by high‐cycle fatigue (HCF) loads and low‐cycle fatigue (LCF) loads under CCF loading conditions. The predicted results demonstrate that the proposed model presents a higher prediction accuracy than Miner, Manson‐Halford model does. Moreover, to evaluate the fatigue reliability of rotor components, reliability model with the failure mode of CCF is proposed on the basis of the stress‐strength interference method when considering the strength degeneration, and its results show that the reliability model with CCF is more suitable for aero‐engine components than that with the failure mode of single fatigue.     

EVICD – eine Lebensdauermethode für komplexe mehrachsige Betriebsbelastungen für die Praxis

EVICD – an advanced crack intiation life prediction method for engineering application In the present paper an overview of the latest stand in the development of EVICD, a crack initiation life prediction method for arbitrary multiaxial loading, is given. The incremental prediction method which was originally proposed by W. Ott and which was later extended by the introduction of a secondary damage parameter either based on the normal stress on the planes with maximum shear stresses (EVICD‐N) or the normal stress on the octahedral planes (EVICD‐J1) has been further developed: A special Input Section was created, which is open to all important types and formats of engineering input data for fatigue calculations. The results of strain measurements can also be taken. Further on, the multiaxial Neuber‐Method has been worked in for a fast determination of the elastic plastic stresses and strains at fatigue critical locations of components. At the end of the Input Section the elastic plastic stress or strain path at the fatigue critical location is transferred to the damage evaluation modul of EVICD for an evaluation of the crack initiation life. The Mróz‐Garud plasticity model has been worked in the damage evaluation model. The fatigue damage evaluation does occur after a transparent flow diagram and has been realized as a FORTRAN Code. This is important for a general use of EVICD in practice. Meanwhile EVICD has been verified on a broader basis. A representation of the prediction results after EVICD vs. the corresponding experimental results after a proposal of E. Haibach shows, that the prediction capability of EVICD has become better than that of conventional fatigue prediction methods.     

Use of an energy‐based/critical plane model to assess fatigue life under low‐cycle multiaxial cycles

For engineering components subjected to multiaxial loading, fatigue life prediction is crucial for guaranteeing their structural security and economic feasibility. In this respect, energy‐based models, integrating the stress and strain components, are widely used because of their availability in fatigue prediction. Through employing the plastic strain energy concept and critical plane approach, a new energy‐based model is proposed in this paper to evaluate the low‐cycle fatigue life, in which the critical plane is defined as the maximum damage plane. In the proposed model, a newly defined NP factor κ^*  is used to quantify the nonproportional (NP) effect so that the damage parameter can be conveniently calculated. Moreover, a simple estimation method of weight coefficient is developed, which can reflect different contributions of shear and normal plastic strain energy on total fatigue damage. Experimental data of 10 kinds of materials are employed to assess the effectiveness of this model as well as three other energy‐based models.     

Cumulative damage model based on equivalent fatigue under multiaxial thermomechanical random loading

A new creep–fatigue damage cumulative model is proposed under multiaxial thermomechanical random loading, in which the damage at high temperature can be divided into the pure fatigue damage and the equivalent fatigue damage from creep. During the damage accumulation process, the elementary percentage of the equivalent fatigue damage increment is proportional to that of the creep damage increment, and the creep damage is converted to the equivalent fatigue damage. Moreover, combined with a multiaxial cyclic counting method, a life prediction method is developed based on the proposed creep–fatigue damage cumulative model. In the developed life prediction method, the effects of nonproportional hardening on the fatigue and creep damages are considered, and the influence of mean stress on damage is also taken into account. The thermomechanical fatigue experimental data for thin‐walled tubular specimen of superalloy GH4169 under multiaxial constant amplitude and variable amplitude loadings were used to verify the proposed model. The results showed that the proposed method can obtain satisfactory life prediction results.     

A simple energy‐based model for nonproportional low‐cycle multiaxial fatigue life prediction under constant‐amplitude loading

From the literature concerning the traditional nonproportional (NP) multiaxial cyclic fatigue prediction, special attentions are usually paid to multiaxial constitutive relations to quantify fatigue damage accumulation. As a result, estimation of NP hardening effect decided by the entire history path is always proposed, which is a challenging and complex task. To simplify the procedure of multiaxial fatigue life prediction of engineering components, in this paper, a novel effective energy parameter based on simple material properties is proposed. The parameter combines uniaxial cyclic plastic work and NP hardening effects. The fatigue life has been assessed based on traditional multiaxial fatigue criterion and the proposed parameter, which has been validated by experimental results of 316 L stainless steel under different low‐cycle loading paths.     

High cycle fatigue analysis in presence of residual stresses by using a continuum damage mechanics model

This study attempts to predict the high cycle fatigue life of steel butt welds by numerical method. At first, FE simulation of plate butt welding is carried out to obtain the weld-induced residual stresses employing sequentially coupled three-dimensional (3-D) thermo-mechanical FE formulation. Then, a nonlinear damage cumulative model for multiaxial high cycle fatigue based on continuum damage mechanics (CDM), which can incorporate the effect of welding residual stresses, is derived using FE technique. The high cycle fatigue damage model is applied to the butt welds subjected to cyclic fatigue loading to calculate the fatigue life considering the residual stresses, and the computed total fatigue life which takes into account the fatigue crack initiation and the propagation is compared with the test result. In addition, the fatigue life prediction of the welds without considering the residual stresses is implemented to investigate the influence of welding residual stresses on the fatigue performance. The FE results show that the high cycle fatigue damage model proposed in this work can predict the fatigue life of steel butt welds with high accuracy, and welding residual stresses should be taken into account in assessing the fatigue life of the welds.     

Cyclic stress–strain response and crystal plasticity finite element analysis of AISI 9310 steel in biaxial fatigue loading

There are still many gaps in the research on the multiaxial fatigue failure mechanism of the gear shaft. In this paper, cyclic stress–strain response and biaxial fatigue damage characteristics of gear steel AISI 9310 were investigated. The specimens showed obvious cyclic softening characteristics at all phase angles, and the softening rate was directly associated with the initiation and propagation of cracks. The fractographies at different phase angles revealed that the specimens under out-of-phase loading suffered fatigue failure caused by a single crack source on the surface, while the fatigue crack under in-phase loading was gathered together by the propagation of different crack sources. Finally, the established crystal plastic finite element model showed a good prediction of the plastic strain energy density at different phase angles, and the maximum error was 13.03%. Furthermore, a biaxial fatigue life prediction method was proposed, with a maximum error of 39.5%.