3.5%NaCl腐蚀环境下2种航空铝合金材料疲劳性能试验研究

腐蚀环境下的疲劳性能是航空金属结构疲劳寿命设计的重要前提,为此,试验测定了2种航空铝合金材料（2E12-T3、7050-T7451）的光滑试样和缺口试样在干燥大气和3.5%NaCl腐蚀环境下的疲劳性能,在试验数据的基础上进行性能对比,并对试样断口进行扫描电镜（SEM）分析,研究了3.5%NaCl腐蚀环境与载荷联合作用对腐蚀疲劳性能的影响机理,研究结果表明:3.5%NaCl腐蚀环境对2种铝合金材料的疲劳性能均产生不利影响,且腐蚀与疲劳载荷的交互作用随着应力水平的降低而增强,疲劳性能下降更明显;与光滑试样相比,腐蚀环境对铝合金2E12-T3缺口试样疲劳性能的影响更大,但对铝合金7050-T7451缺口试样疲劳性能的影响却变小;在腐蚀环境下,裂纹尖端易发生电化学反应产生腐蚀产物和[H]离子,腐蚀产物的存在会阻碍裂纹闭合,同时,[H]离子导致裂纹尖端的氢脆效应,加快裂纹扩展,使疲劳性能降低。     

TC21合金315℃高周疲劳光滑和缺口试样断口分析

开展了TC21研究合金光滑和缺口试样的315℃高周疲劳实验,并对疲劳断口进行详细观察,研究了缺口对TC21合金疲劳寿命的影响.结果表明,光滑和缺口试样的疲劳强度比值随循环寿命降低而降低;光滑试样的失稳疲劳裂纹长度随循环应力升高而降低;瞬断区所承受的断裂应力随循环应力升高而降低;这说明裂纹失稳决定试样的断裂,缺口试样断口有多个裂纹源,以缺口试样名义应力乘以应力集中因子与光滑试样的应力相等作为比较时,缺口试样主裂纹长度大于光滑试样的裂纹长度,缺口试样的裂纹扩展寿命更长.     

镍基单晶合金中温疲劳性能应力集中敏感性

疲劳是涡轮叶片的一种主要失效模式.本文开展了DD11单晶合金在650℃中温条件下2种应力集中系数(K_t=1(光滑状态)、K_t=3(缺口状态))的旋转弯曲疲劳性能研究,对比了2种应力集中系数下的疲劳强度,并开展了相关断口分析.结果表明:应力集中系数由K_t=1增大到K_t=3时,疲劳极限由446 MPa降低为311 MPa,说明DD11单晶合金疲劳性能存在应力集中敏感性;疲劳寿命由10~5提高到10~7时,光滑状态由600 MPa降低为420 MPa,疲劳强度降低幅度为180 MPa,而缺口状态由370 MPa降低为290 MPa,降低幅度为80 MPa,说明应力集中条件下DD11单晶合金的疲劳寿命对于外载变化较敏感.断口分析表明,光滑试样断口(应力500 MPa/疲劳寿命9.7×10~5)由几个相交的光滑晶体学平面组成,疲劳源萌生在距表面100μm左右的铸造孔洞;缺口试样断口(应力340 MPa/疲劳寿命8.1×10~5试样)呈平面状,与应力轴垂直,为多源疲劳模式,疲劳源观察到小刻面,在加工刀痕不连续位置萌生.     

铝合金钻杆旋转弯曲疲劳断口特征

首先对铝合金钻杆进行了不同应力幅值的旋转弯曲疲劳试验,然后采用扫描电镜观察其断口微观形貌特征。结果表明:在170 MPa低应力下,铝合金钻杆的疲劳断口可分为疲劳源区、裂纹扩展区及瞬断区3个区域,微裂纹在试样次表面相界处萌生,裂纹稳态扩展区面积较大,占60%以上;在290 MPa高应力下,铝合金钻杆的疲劳断口上有多个疲劳源区,微裂纹于试样表面或近表面位置形核,裂纹扩展区面积仅占15%~30%。对于同一试样,随着裂纹的扩展,断口上疲劳滑移台阶变宽,疲劳条带逐渐清晰;对于不同试样,随着应力的提高,裂纹扩展速率增大,疲劳条带间距变宽,更易出现二次疲劳裂纹,断口上裂纹扩展区面积明显减小,相应的疲劳寿命也大幅降低。     

S135钻杆钢的拉扭复合加载疲劳行为

采用疲劳实验和回归分析相结合的方法,研究了S135钻杆钢在拉扭复合加载条件下的疲劳行为,并对疲劳断口进行了微观分析。结果表明:当τa/σeq=0.7时,由拉扭应力幅对应的当量应力表示的疲劳寿命公式可很好地描述S135钻杆钢的拉扭疲劳寿命规律;疲劳断口由疲劳源区、疲劳裂纹稳定扩展区和快速瞬断区组成,疲劳裂纹从试样表面萌生,并向试样内部扩展,且常为多疲劳源,不同疲劳源断口的连接和复合加载形成所谓的"屋脊"状特征;拉扭疲劳断裂试样裂纹源区的微观断口特征为明显的河流花样,裂纹扩展区的微观断口特征为疲劳条带与涟波状花样。     

17-4PH末级长叶片叶根的疲劳强度与缺口效应

采用成组法和升降法开展了室温某17-4PH末级长叶片叶根纵、横方向光滑与缺口试样的疲劳试验,获得了两个方向上材料的S-N曲线,并对典型疲劳断裂试样进行了断口宏微观形貌观察。结果表明:叶片叶根纵、横方向的疲劳强度基本一致,在长寿命区,纵向疲劳强度略高于横向;光滑试样的疲劳断裂主要呈现单裂纹源特征,而缺口试样呈现多裂纹源汇聚的断裂形貌。结合试样缺口根部的弹塑性应变分析,进一步讨论了叶片叶根纵、横方向的疲劳缺口效应。     

Stellite12钴基合金的疲劳性能及其断裂机理研究

采用三点弯曲疲劳法测得光滑试样和直缺口试样的S-N曲线以研究Stellite12钴基合金的疲劳性能,并通过断口形貌观察进一步探究该钴基合金的断裂过程。结果表明:光滑试样的疲劳极限为545 MPa,约为原始抗弯强度1552 MPa的25.4%;直缺口试样的疲劳极限约为101MPa,约为静态抗弯强度517.6MPa的19.1%。对于疲劳敏感性,光滑试样与直缺口试样的疲劳敏感性分别为397和31。此外发现疲劳裂纹多萌生于近表层聚集的碳化物处,同时表面缺陷也可诱发疲劳裂纹的萌生。疲劳裂纹的扩展主要表现为碳化物的穿晶断裂,钴基体在应力比R=0.1的疲劳加载条件下虽表现出一定的韧性且呈现出较多的撕裂脊,但也呈现出一定的脆性断裂模式,因此疲劳裂纹扩展模式为真疲劳与静态疲劳的混合模式。     

残余压应力场中疲劳裂纹的止裂

20Cr钢在不同缺口尖锐度下滚压后疲劳试验结果表明,滚压强化明显提高缺口试样的疲劳极限,其作用高于光滑试样,缺口越尖锐强化效果越显著。在缺口滚压试样疲劳断口上出现裂纹扩展速率快—慢—快的变化。缺口试样滚压后在疲劳极限下运行出现非扩展裂纹。     

超声深滚处理改善预腐蚀7A52-CZ铝合金疲劳性能机理

研究了超声深滚(UDR)处理对预腐蚀7A52-CZ铝合金疲劳性能的作用.7A52铝合金试样在剥蚀腐蚀溶液中浸泡不同时间后进行了超声深滚处理.分别对未腐蚀试样、腐蚀试样和腐蚀+UDR处理试样进行了疲劳试验,用XRD应力测试和扫描电镜等方法分析了UDR处理前后试样的残余应力和断口形貌,并对疲劳断口进行了分析.结果表明:UDR处理在铝合金中引入超过1mm深的残余压应力层,延长了7A52的预腐蚀疲劳寿命.对于腐蚀较轻的试样,UDR处理使裂纹源在表层下残余压应力和拉应力过渡区产生,延长了疲劳裂纹萌生寿命;对腐蚀较重试样,疲劳裂纹仍从晶间腐蚀处形核,但由于引入残余压应力及腐蚀裂纹的部分愈合效应,仍在很大程度上改善了7A52的预腐蚀疲劳寿命.     

调质42CrMo钢的弯曲微动疲劳实验研究

针对循环软化材料调质42CrMo钢进行了常规弯曲疲劳实验和弯曲微动疲劳实验,分析了常规弯曲疲劳和弯曲微动疲劳之间的差异,并讨论了循环弯曲载荷对疲劳寿命的影响。通过分析不同弯曲载荷下弯曲微动疲劳试样断口的形貌和不同循环次数下微动损伤的情况,揭示调质42CrMo钢弯曲微动疲劳过程中的损伤特性。研究结果表明:同一循环载荷作用下,弯曲微动疲劳的寿命明显低于常规弯曲疲劳的寿命;随着循环弯曲载荷的增大,弯曲微动疲劳的寿命降低更明显;微动引起的局部接触疲劳和局部塑形变形促进了弯曲微动疲劳裂纹的萌生和进一步扩展。     

Three-dimensional numerical investigation of brittle bond fracture

A fracture mechanics based analysis of interface bond failure is presented. The bond edge is regarded as an interface crack front loaded under combined mode 1, 2 and 3 loading, and results are obtained for the critical stress for initiation of bond failure and the location along the bond edge where failure is initiated. A numerical procedure is formulated to study the propagation of the interface crack following initiation. Assuming that the crack propagates at the interface, a criterion for propagation is formulated, and it is shown that the crack front shape predicted is consistent with the basic interface fracture mechanics assuming quasi-static crack propagation. Results for the bond strength are presented for different fracture criteria and different bond shapes.     

On the failure of cracks under mixed-mode loads

Fracture of plates containing a crack under mixed-mode, I and II, loading conditions is investigated. Fracture mechanisms are first examined from fracture surface morphology to correlate with the macroscopic fracture behavior. Two distinct features are observed and they are typical of shear and tensile types of failure. From this correlation, a fracture criterion based on the competition of the attainment of a tensile fracturing stress σ_{_C} and a shear fracturing stress τ_{_C} at a fixed distance around the crack tip is proposed. Material ductility is incorporated using τ_{_C}/σ_{_C} determined from classical material failure theories. The type of fracture is predicted by comparing τ_{_max}/σ_{_max} at r=r_{_C} for a given mixed mode loading to the material ductility_{τ_C/σ_C} , i.e. τ_{_max}/σ_{_max})<(τ_{_C} /σ_{_C}) for tensile type of fracture and (τ_{_max}/σ_{_max}) r (τ_{_C}/ σ_{_C}) for shear type of fracture. It is found that, for typical engineering structural metals with certain ductility, (1) crack propagation initiates according to the maximum hoop stress criterion when the the mode mixity is near mode I and according to the maximum shear stress criterion when the mode mixity is near mode II, and (2) the transition of the failure from tensile to shear type can be predicted by the proposed criterion. For brittle materials the maximum hoop (opening) stress always reaches the tensile fracturing stress before the maximum shear stress reaches the shear fracturing stress of the material at a crack tip. Therefore, specimens made of brittle materials tend to fail under the maximum hoop stress criterion, as demonstrated by Erdogan and Sih (1963) and others. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Calibration procedures for a computational model of ductile fracture

A recent extension of the Gurson constitutive model of damage and failure of ductile structural alloys accounts for localization and crack formation under shearing as well as tension. When properly calibrated against a basic set of experiments, this model has the potential to predict the emergence and propagation of cracks over a wide range of stress states. This paper addresses procedures for calibrating the damage parameters of the extended constitutive model. The procedures are demonstrated for DH36 steel using data from three tests: (i) tension of a round bar, (ii) mode I cracking in a compact tension specimen, and (iii) shear localization and mode II cracking in a shear-off specimen. The computational model is then used to study the emergence of the cup-cone fracture mode in the neck of a round tensile bar. Ductility of a notched round bar provides additional validation.     

A new method to estimate the plane strain fracture toughness of materials

Although the testing method for fracture toughness K_IC has been implemented for decades, the strict specimen size requirements make it difficult to get the accurate K_IC for the high‐toughness materials. In this study, different specimen sizes of high‐strength steels were adopted in fracture toughness testing. Through the observations on the fracture surfaces of the K_IC specimen, it is shown that the fracture energy can be divided into 2 distinct parts: (1) the energy for flat fracture and (2) the energy for shear fracture. According to the energy criterion, the K_IC values can be acquired by small‐size specimens through derivation. The results reveal that the estimated toughness value is consistent with the experimental data. The new method would be widely applied to predict the fracture toughness of metallic materials with small‐size specimens.     

Evaluation of the fracture toughness properties of polytetrafluoroethylene

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (Dupont Tradename Teflon) is a common polymer with many structural applications including sheet, gaskets, bearing pads, piston rings and diaphragms. The interest here developed because this polymer is being considered as the major component of a newly proposed `reactive' material with a possible application as a projectile to replace common inertial projectiles. Little mechanical property data is available on this material since it is commonly used only as a coating material with the dominant properties being its low friction coefficient and high application temperature. Previous work (Joyce, 2003) on commercially available sheet PTFE material has demonstrated the applicability of the normalization method of ASTM E1820 (1999), the elastic-plastic fracture toughness standard to develop fracture toughness properties of this material over a range of test temperatures and loading rates. Additional work on the aluminum filled `reactive' derivative of the basic PTFE polymer (Joyce and Joyce, 2004) has also recently been completed. In this work, standard ASTM E1820 fracture toughness specimens machined from sintered pucks of PTFE were tested at four test temperatures and at a range of test rates to determine the J _Ic and J resistance curve characteristics of the PTFE material. The major results are that while crack extension is difficult at standard laboratory loading rates at ambient (21 °C) temperature or above, for temperatures slightly below ambient or for elevated loading rates, a rapid degradation of fracture resistance occurs and cracking occurs in a ductile or even nearly brittle manner.     

Prediction of the Brittle Fracture Toughness of Neutron-Irradiated Reactor Pressure-Vessel Steels. Part 1

The irradiation effect on the temperature dependence of the brittle fracture toughness of reactor pressure-vessel steels is simulated using the probabilistic model for the fracture-toughness prediction, which was proposed by the authors earlier. The paper analyzes the irradiation effect on the parameters controlling the plastic deformation and brittle fracture of reactor pressure-vessel steels. We consider the mechanisms of microcrack nucleation in nonirradiated, irradiated, and post-irradiation-annealed reactor pressure-vessel steels.     

Fracture resistance of 8 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia

Anin situ technique for the assessment of fracture resistance employing double cantilever beam (DCB) specimens was developed in the present study. The side-grooved DCB specimens were loaded with pure bending moments in a specially designed and fabricated test fixture which went inside the specimen chamber of a scanning electron microscope. The study as conducted on a 8 mol% fully stabilized cubic phase yttria (Y₂O₃) stabilized zirconia (YSZ) ceramic. The powder processed sheets were sintered at 1600°C for 2 h in a zirconia tube furnace. The mode I applied energy release rate, G_I was determined for both pure YSZ and treated YSZ. Two sets of experiments were conducted for the complete characterization of the ceramics. Three fracture toughness values were determined for the pure and treated ceramics, viz. (i) at the onset of the crack initiation,G _ic, (ii) at the arrest of a subcritical crack, G_ia and (iii) at the onset of the fast fracture,G _if. Two analyses of the experimental data were carried out, viz. method of extrapolation and statistical analysis. In case of the pure YSZ, a transgranular mode of the stable crack growth was identified to be predominant. The porous coating treatment appeared to have positive effects as the crack initiation resistance increased due to electrode layers. The stable crack growth behaviours of the ceramics were investigated by monitoring the crack growth velocity as a function of appliedG values. The results obtained were of direct significance in designing and fabrication of SOFC stacks.     

Ⅰ-Ⅱ复合型裂纹脆性断裂的最小J_2准则

实际工程的结构中,裂纹多处于复合型状态,因此复合型裂纹断裂的理论研究有着更为重要的理论意义和实用价值。本文以Ⅰ-Ⅱ复合型裂纹为研究对象,将偏应力张量的第二不变量2J作为判定依据,预测了裂纹起裂的角度以及开裂荷载,并与一些实验数据进行了比较,符合得也较好。计算结果进一步表明了在裂纹起裂引起的应变能转化过程中,起主要作用的是形状改变比能这一事实,由此得出了另一个结论是在裂纹尖端,平行于裂纹方向的应力级数展开式中非奇异项对裂纹的开裂角度以及开裂荷载是有影响的。     

Brittle fracture assessment of engineering components in the presence of notches: a review

Brittle fracture of notched components has been widely investigated in recent decades both experimentally and theoretically. This is because of designers' concern about catastrophic failure in notched engineering components made of brittle or quasi‐brittle materials. Up to now, extensive studies have been performed on brittle fracture analysis of engineering components weakened by notches of various features under mode I, mode II, mode III and mixed mode loading conditions. In the present paper, the attempt is made to review the research articles published in the open literature on brittle fracture assessment of notched components by means of notch fracture mechanics concepts. The main focus of this paper is on the stress‐based fracture criteria, which are the basis of authors' experience in recent years.     

Prediction of the Brittle Fracture Toughness of Neutron-Irradiated Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels. Part 2

We apply the proposed model to study the effect of irradiation on the temperature dependence of brittle fracture toughness of 15Kh2MFA steel. We analyze also the influence of irradiation and the content of phosphorus and copper on the brittle fracture toughness. It is demonstrated that the probabilistic model, which is based on a new formulation of the brittle fracture criterion, allows an adequate prediction of the irradiation effect on the fracture toughness of reactor pressure vessel steels. Alternative models of prediction of fracture toughness are discussed.