An Investigation into the Effect of Normal Load Frequency on Fretting Fatigue Behavior of Al7075-T6

Most previous studies on fretting fatigue have been accomplished under constant normal loading and less attention has been paid to cyclic normal loading. An innovative test apparatus was specially designed and manufactured for fretting fatigue tests under cyclic loading in this work and the fretting fatigue behavior of Al7075-T6 was investigated at different normal load frequencies. A finite element model was developed to study the effect of normal load frequency on the contact stress distribution. It was found that the cyclic normal load has a more damaging effect on fretting fatigue life compared to constant normal load, particularly at lower frequencies. The results showed that at the normal load frequency of f = 1 Hz, fatigue life decreased by 52% in the high cycle fatigue regime and 28% in the low cycle fatigue regime. The experimental results also indicated that at the normal load frequency of 80 Hz, the fretting fatigue life converged to its corresponding life under constant normal load condition. The fracture surface and the fretting area of the specimens were examined using both optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The experimental observations showed that the dominant partial slip condition with a wider slip region compared to constant normal loading, severe delamination, and higher oxidation rate due to the normal load release at each cycle, are the most important reasons for significant reductions in fretting fatigue life, under cyclic normal loading, especially for low normal load frequencies.     

Finite Element Analysis of Localized Plasticity in Al 2024-T3 Subjected to Fretting Fatigue

Fretting fatigue is a combination of two complex mechanical phenomena, namely, fretting and fatigue. Fretting appears between components that are subjected to small relative oscillatory motion. Once these components undergo cyclic fatigue load at the same time, fretting fatigue occurs. Fretting fatigue is an important issue in aerospace structural design. Many studies have investigated fretting fatigue behavior; however, the majority have assumed elastic deformation and very few have considered the effect of plasticity. The main goal of this study is to monitor the effect of different fretting fatigue primary variables on localized plasticity in an aluminum alloy (Al 2024-T3) test specimen. In order to extract the stress distribution at the contact interface under elasto-plastic conditions, a modified finite element contact model was used. The contact model was verified through comparison with an elastic analytical solution. Then, a bilinear elasto-plastic isotropic hardening model with a von Mises yield surface was implemented to simulate the material behavior of the aluminum alloy. The effect of different fretting fatigue primary variables, such as axial stress, contact geometry, and coefficient of friction, on localized plasticity was investigated. Finally, the relationship between the location of maximum localized plasticity and Ruiz fretting damage parameter with the crack initiation site is discussed.     

Crack propagation behavior based on the characteristic of the interaction between two fatigue cracks

Stress interaction fields, which are caused by propagating cracks and other defects, can weaken structures. In this study, crack behavior in the interaction field caused by two different cracks is experimentally studied. In the experiment, the vertical distance between two cracks and the applied stresses are varied to craate different stress interaction fields. In addition, the effect of the plastic zone is used to examine the crack propagation path and rate. Three types of crack propagation in the interaction field were found, and the crack propagating path and rate of two cracks were significantly affected according to different applied stresses as each crack propagates. These results are attributed to the effect of the size and shape of the plastic zone.     

基于FRANC2D的疲劳裂纹扩展数值模拟

介绍了二维断裂分析有限元软件FRANC2D(Fracture Analysis Code in 2 Dimensions)疲劳裂纹扩展的基本原理以及一般计算过程,为了验证FRANC2D在疲劳裂纹扩展数值模拟方面的准确性,对含中心裂纹试样平板进行疲劳试验,并将试验结果和软件中模拟的结果进行对比,同时进一步说明其方法.     

Fretting fatigue behavior of Al7075-T6 at sub-zero temperature

In some fretting fatigue applications, such as aero industry, the temperature may drop well below −50 °C Fretting fatigue behavior of aluminum alloy Al7075-T6 is investigated at temperatures of 24, 0, −25 and −50 °C in this work. The results show that (i) normal fatigue life increases considerably at sub-zero temperatures up to around 85% for low working stresses and reduces to about 40% for higher working stresses; (ii) fretting fatigue life at sub-zero temperatures rises significantly up to around 220% for low working stresses and reduces to about 50% for higher working stresses; (iii) ultimate strength of material changes from −15% to 15% under the fretting fatigue test conditions; and finally (iv) some parameters such as mechanical properties and fatigue behavior of material at low temperatures, contact load relaxation, crack closure, oxidation and some unknown sources can be thought to be responsible for fretting fatigue behavior of Al7075-T6 at sub-zero temperatures.     

A New Investigation on the Effect of Re-shot Peening on Fretting Fatigue Behavior of A17075-T6

Fretting fatigue life of materials can be improved by surface treatment such as shot peening. In this investigation, the effect of multiple re-shot peening on the fretting fatigue behavior of A17075-T6 is studied. After each re-shot peening, the specimen was subjected to 60% of its expected fretting fatigue life. The process of re-shot peening continued until the effect of any further re-shot peening became insignificant. The results showed an increase of 60–70% for the first re-shot peening depending on stress level. The increase, however, was sharply reduced for the next re-shot peenings such that for the third re-shot peening the increase dropped below 10%, which was not as significant. On the whole, the fretting fatigue life increased by 390–410% with respect to the life of virgin specimens depending on the stress level. The results indicated that fretting fatigue life improvement using the 60% of prior life consumption was considerably lower than that obtained for the 80% of expected life as used in previous investigations. An artificial neural network can be employed for estimation of fretting fatigue life at the stress levels not considered in the investigation.     

润滑材料特性对接触疲劳裂纹的影响

在边界润滑条件下，当接触表面的液体不足以形成稳定的润滑膜，此时研究接触特性不同于弹流润滑。液体渗入到表面裂纹中必然对裂纹的扩展产生影响。本文用线弹性断裂力学理论，采用液－力耦合二维有限元方法分析了滚动接触微观裂纹受力状态，研究了在不同润滑剂特性影响下裂纹尖端应力强度因子的变化趋势，同时考虑了裂纹倾斜角和摩擦系数变化的因素，阐明了润滑剂对表面微观裂纹尖端及接触区域的影响。     

声发射技术在疲劳裂纹检测中的应用

主要讨论了声发射技术应用于疲劳裂纹的检测.根据疲劳裂纹的信号特征及测试场合,选用合适的疲劳裂纹检测方法,结合板簧疲劳裂纹试验机上的实验分析,得出声发射技术应用于疲劳裂纹检测的优势.     

Crack Propagation of Rolling Contact Fatigue in Ball Bearing Steel Due to Tensile Strain

Crack propagations or failure modes in rolling element bearings, which had been difficult to explain via conventional crack propagation mechanisms such as the orthogonal shear stress mechanism, were discussed from the viewpoint of a tensile strain mechanism. Contact stresses are compressive in three axes, whose values differ from each other; then strain can be tensile in one of these directions, acting at a right angle to the direction of maximum compressive stress. A crack is considered to propagate by this tensile strain. When contact stress is small, a crack produced by some cause can propagate by this elastic tensile strain. When contact stress is large, residual tensile strain is produced by plastic deformation, which can also influence the crack propagation. Several failure modes of rolling element bearings, which had been difficult to explain, were explained by tensile strain.     

Numerical Investigation on the Effects of Machining-Induced White Layer during Rolling Contact

It is well known that a thin phase-transformed white layer can be formed on component surfaces produced by hard machining. However, it is not clear as to how the white layer affects component performance, for example, in rolling contact fatigue. This study aims to determine the effects of white layer and associated residual stress on rolling contact stresses and strains. It is nearly impossible for an experimental study to identify the effects of white layer alone on rolling contact. Furthermore, small-scale contact stresses and strains (less than 30 μm) of the phase-transformed region are difficult to measure using the current experimental techniques. Therefore, a finite element analysis simulation model of rolling contact incorporating machining-induced surface integrity has been developed in this study. Three cases were investigated to decouple the effects of surface integrity factors: surface with white layer only, surface with residual stress only, and surface with white layer and residual stress. The simulation results show that distinct material properties of the white layer significantly influence the magnitudes and distributions of near-surface stresses and strains instead of those in the subsurface. Furthermore, it can be inferred that the white layer would affect near-surface fatigue damage instead of subsurface fatigue damage. The simulated near-surface fatigue damage mechanisms have been substantiated by the fatigue test data.     

On the application of a micromechanical small fatigue crack growth model to predict fretting fatigue life in AA7075-T6 under spherical contact

This work presents a method for assessing the fretting fatigue life by estimating the fatigue crack growth rate from the regime of microcracks to the final failure, which is achieved using a two-threshold small fatigue crack growth model. The propagation thresholds are associated with the interaction of the "monotonic plastic zone" and the "cyclic plastic zone" with the microstructure of the material. The predicted fatigue life and the estimated non-propagating cracks agree very well with the experimental fretting fatigue tests with spherical contact in 7075-T6 aluminium alloy.     

A New Statistical Model of Contact Fatigue

A detailed derivation of a new statistical model of contact fatigue life followed by its qualitative and quantitative analysis are presented. The model is based on contact and fracture mechanics and statistical treatment of the initial distribution of material defect. The model assumptions and their validation as well as the model properties are discussed. A parametric study of the model is performed. A generalization of the model for the case of stochastic residual stress or other contact parameters is proposed. Some analytical formulas for calculation of contact fatigue are proposed and analyzed. The validation of the model and its applicability to calculation of bearing fatigue life and some particular data are considered. A reflection of the quality of bearing manufacturing process on the contact fatigue model is discussed.     

Effect of Lubricant Degradation on Contact Fatigue

It is well known that contact fatigue is affected by contact pressure, frictional stress, residual stress, initial distribution of material flaws, and so on. The behavior of contact pressure and, primarily, the frictional stress is determined by the viscous properties of the lubricant used. It is also recognized that lubricants degrade while passing through lubricated contacts. Degradation of lubricants causes viscosity loss that, in turn, reduces the frictional stress and raises contact fatigue life. The objective of this study was to find out the extent to which lubricant degradation may change contact fatigue life of elastic surfaces completely separated by lubricant. The analysis was performed numerically based on the models of contact fatigue and lubricant degradation recently developed by the author. The results showed that contact fatigue life of solids completely separated by lubricants with the same ambient viscosity may vary significantly due to the specific way lubricants are formulated. In particular, contact fatigue life is strongly affected by the initial molecular weight distribution of the polymeric additive (viscosity improver) in the lubricant and contact operating conditions, which in some cases promote fast lubricant degradation caused by high lubricant shearing stresses.     

典型构件疲劳微裂纹全寿命预测方法研究

基于损伤力学理论建立金属疲劳裂纹损伤模型,结合有限元法预估疲劳微裂纹萌生及扩展全寿命。引入附加载荷法,实现了对刚度矩阵的连续计算,应用Matlab编程计算,通过对单个单元的损伤计算,得到了单元从无损到破坏过程中等效应力的变化,进而给出疲劳裂纹损伤模型,并对不同规格金属试件的疲劳寿命预估。将计算结果与试验结果进行对比,得到的相对误差在接受范围内,验证了该模型的准确性,对于研究金属试件微观损伤以及疲劳寿命预估具有重要的参考意义。     

基于疲劳理论的汽车空气悬架结构件的弯曲强度计算

针对某种型号客车的空气悬架，应用ANSYS软件对弹簧支架进行了有限元分析，计算了弹簧支架的应力、变形特性，在此基础上计算了弹簧支架的疲劳强度。     

航空发动机涡轮盘用GH4133B合金疲劳裂纹扩展行为研究

材料的疲劳寿命由裂纹形成寿命和扩展寿命两部分组成。针对航空发动机涡轮盘用GH4133B合金,进行室温下不同应力比的疲劳裂纹扩展试验,测试疲劳裂纹扩展门槛值。Paris公式回归分析结果表明,裂纹扩展速率随应力强度因子和应力比的增大而增大,含门槛值的修正Paris公式能精确描述疲劳裂纹扩展行为。利用光学显微镜在线观测裂纹扩展路径,并利用扫描电镜考察试样断口微观形貌。结果发现,随应力强度因子增大,裂纹扩展路径由平直变得曲折。在疲劳裂纹萌生区、稳定扩展区和快速扩展区,断裂表面依次呈现为解理断裂、疲劳条带和沿晶韧窝混合断裂模式。基于断口反推理论反推载荷和裂纹扩展方程,结果表明,利用反推方程预测疲劳裂纹的扩展,可有效防范疲劳断裂的发生。     

Numerical analysis for prediction of fatigue crack opening level

Finite element analysis (FEA) is the most popular numerical method to simulate plasticity-induced fatigue crack closure and can predict fatigue crack closure behavior. Finite element analysis under plane stress state using 4-node isoparametric elements is performed to investigate the detailed closure behavior of fatigue cracks and the numerical results are compared with experimental results. The mesh of constant size elements on the crack surface can not correctly predict the opening level for fatigue crack as shown in the previous works. The crack opening behavior for the size mesh with a linear change shows almost flat stress level after a crack tip has passed by the monotonic plastic zone. The prediction of crack opening level presents a good agreement with published experimental data regardless of stress ratios, which are using the mesh of the elements that are in proportion to the reversed plastic zone size considering the opening stress intensity factors. Numerical interpolation results of finite element analysis can precisely predict the crack opening level. This method shows a good agreement with the experimental data regardless of the stress ratios and kinds of materials.     

Ti-6Al-4V燕尾榫结构微动疲劳裂纹萌生及扩展行为研究

针对Ti-6Al-4V钛合金燕尾榫连接结构在不同载荷下的微动疲劳现象,采用榫形微动疲劳试验进行研究,并对裂纹萌生扩展、微动磨损及断口进行分析。结果表明,微动疲劳使构件疲劳寿命显著降低约70%;疲劳载荷对微动裂纹扩展的影响比对裂纹萌生的影响更大;微动疲劳裂纹起始于接触面边缘,与接触表面约成45°角,裂纹扩展到60~150μm后转向与接触表面垂直;微动疲劳断口形貌表面在微动磨损区具有多个裂纹源点,但只有一个主裂纹形成。     

Fatigue crack propagation behavior in STS304 under mixed-mode loading

The use of fracture mechanics has traditionally concentrated on crack growth under an opening mechanism. However, many service failures occur from cracks subjected to mixed-mode loading. Hence, it is necessary to evaluate the fatigue behavior under mixed-mode loading. Under mixed-mode loading, not only the fatigue crack propagation rate is of importance, but also the crack propagation direction. In modified range 0.3≤a/W≤0.5, the stress intensity factors (SIFs) of mode I and mode II for the compact tension shear (CTS) specimen were calculated by using elastic finite element analysis. The propagation behavior of the fatigue cracks of cold rolled stainless steels (STS304) under mixed-mode conditions was evaluated by using K_I and K_II(SIFs of mode I and mode II). The maximum tangential stress (MTS) criterion and stress intensity factor were applied to predict the crack propagation direction and the propagation behavior of fatigue cracks.     

焊接结构件疲劳裂纹扩展的数值研究

针对焊接结构件中出现地裂纹现象,建立塔式起重机起重臂有限元模型。采用有限元数值模拟,同时考虑残余应力的影响,计算QTZ40塔机起重臂下弦杆与水平腹杆焊接处在变幅小车满载和空载状态下,不同长度裂纹对应的应力强度因子,建立裂纹应力强度因子幅与裂纹长度的函数关系,进而估算塔机起重臂的疲劳寿命。结果表明:应力强度因子幅随裂纹长度的增加而增大,当裂纹长度到达某一值后,应力强度因子幅呈指数型加快形式,故采取有效措施防止裂纹的快速扩展,可提高结构的疲劳寿命。