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.     

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。     

GH864合金蠕变/疲劳裂纹扩展速率及a-N曲线分析

研究了GH864合金不同保载时间下650℃蠕变/疲劳裂纹扩展行为,分析了裂纹扩展过程中蠕变和氧化的作用,以及a-N曲线的转折点含义。结果表明:保载5s时GH864合金以穿晶断裂为主,疲劳作用占主导;保载90s时GH864合金以沿晶断裂为主,蠕变作用占主导。利用Saxena模型可较好地表征本实验条件下650℃蠕变/疲劳交互作用的裂纹扩展速率曲线,可估算较高应力强度因子和较低应力强度因子的裂纹扩展速率。另外,用Saxena模型可求出蠕变和疲劳的表达式,对比分析高温蠕变/疲劳交互作用的裂纹扩展过程中蠕变和疲劳的作用及所占的比例。最后针对a-Ni/Nf、da/dN-a曲线及da/dN-N曲线变换中出现的拐点,结合断口形貌分析了转折点对应的含义。高温合金及其它材料的裂纹扩展速率曲线也适用于以上曲线分析方法。     

腐蚀疲劳裂缝扩展的韧带模型

采用４３４０、１５和Ａ５０８三种结构钢,八种热处理状态;测定了它们在空气、海水和蒸馏水中的疲劳、应力腐蚀和腐蚀疲劳裂缝扩展速率,并进行了定量断口分析。在比较了叠加模型、竞争模型与实验结果的差异之后,提出了腐蚀疲劳裂缝扩展的韧带模型,拟出了该模型的计算程序。结果表明,尽管这个模型还比较粗糙,某些常数的决定还有点勉强,但由此估算的腐蚀疲劳扩展曲线,无论在形状和数值上,都与实验吻合;而它的简单方便,为工程应用提供了有利条件。     

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。     

Fatigue crack growth rate in underwater wet welds: out of water evaluation

The characteristics of fatigue crack propagation in welds produced in conventional conditions (welds made out of water) and in underwater repair welding conditions (underwater wet welding) were evaluated out of water. The fatigue crack growth rates da/dN showed considerable dependence on pore density and distribution, factors that vary significantly with the welding process and the environment. Variations in the fatigue crack propagation rate were correlated with analysis of the fracture surface in the zone of stable crack propagation. The results of this study show that the underwater wet welding procedure produces weld metal resistant to fatigue, which is suitable for use at low applied stresses in offshore structures.     

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.     

Prediction of Cold Dwell-Fatigue Crack Growth of Titanium Alloys

The dwell effect of the material can reduce the fatigue lives of titanium alloys at room temperature. A unified fatigue life prediction method developed by the authors' group is modified in this paper to predict dwell-fatigue crack growth taking into account the effects of dwell time and maximum stress. The modified model can be successfully used to predict the crack growth rate and calculate the fatigue life of different titanium alloys under pure fatigue and dwell-fatigue conditions. It is validated by comparing prediction results with the experimental data of several titanium alloys with different microstructures, dwell time, hydrogen contents, stress ratios and stress levels.     

Effect of three dimensional stress state on unstable fracture condition and crack opening level in a new crack growth model

A new model for the analysis of fatigue crack growth in the metal structures was proposed. This model shows a promising capability of explaining various fatigue phenomena. The new crack growth model is further completed by a continuous empirical formula for estimating the value of variable fracture toughness during crack propagation and a modified continuous equation for the crack tip stress/strain constraint factor used to calculate the stress intensity factor at the opening level. The prediction results are proved to agree well with the observed phenomena in test.     

Predictions of the initial non- steady- state crack growth behavior in the creepjfatigue of the nickel- base superalloy AP1

Using the fracture mechanics parametersK and C* to analyze cyclic crack growth test results carried out on the nickel-base superalloy API, the effects of test frequency on the initial incubation time followed by transient cracking rates and the steady-state secondary crack growth rates were considered. The crack-ing behavior at 700 °C for this material exhibits a frequency dependence over a range of 0.001 to 10 Hz. It has been shown that, at high temperatures under steady-state cracking conditions, fatigue processes are most dominant at high frequencies, and conversely, time-dependent creep dominates at low frequen-cies. The creep cracking rate is described by a model linked to the exhaustion of available ductility in a creep process zone at the crack tip, and the fatigue rate is linked to the Paris Law equation. For the sec-ondary regime of crack growth, the effects of frequency are described in a cumulative damage model de-veloped for creepJfatigue interaction. For the crack incubation and the transient process under initial loading, the model is extended to predict the cracking behavior in the creep regime at low cyclic frequen-cies. For the higher frequencies, fatigue dominates and creep transient effects are not observed experi-mentally.     

HIGH TEMPERATURE CRACK PROPAGATION AND FRACTUREOF SUPERALLOYS

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Fatigue life prediction using two stage model for AISI 304L cruciform joints,with different fillet geometry,failing at toe

Abstract

Reports in the literature indicate that the fillet geometry affects the fatigue properties of cruciform welded joints in structural steels. In an attempt to study the above effect with respect to stainless steel sheet metal welded joints, load carrying transverse fillet welded cruciform joints having a two fillet geometry were fabricated from AISI 304L stainless steel using gas tungsten arc welding and gas metal arc welding with 308L electrodes. The objective of the present work is to predict the fatigue life of AISI 304L cruciform joints failing at the weld toe using a two stage model. The local stress life method was applied to calculate the fatigue crack initiation life, whereas the fatigue crack propagation life was estimated using fracture mechanics concepts. Constant amplitude fatigue tests with stress ratio R ~ 0 were carried out using a 100 kN servohydraulic Dartec universal testing machine at a frequency of 30 Hz. An automatic crack monitoring system based on crack propagation gauges was used to obtain the propagation data during the fatigue process. The predicted lives were compared with the experimental values.     

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.     

Prediction of fatigue crack propagation life in notched members under variable amplitude loading

One of the interesting phenomenon in the study of fatigue crack propagation under variable amplitude load cycling is the crack growth retardation that normally occurs due to the application of a periodic overload. Fatigue crack growth rate under simple variable amplitude loading sequence incorporating period overloads is studied using single edge notched specimens of AISI304 stainless steel. Load interaction effects due to single and multiple overload have been addressed. Substantial retardation of fatigue crack growth rate is observed due to the introduction of periodic tensile overloads. Estimates of fatigue life have been obtained employing Wheeler model (using Paris and modified Paris equations) and Elber’s model. Analytical predictions are compared with experimental results. Results of these analytical fatigue life predictions show good agreement with the experimental fatigue life data. Fatigue crack propagation rates also have been evaluated from the fractographic study of fatigue striations seen on the fracture surface. Good agreement was found between the experimentally observed crack growth rates and the fatigue crack growth rates determined by the fractographic studies.     

Life prediction of titanium MMCs under low-cycle fatigue

Low-cycle fatigue failure in titanium metal matrix composites is caused by two separate damage mechanisms: fatigue crack growth in the Ti matrix and fiber breakage. Here, a coupled numerical model for predicting both crack growth and fiber breakage is developed and applied to predict low-cycle fatigue lives in a SiC-fiber reinforced Ti matrix composite. A three-dimensional finite element model containing a matrix crack, nucleated on the first loading cycle in the reaction layer around a fiber, that is bridged by SiC fibers is used to calculate both the matrix crack tip stress intensity factor and the local fiber stress concentrations due to the matrix crack, as a function of the crack size. The crack tip stress intensity factor is used in a Paris-law model for the growth rate of the matrix crack. The local stress distributions in the fibers are used as the effective “applied” load within a three-dimensional Greens Function method that simulates the fiber damage process at any fixed fatigue crack size. Fiber failure preferentially occurs within the matrix crack region, where the fiber stresses are comparatively high, and composite failure occurs when the damage in this region is sufficient to drive fiber failure throughout the remainder of the composite in a crack-like fracture mode. A fatigue life threshold is predicted at about 80% of the quasistatic tensile strength, where the fiber bundle can survive even with a matrix crack extending throughout the entire cross-section. Predictions for the low-cycle fatigue of Ti-matrix (IMI834) reinforced with SCS-6 SiC fibers compare well with available experimental data at high stresses using pristine fiber strengths and no adjustable parameters. Using literature values for the fatigued fiber strength beyond 10⁴ cycles and no adjustable parameters, the experimental data are also well matched at lower stresses. The model demonstrates that fatigue life can be dependent on actual composite size and can be very sensitive to initial fiber damage.     

基于动态贝叶斯网络的海底管道点蚀疲劳损伤失效模型研究

目的研究海底管道在点腐蚀和腐蚀疲劳双重影响下的整个破坏过程,基于动态贝叶斯网络构建系统失效模型,对海底管道系统不同疲劳寿命下的失效概率进行预测。方法将点蚀疲劳损伤过程分为腐蚀点成核、腐蚀坑增长、短裂纹扩展和长裂纹扩展四个阶段,采用蒙特卡洛模拟方法对腐蚀点形成到短裂纹发生前的管道破坏过程进行分析,结合疲劳裂纹扩展的动态贝叶斯网络结构图,在充分考虑相关影响因素不确定性的基础上,为海底点蚀管道系统提出一种创新性的概率分析方法,对点蚀管道疲劳寿命的失效概率进行科学预测。结果结合实例分析,通过蒙特卡洛模拟方法,求解得出腐蚀坑增长转变为短裂纹扩展状态的临界裂纹尺寸为0.8mm。采用动态贝叶斯网络分析方法,对未经受维修保养的点蚀管道进行疲劳寿命预测,当管道运行到第35年时将会面临失效风险。结论所构建的模型可以对海底点蚀管道腐蚀疲劳寿命失效概率进行合理预测,通过观测相关影响参数的变化,及时更新预测结果,有助于为海底管道系统制定有效的维修策略。     

喷丸强化残余应力对AISI304不锈钢疲劳裂纹扩展行为的影响

目的 探究喷丸强化残余压应力对AISI 304不锈钢疲劳裂纹扩展行为的影响规律.方法 建立并联合紧凑拉伸(CT)试样三维有限元模型和对称胞元喷丸有限元模型,发展一套多步骤数值模拟方法.首先,建立AISI 304不锈钢CT试样的三维有限元模型,模拟不同外加交变载荷工况下的疲劳裂纹扩展过程.基于线弹性断裂力学理论,利用裂纹闭合技术,计算不同裂纹长度对应的应力强度因子范围,采用修正的Paris公式计算疲劳裂纹扩展速率,并通过试验数据对计算结果进行考核.其次,建立多弹丸分层逐次冲击靶面的对称胞元喷丸有限元模型,模拟100％和200％喷丸覆盖率下的残余应力场,并通过试验数据对该对称胞元喷丸有限元模型的有效性进行验证.最后,将喷丸强化诱导的残余应力场以读写外部文件的方式导入CT试样三维有限元模型,模拟在内部残余应力场和外部交变载荷共同作用下的疲劳裂纹扩展行为.结果 对于相同的喷丸工况,保持外加载荷比不变而减小最大外加载荷,或者保持最大外加载荷不变而减小外加载荷比,喷丸强化诱导的残余压应力对疲劳裂纹扩展的抑制作用愈加显著.对于相同的外加载荷工况,200％喷丸覆盖率工况比100％喷丸覆盖率工况更能有效降低AISI 304不锈钢的疲劳裂纹扩展速率.结论 喷丸强化诱导的残余压应力场能够有效抑制AISI 304不锈钢的疲劳裂纹扩展.     

涡轮盘中心孔三维疲劳裂纹扩展分析

基于有限元软件ABAQUS和三维裂纹扩展分析软件Franc3D,对涡轮盘中心孔三维疲劳裂纹扩展进行研究分析。首先,对平板试样表面裂纹进行裂纹扩展模拟计算研究,对比手册中Gross/Brown理论模型验证裂纹扩展应力强度因子数值模拟的准确性;其次,针对涡扇发动机涡轮盘结构,对轮盘不同外缘等效应力、转速情况的应力强度因子以及考虑初始缺陷的三维疲劳裂纹扩展寿命进行计算;最后,讨论发动机载荷差异对应力强度因子和裂纹扩展寿命影响规律。结果表明:在相同裂纹长度时,应力强度因子随着轮盘外缘等效应力和转速增加而增大,载荷越大疲劳寿命则越短,且裂纹越长,影响越大。为工程上三维裂纹扩展计算以及寿命评估提供参考。     

GH2036高温合金平板裂纹闭合效应及裂纹扩展模型

为探明GH2036高温合金的低循环疲劳裂纹扩展机理,对GH2036高温合金平板在550℃、不同应力比下的低循环疲劳裂纹扩展特性进行了试验研究,采用数字图像相关(DIC)方法确定了GH2036高温合金的张开应力强度因子。结果表明,温度550℃、应力比大于0.7时GH2036高温合金无裂纹闭合现象,在此基础上建立了以残余裂尖张开位移、应力比为参量的GH2036高温合金裂纹闭合模型。而后,断口的SEM分析表明:随着应力比的增加,裂纹扩展区由穿晶断裂向沿晶断裂转化。最后,基于GH2036高温合金的裂纹闭合模型,建立了GH2036高温合金平板的低循环疲劳裂纹扩展寿命预测方法,与试验数据吻合良好,验证了方法的准确性。     

Effect of interstitial content on high- temperature fatigue crack propagation and low- cycle fatigue of alloy 720

Alloy 720 is a high-strength cast and wrought turbine disc alloy currently in use for temperatures up to about 650 °C in Allison’s T800, T406, GMA 2100, and GMA 3007 engines. In the original composition in-tended for use as turbine blades, large carbide and boride stringers formed and acted as preferred crack initiators. Stringering was attributed to relatively higher boron and carbon levels. These interstitials are known to affect creep and ductility of superalloys, but the effects on low-cycle fatigue and fatigue crack propagation have not been studied. Recent emphasis on the total life approach in the design of turbine discs necessitates better understanding of the interactive fatigue crack propagation and low-cycle fatigue behavior at high temperatures. The objective of this study was to improve the damage tolerance of Alloy 720 by systematically modifying boron and carbon levels in the master melt, without altering the low-cy-cle fatigue and strength characteristics of the original composition. Improvement in strain-controlled low-cycle fatigue life was achieved by fragmenting the continuous stringers via composition modifica-tion. The fatigue crack propagation rate was reduced by a concurrent reduction of both carbon and bo-ron levels to optimally low levels at which the frequency of brittle second phases was minimal. The changes in composition have been incorporated for production disc forgings.