FATIGUE DESIGN OF SPOT-WELDED AUSTENITIC AND DUPLEX STAINLESS SHEET STEELS

The fatigue strength of spot-welded stainless sheet steels has been investigated. The main part of the fatigue tests was performed on a cold rolled austenitic stainless sheet steel (AISI304) in air at ambient temperature. For comparison, a duplex stainless steel (SAF2304) of similar yield strength as AISI304 was also incorporated into the test programme. Since the fatigue strength of spot-welded joints depends on the mode of loading, both shear-loaded and peel-loaded joints were tested. The fatigue strength of the spot-welded stainless steels was found to decrease with decreasing sheet thickness. Furthermore, the fatigue strength for peel-loaded joints is lower than that of shear-loaded joint for sheets of equal thickness.
The local loading conditions at the weld edge have been analysed in terms of finite element calculations and fracture mechanics. A design parameter derived from a fracture mechanics analysis was defined for spot-welded stainless sheet steels. It was shown to predict the fatigue life of the present steels and joint configurations in a satisfactory way.     

循环荷载下奥氏体型和双相型不锈钢材料本构关系研究

为研究循环荷载下不锈钢材料的本构关系,对奥氏体型S30408不锈钢和双相型S220503不锈钢材料进行了单调拉伸和大应变超低周循环加载试验。采用三种常用的单调拉伸本构模型对所得应力-应变曲线进行拟合,得到相应单调荷载下材料本构参数;采用Ramberg-Osgood本构模型对循环骨架曲线进行拟合,得到材料循环强化参数;利用Chaboche塑性本构模型,标定了两种材料的循环本构参数。结果表明：在单调拉伸荷载下,G-R-O本构模型更适用于拟合不锈钢材料的单调拉伸本构;在循环荷载下,不锈钢材料滞回曲线饱满,且随着应变增大,两种材料在加载后期均表现出了明显的循环强化现象;Ramberg-Osgood本构模型对骨架曲线拟合较好,有限元计算结果和试验滞回曲线吻合度高;表明该文标定出的强化参数、循环本构参数可用于结构体系地震响应分析之中,为准确分析不锈钢结构在地震作用下的受力性能提供参考。     

EFFECT OF GRAIN SIZE ON COLLECTIVE DAMAGE OF SHORT CRACKS AND FATIGUE LIFE ESTIMATION FOR A STAINLESS STEEL

In the short crack regime of the fatigue process, grain boundaries in steels are barriers against crack growth. In this paper, we use: (1) a method involving crack density; and (2) a method of dimensional analysis, to evaluate the effects of grain size and grain-boundary resistance on short crack behaviour and fatigue life. The results show that the fatigue life increases with a decrease in grain size and an enlargement in the obstacle effect of a grain boundary. An experimental investigation is consequently performed and four groups of stainless steel specimens are used with different grain sizes. The experimental measurements show the dependence of fatigue properties on grain size, which are in good agreement with the theoretical results.     

HOT SPOT STRESS APPROACH TO FATIGUE STRENGTH ANALYSIS OF WELDED COMPONENTS: FATIGUE TEST DATA FOR STEEL PLATE THICKNESSES UP TO 10 MM

Abstract— The use of the hot spot stress approach to the fatigue analysis of welded components is briefly described. Results are presented of fatigue tests on arc welded steel joints (C-Mn and stainless), carried out at Lappeenranta University of Technology between 1980 and 1993, based on the hot spot approach. Based on experimentally-measured hot spot strains, the fatigue capacities of around 100 specimens of C-Mn steel joints, and 80 stainless steel joints, were found to be consistent. The fatigue class FAT 100, or in many cases FAT 112 or higher, can be used as the design hot spot fatigue strength for toe failure of welded joints of moderate thickness, i.e. up to 10 mm. A sharp transition at the fusion zone from the base metal to the weld was clearly shown to be detrimental, leading to a fatigue capacity below average. The log, value of the standard deviation of fatigue life, or the fatigue capacity (Δσ³ N ), was typically 0.13 within a series of C-Mn joints. Statistical analysis of all test data concerning weld toe failure gave a standard deviation of 0.24. By considering all the specimens in one series, a mean fatigue strength of FAT 148, and a characteristic fatigue strength of FAT 107, were obtained.     

00Cr25Ni7M03N双相不锈钢HAZ组织对韧性的影响

采用焊接热模拟技术,对００Ｃi25Ni7MO3N双相不锈钢进行了几种浅级量下的多层焊ＨＡＺ组织模拟,结果表明,γ相的数量和形貌,铁素体晶粒尺寸以及析出相对００Ｃr25Ni7Mo3N双相不锈钢ＨＡＺ组织及韧性均有一定的影响,当线能量Ｅ＝２０kj/cm,一次峰值温度Ｔp1=1300℃,二次峰值温度Ｔp2=110０℃时,冲击韧性值达２２４Ｊ,为制定此钢种的焊接工艺提供了重要的依据。     

LONG LIFE SPECTRUM FATIGUE OF CARBON AND STAINLESS STEEL WELDS

Abstract— Fatigue tests of non-load carrying carbon and stainless steel fillet welds have been performed using spectrum loading typical for rail vehicles. The proportion of spectrum cycles exceeding the constant amplitude fatigue limit ranged between 0.86% and 100% and cycles to failure ranged from 4.2 ± 10⁵ to 2.1 ± 10⁷. For the longest tests, the majority of fatigue damage was contributed by cycles with stress ranges less than the constant amplitude fatigue limit. For the carbon steel welds a significant portion of fatigue damage was produced by cycles with stress ranges less than 50% of the fatigue limit but only a small fraction of damage was produced by cycles of this size for the stainless steel welds. The carbon steel welds had slightly better fatigue strength at lives less than 10⁷ cycles but results suggest that stainless steels may have superior long-life variable amplitude fatigue strength when a greater portion of life is spent in the early stages of crack nucleation and growth.     

18-8奥氏体不锈钢焊接接头晶间腐蚀的评定及控制

介绍了18-8奥氏体不锈钢焊接件焊接接头抗晶间腐蚀能力的检验和评定方法,对焊接接头晶间腐蚀的原因进行了分析,阐述了在焊接过程中的主要方面实施的有效控制方法,以提高不锈钢焊件抗晶间腐蚀的能力.     

钢桥面板纵肋与横隔板焊接细节表面缺陷及疲劳效应研究

初始焊接缺陷是影响结构件疲劳性能的关键因素之一。在断裂力学评估框架下引入特征化初始焊接缺陷,结合相互作用积分法与复合断裂准则解决由表面缺陷所导致的复合型疲劳裂纹扩展问题,在此基础上编写裂纹扩展模拟程序,建立表面焊接缺陷效应评价方法,通过分析揭示了不同形态和尺度的初始焊接缺陷对于钢桥面板纵肋与横隔板构造细节裂纹扩展关键性度量指标和疲劳寿命预测的影响。结果表明：所建立的方法可有效用于评估焊趾部位表面焊接缺陷对于疲劳性能的效应;面状缺陷对于裂纹扩展度量指标和疲劳寿命预测结果的影响更为显著,其初始缺陷深度和形态均是影响疲劳性能的关键因素,体积型缺陷对于疲劳寿命的影响主要由深度方向的缺陷尺寸决定;焊接缺陷的形态和几何参数取值应根据工程实际和规范建议值共同确定,直接简化为面状缺陷会低估结构件的疲劳寿命;考虑焊接缺陷不确定性的可靠度评估方法尚需进一步研究。     

焊接箱形截面不锈钢柱相关稳定性能分析

采用有限元法对焊接箱形截面不锈钢柱的局部与整体相关稳定性能进行分析,研究利用板件的屈曲后强度,以实现更为经济合理的构件截面设计。建立了可以准确模拟不锈钢非线性材料力学性能、截面焊接残余应力和构件的局部与整体几何初始缺陷等因素的精确有限元数值模型,并依据试验结果对模型的可靠性进行了验证。基于验证可靠的有限元模型,开展了系统参数分析,同时补充了大量的数值计算数据点。根据得到的试验和有限计算结果,对相关稳定承载力的理论计算方法进行了比较分析,表明现有的方法应用较为复杂,而且可能高估构件的相关稳定承载力。针对奥氏体型和双相型两类不锈钢提出了通用的计算修正系数,给出了新的直接强度法计算公式,经试验与有限元计算结果验证,表明其能够准确计算焊接箱形截面不锈钢柱的相关稳定承载力。     

冷却条件对超级钢焊接接头组织和性能的影响

400MPa级超级钢主要特征是高洁净度和超细晶粒组织。采用钨极氩弧焊对400MPa级超级钢施焊,并对其空冷和水冷两种冷却方式下的显微组织和力学性能进行分析。结果表明,空冷条件下焊接接头热影响区（HAZ）晶粒严重长大、强度下降,并出现软化区;焊接过程采用喷水冷却加快了冷却速度,有效抑制了焊接接头热影响区晶粒的长大,改善了接头组织,提高了贝氏体和低碳马氏体的含量,进而改善了接头的综合力学性能,满足实际焊接要求。     

THE INFLUENCE OF AGEING AT INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF A DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL: Part II. FATIGUE LIFE AND FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH

Abstract— The mechanical behaviour of AISI 329 steel has been investigated for ageing times up to 20,000 h at temperatures of 475, 425, 375, 325 and 275°C. The study has concentrated on the changes in the response to cyclic strains, in the low-and the high-cycle fatigue regimes, and in the resistance to fatigue crack propagation as a function of temperature and time of ageing.
It is shown that ageing increases the fatigue resistance in the high-cycle fatigue regime, but the opposite occurs in the low-cycle fatigue regime. Ageing increases the LEFM threshold stress intensity factor range for fatigue crack propagation which reaches high values in these alloys, and is influenced by the fatigue load ratio. Crack closure contributes to the LEFM threshold stress intensity factor range for crack propagation only in the annealed condition of the AISI 329 steel.     

不锈钢表面粗糙度对超高分子量聚乙烯摩擦磨损性能的影响

以超高分子量聚乙烯软骨材料为销样,316不锈钢硬骨材料为盘样,在自制的销－盘式磨损试验机上考察了不锈钢盘样表面粗糙度对超高分子量聚乙烯摩擦磨损性能的影响,并利用光学显微镜观察了摩擦副表面的形貌,结果表明,在干摩擦条件下,表面粗糙度对超高分子量聚乙烯的摩擦磨损有较大影响,存在着适合的表面粗糙度范围,使超高分子量聚乙烯摩擦系数,磨损率最小。     

建筑结构钢超低周疲劳断裂破坏的损伤预测模型

针对地震作用下建筑结构钢的超低周疲劳断裂问题,在单调加载损伤模型的基础上,提出了一种适用于超低周循环加载情况下的损伤预测模型,并借助ABAQUS软件的用户自定义材料子程序模块,将建立的损伤预测模型引入到有限元分析程序中。然后分别依据建筑钢结构母材、热影响区和焊缝金属缺口试样的单调加载和超低周循环加载试验,标定了材料的损伤模型参数,并对比分析了缺口圆棒试样在不同加载方式下的损伤演化规律,损伤分析结果表明缺口圆棒试样的裂纹都产生于试样截面中心处,这与试验结果一致。最后,以钢框架梁柱焊接节点为研究对象,应用损伤模型分析了节点危险部位的损伤演化规律,数值模拟了节点的超低周疲劳断裂破坏过程,最终得到节点的疲劳寿命与试验结果吻合良好。     

FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH UNDER MIXED-MODE I AND II LOADING

Abstract— Mixed-mode fatigue crack growth has been studied using four point bend specimens under asymmetric loads. A detailed finite element analysis provides the stress intensity factors for curved cracks under different mixed-mode load conditions. Both fatigue crack growth direction and crack growth rate are studied. The maximum tangential stress and the minimum strain energy density criteria were found to provide satisfactory predictions of the crack growth directions. An effective stress intensity factor was used to correlate the fatigue crack growth rates successfully. It is found that the use of mode I fatigue crack growth rate properties results in a conservative crack growth rate prediction for mixed-mode load conditions.     

MIXED MODE FATIGUE CRACK THRESHOLDS FROM BENDING AND CYCLIC TORSION OF A PLATE

The effects of plate thickness and crack shape on the threshold condition for crack propagation under cyclic bending or torsion, was studied using a through or a surface pre-crack in a carbon steel plate of various thicknesses. It was concluded that the magnitude of the frictional stress acting on the crack surface at the propagation threshold under cyclic torsion was significantly affected by the plate thickness. An estimation method for the threshold condition for crack propagation under mixed-mode loading for a particular plate thickness was proposed on the basis of the strain energy density criterion.     

EFFECT OF BIAXIAL MEAN STRESS ON CYCLIC STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSE AND BEHAVIOUR OF SHORT FATIGUE CRACKS IN A HIGH STRENGTH SPRING STEEL

Abstract— Biaxial fatigue tests were conducted on a high strength spring steel using hour-glass shaped smooth specimens. Four types of loading system were employed, i.e. (a) fully reversed cyclic torsion, (b) uniaxial push—pull, (c) fully reversed torsion with a superimposed axial static tension or compression stress, and (d) uniaxial push—pull with a superimposed static torque, to evaluate the effects of mean stress on the cyclic stress—strain response and short fatigue crack growth behaviour. Experimental results indicate that a biaxial mean stress has no apparent influence on the stress—strain response in torsion, however a superimposed tensile mean stress was detrimental to torsional fatigue strength. Similarly a superimposed static shear stress reduced the push—pull fatigue lifetime. A compressive mean stress was seen to be beneficial to torsion fatigue life. The role of mean stress on fatigue lifetime, under mixed mode loading, was investigated through experimental observations and theoretical analyses of short crack initiation and propagation. Using a plastic replication technique the effects of biaxial mean stress on both Stage I (mode II) and Stage II (mode I) short cracks were evaluated and analysed in detail. A two stage biaxial short fatigue crack growth model incorporating the influence of mean stress was subsequently developed and applied to correlate data of crack growth rate and fatigue life.     

TORSIONAL FATIGUE OF A MEDIUM CARBON STEEL CONTAINING AN INITIAL SMALL SURFACE CRACK INTRODUCED BY TENSION–COMPRESSION FATIGUE: CRACK BRANCHING,NON-PROPAGATION AND FATIGUE LIMIT

In order to examine the threshold condition for the fatigue limit of materials containing a small crack under cyclic torsion, reversed torsional fatigue tests were carried out on 0.47% C steel specimens containing an initial small crack. Initial small semi-elliptical cracks ranging from 200 to 1000 μm in length were introduced by the preliminary tension–compression fatigue tests using specimens containing holes of 40 μm diameter. The threshold condition for the fatigue limit of the specimens containing artificial small defects under rotating bending and cyclic torsion are also reviewed. Crack growth behaviour from an initial crack was investigated. The torsional fatigue limit for a semi-elliptical small crack is determined by the threshold condition for non-propagation of Mode I branched cracks. The torsional fatigue limit of specimens containing an initial small crack can be successfully predicted by the extended application of the √area parameter model in combination with the σ_θmax criterion.