微动疲劳损伤失效分析

介绍了微动疲劳损伤失效的现象，影响因素，鉴别特征，并举例说明。     

微动疲劳中的应力状态参数和微动磨损参数的研究

本文对微动疲劳中的力学参数作出了研究。微动接触面上的力学参数可分为应力状态参数（SSP）和微动磨损参数（FWP）两类，并将应力状态参数综合为当量应力σ-1E,而将微动磨损参数用摩擦功W来表示．对桥式微动疲劳试件和燕尾型榫联接试件的数值分析表明，在微动接触面上疲劳断裂处的σ-1E和W值较大。因此，有可能使用了σ-1E和W值作为预测微动疲劳失效的两个基本参数。     

微动疲劳研究进展

介绍了微动疲劳的概念和实验装置,详细综述了微动疲劳的国内外研究现状,全面地分析讨论了微动疲劳的影响因素(接触压力、滑移幅值、实验频率、摩擦力、环境、材料性质)、损伤机理、寿命评估方法和防护措施,并提出了今后研究的展望。     

60Si_2Mn钢的低周拉扭复合微动疲劳特性

测量60Si_2Mn钢在拉扭复合载荷作用下的低周微动疲劳特性,研究了不同轴向循环拉伸应力幅值对微动疲劳寿命、循环软化特性以及摩擦磨损表面和断口形貌的影响.结果表明,随着循环拉伸应力幅值的提高,60Si_2Mn钢的微动疲劳寿命降低幅度不同,发生循环软化的时期不断提前,完成循环软化的疲劳周期也不断缩短。同时,微动摩擦副产生的氧化物磨屑对微动磨损性能有重要影响,在疲劳前期加剧摩擦磨损,在疲劳后期减轻摩擦磨损。微动疲劳裂纹源形成于试样发生微动摩擦磨损的表面,并出现疲劳台阶。在扭矩产生的切向剪切应力作用下,疲劳裂纹沿着与轴向45°角的方向扩展,最终在断口上留下显著的舌状凸起,拉应力的幅值越大舌状凸起越明显。     

菱形加载路径下35CrMoA钢的微动疲劳行为EI北大核心CSCD

采用MTS809拉扭复合疲劳试验机、扫描电镜(SEM)研究了接触应力为150MPa时35CrMoA合金钢在菱形加载路径下微动疲劳性能。结果表明:随着等效应力幅值的增加,材料的软化、硬化效果更加明显;剪应力-剪应变滞后回线的面积增大;裂纹萌生源区的面积减小,瞬断区面积与总断面面积的比例增加,瞬断区的撕裂也越严重。微动磨损使表面塑性枯竭,从而形成疲劳裂纹源。     

轻合金自冲铆微动磨损及疲劳性能研究

选择4组轻合金自冲铆进行疲劳实验,用扫描电子显微镜和能谱仪对其断口进行微动磨损机理分析,并系统地研究了接头疲劳寿命和失效形式的影响因素。结果表明,下板与钉腿区的微动磨损是导致下板沿纽扣断裂和铆钉断裂的主要原因,两板间的微动磨损是导致上板靠钉头断裂的主要原因;微动磨屑主要成分为金属板材氧化物,并对微动磨损起缓冲作用。增加板厚可提高接头疲劳寿命,且疲劳载荷较大时寿命提高更为显著;增加板强可提高接头疲劳寿命,且寿命提高程度受疲劳载荷影响较小。增加板厚使失效形式从上板断裂变为下板断裂,增加板强使失效形式从板材断裂变为铆钉断裂。     

材料的微动疲劳机理及防护措施的研究进展

论述了微动疲劳的概念及时其研究的必要性.对微动疲劳研究的4个主要部分即微动疲劳的机理研究、影响因素、寿命预测和防护方法的发展过程进行了论述,尤其对当前的研究现状及所取得的成果做了重点阐述,并说明了一些尚待研究的问题.从微动疲劳机理研究、研究方法和防护方法等几个方面概述了微动疲劳研究的发展趋势.     

微动疲劳裂纹萌生位置及形成方式研究

着重研究了微动桥足不同几何形状——方足(r=0mm)及带不同半径r(0.3mm、0.6mm、0.9mm)对微动区接触应力的影响,用不同的r值模拟微动桥足在微动疲劳中的磨损状况。采用ANSYS有限元分析软件详细计算了接触表面的应力分布和磨损区、粘着区、滑动区及张开区的大小,进而讨论裂纹的萌生位置,并建立了不同的r大小即磨损状况与裂纹萌生位置的关系。同时针对方足微动桥/平面试件的接触几何,计算了不同名义接触压力分布形式对接触面上应力分布的影响。此外,还对方足微动桥/平面试件接触几何进行了三维有限元分析,证明了萌生裂纹通常是以多源方式同时出现。计算结果与实验结果吻合很好。     

铝合金材料的微动疲劳及其防护研究进展

主要论述微动疲劳的研究的必要性和微动疲劳的基本概念。我们研究微动疲劳主要从4个部分来进行论述,即微动疲劳的影响因素、机理研究、防护方法和寿命预测的发展过程,其中机理研究和防护方法我们要着重阐述一下,这是有效防范或者减轻微动疲劳的对铸件的伤害的根本。最后根据其研究情况,提出一些尚未得到解决的问题,有待以后研究攻破。     

Fretting fatigue under variable loading below fretting fatigue limit

The fatigue limit diagram provides the critical condition of non‐failure against fatigue under constant amplitude loading. The fatigue limit diagram is usually considered to give the allowable stress if every stress component is kept within the fatigue limit diagram. In the case of variable amplitude fretting fatigue, however, this study showed that fatigue failure could occur even when all stresses were within the fatigue limit diagram. An example of such a condition is a repeated two‐step loading such as when the first step stress is R=?1 and the second step stress has a high mean value. The reason why such a phenomenon occurs was investigated. A non‐propagating crack was formed by the first step stress even when well below the fatigue limit. The resultant non‐propagating crack functioned as a pre‐crack for the second step stress with a high mean value. Consequently, fatigue failure occurred even when every stress was within the fatigue limit diagram of constant amplitude loading. The fatigue limit diagram obtained in constant amplitude fatigue test does not necessarily guarantee safety in the case of variable amplitude loading in fretting fatigue.     

Multi‐axial fretting fatigue behaviour of 35CrMoA steel

The fretting fatigue behaviours in 35CrMoA steel were investigated under conditions of the various contact pressure and the same maximum equivalent stress of cyclic multi‐axial loading. The specimens were characterized by optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Results showed that the fretting fatigue life has complex variation with the increase of contact pressure. The different contact pressure also played very important role in fretting wear model and various wear scars were formed. The influence of them at the fretting surface on the fretting fatigue life was finally discussed by the comparison of the experimental and numerical analysis results.     

A multiaxial fretting fatigue test for spline coupling contact

A novel fretting fatigue experimental methodology is presented for mimicking the salient fretting variables for arbitrary axial locations within a complex spline coupling geometry, under combined torque, axial loading and rotating bending moment. The approach permits the simulation, in a simplified test arrangement, of the superimposed multiaxial fretting conditions between the spline teeth. This is achieved via the combination of a low frequency in-plane cyclic normal clamping load and a higher frequency out-of-plane cyclic fatigue stress. The latter is known from spline fatigue tests to play a critical role, along with torque and axial loads, in fretting fatigue cracking of splines.     

Effects of cyclic frequency and contact pressure on fretting fatigue under two-level block loading

Fretting fatigue tests involving the contact of flat and cylindrical titanium alloy Ti–6Al–4V surfaces, and constant- and two-level block remote bulk stresses are described. The constant-amplitude tests have been performed at cyclic frequencies of 1 and 200 Hz. The two-level block spectra involve the superposition of a 1-Hz, low-cycle fatigue (LCF) constant-amplitude component and a 200-Hz, high-cycle fatigue (HCF) component. Two values of contact pressure are considered. The cyclic frequency of 200 Hz is found to curtail the constant-amplitude fretting fatigue life regardless of the contact pressure applied. Increasing the contact pressure reduces life at 1 Hz but does not have any effect at 200 Hz. Under two-level block loading, the fretting fatigue life is determined primarily by the stress amplitude and high-cyclic frequency of the HCF component of the load spectrum. The LCF component is found to play a secondary role in the determination of the two-level block fretting fatigue life. Fracture topographies for the different test conditions are documented.     

On the estimation of fatigue failure under fretting conditions using notch methodologies

ABSTRACT According to experimental evidence, the early stages of fatigue crack propagation under fretting conditions are strongly influenced by the stress gradient generated in the material near the contact zone. This suggests that the crack growth process can be analysed using methodologies similar to those employed to predict the fatigue behaviour of notched elements. This paper assesses the applicability of a number of models originally developed for notched components to fretting fatigue problems. The ability of such models to predict fatigue failure is discussed and compared with experimental results for Al 7075‐T6 specimens that were subjected to fretting fatigue under spherical contact.     

Torsion fatigue failure of bus drive shafts

The mystery surrounding high failure rates in the drive shafts of a large municipal transit agency's fleet of 40 newly acquired articulated buses is investigated. The drive shafts were fabricated from a low-carbon (0.45%) steel such as AISI 5046. An examination of the drive shafts on all 40 buses is conducted, and 6 different drive shaft designs are identified among the fleet, but all of the failures, 14 in all, are limited to just one of the identified designs. Microscopic examination of the fracture surface of one of the failed drive shafts under a scanning electron microscope is conducted to determine the failure mode. Evidence of high-cycle fatigue is found, and a finite-element analysis is conducted to compare the maximum stress of the design exhibiting failures with the most common of the other designs that exhibits no failures. A fatigue life prediction is performed to determine just how much longer the expected fatigue life of the surviving design is compared to the design that suffered the early failures.     

Lifetime estimation of mechanical assemblies under constant amplitude fretting fatigue loading

In the present paper, a new analytical methodology to estimate both crack path and lifetime of metallic structural components under fretting fatigue elastic partial slip loading condition is proposed. Such a methodology consists in the joint application of (a) the criterion by Carpinteri et al for metallic structures under multiaxial constant amplitude fatigue loading in high‐cycle fatigue regime, (b) the critical direction method by Araújo et al, and (c) the critical distance method by Taylor, in the form of the line method. The accuracy of the above methodology is evaluated through experimental tests available in the literature, performed employing two cylindrical fretting pads pressed with a constant normal load against a dog‐bone type test specimen subjected to a cyclic axial load. All these components are made of Al 7075‐T651 aluminium alloy.     

An investigation on rotatory bending fretting fatigue damage of railway axles

Fretting damage failure analysis of a Chinese carbon railway axle RD₂ was carried out. The wheel hub was in situ cut to expose the damaged surface of the wheel seat to avoid additional damage. A small‐scale axle test rig was developed, and simulation tests were performed at different rotator speeds of 1800 and 2100 rpm. The wear mechanism of fretting damage areas was a combination of abrasive wear, oxidative wear and delamination. The fracture surfaces exhibited characterization of multisource and step‐profile. The fretting fatigue crack initiated at the subsurface and propagated along an inclined angle at the first stage. The fretting damage at the higher speed was more severe compared with the lower speed, which lead to a relatively shorter fatigue life. The damage morphologies of the axle in the simulation tests were in good agreement with that observed in the failure analysis on real axle.     

Experimental and numerical study on crack initiation under fretting fatigue loading

Press-fitted railway axles and wheels are subjected to fretting fatigue loading with a potential hazard of crack initiation in press fits. Typically, the resistance against crack initiation and propagation in press fits is investigated in full-scale tests, which procedure is both costly and time consuming. In this context, combined experimental and numerical approaches are of increasing practical importance, as these may reduce the experimental effort and, moreover, provide a basis for the transferability of experimental results to different axle geometries and materials. This study aims at evaluating stress–strain conditions under which fretting fatigue crack initiation is likely to occur. Experiments on small-scale specimens under varying fretting fatigue load parameters and their finite-element modelling to characterize the resulting stress–strain fields are performed. Subsequently, different multiaxial fatigue parameters are applied to predict crack initiation under fretting fatigue conditions.     

A 'crack-like' notch analogue for a safe-life fretting fatigue design methodology

Various analogies have recently been proposed for comparing the stress fields induced in fretting fatigue contact situations, with those of a crack and a sharp or a rounded notch, resulting in a degree of uncertainty over which model is most appropriate in a given situation. However, a simple recent approach of Atzori–Lazzarin for infinite‐life fatigue design in the presence of a geometrical notch suggests a corresponding unified model also for fretting fatigue (called Crack‐Like Notch Analogue model) considering only two possible behaviours: either ‘crack‐like’ or ‘large blunt notch.’ In a general fretting fatigue situation, the former condition is treated with a single contact problem corresponding to a Crack Analogue model; the latter, with a simple peak stress condition (as in previous Notch Analogue models), simply stating that below the fatigue limit, infinite life is predicted for any size of contact. In the typical situation of constant normal load and in phase oscillating tangential and bulk loads, both limiting conditions can be readily stated. Not only is the model asymptotically correct if friction is infinitely high or the contact area is very small, but also remarkably accurate in realistic conditions, as shown by excellent agreement with Hertzian experimental results on Al and Ti alloys. The model is useful for preliminary design or planning of experiments reducing spurious dependences on an otherwise too large number of parameters. In fact, for not too large contact areas (‘crack‐like’ contact) no dependence at all on geometry is predicted, but only on three load factors (bulk stress, tangential load and average pressure) and size of the contact. Only in the ‘large blunt notch’ region occurring typically only at very large sizes of contact, does the size‐effect disappear, but the dependence is on all other factors including geometry.