On damage accumulations in the cyclic cohesive zone model for XFEM analysis of mixed-mode fatigue crack growth |
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| Authors: | Yangjian Xu Huang Yuan |
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| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wuppertal, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany;bCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China;cSchool of Mechanical and Vehicular Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China |
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| Abstract: | Predicting mixed-mode fatigue crack propagation is an important and troublesome issue in structure assessment for decades. In the present paper an extended finite element method (XFEM) combined with a new cyclic cohesive zone model (CCZM) is introduced for simulating fatigue crack propagation under mixed-mode loading conditions, which has been implemented in the commercial general purpose software ABAQUS. The algorithm allows introducing a new crack surface at arbitrary locations and directions in a finite element mesh, without re-meshing. The cyclic cohesive zone model is based on the known S–N curves and Goodman diagram for metallic materials and validated by uniaxial tension results. Furthermore, the sensitivity of the model parameter is investigated for mixed-mode fatigue. The virtual crack closure technique has been extended to the cohesive zone model and proposed to calculate the energy release rate for the generalized Paris’ law. Finally, the crack propagation rate and direction under mixed-mode fatigue loading conditions are studied. |
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| Keywords: | Mixed-mode fatigue crack propagation Extended finite element method Cyclic cohesive zone model Virtual crack closure technique |
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