Fracture Modes and Low Cycle Biaxial Fatigue Life at Elevated Temperature

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sakane ◽  
M. Ohnami ◽  
M. Sawada

This paper describes the crack growth direction in biaxial low cycle fatigue under combined axial and torsional stresses in hollow cylindrical specimens of type 304 stainless steel at 923 K in air. Three types of crack are identified, namely macrocrack greater than 1 mm in length, subcracks between 0.1 mm and 1.0 mm in length, and microcracks less than 0.1 mm in length. The macrocrack direction as well as that of the subcrack depends on the principal strain ratio but the microcrack is mode I for all the principal strain ranges tested. The connection of the three types of crack is discussed in relation to the surface oxidation. Typical strain stress and criteria for the biaxial low cycle fatigue failure are applied to the experimental data and their applicability is discussed.

Author(s):  
Takamoto Itoh ◽  
Masao Sakane

This paper describes high temperature multiaxial low cycle fatigue lives of type 304 stainless steel and 1Cr-1Mo-1/4V steel cruciform specimens at 823K and 923K in air. Strain controlled multiaxial low cycle fatigue tests were carried out using cruciform specimens at the principal strain ratios between −1 and 1. The principal strain ratio had a significant effect on low cycle fatigue lives. Fatigue lives drastically decreased as the principal strain ratio increased. Multiaxial low cycle fatigue strain parameters were applied to the experimental data and the applicability of the parameters was discussed. The equivalent strain based on crack opening displacement (COD strain) developed in the paper and Γ*-plane parameter successfully predicted multiaxial low cycle fatigue lives. The crack morphology was also extensively discussed from not only the surface crack direction but also the crack inclination into the specimen.


Author(s):  
Kazuya Matsuo ◽  
Koji Takahashi ◽  
Kyohei Sato

Low cycle fatigue tests were conducted using sound elbows made of carbon steel (STPT410). The elbows were subjected to cyclic in-plane bending under displacement control with internal pressure of 9 MPa. The preliminary fatigue tests were conducted under constant cyclic displacements. Then, two test conditions were adopted to investigate the influence of cyclic pre-overload on low cycle behavior of elbow on the basis of the preliminary test results. The fatigue test results were evaluated by using the total usage factor UFTotal (= UFpre+UFpost), where the UFpre and UFpost correspond to usage factor for δpre and δpost, respectively. The fatigue lives of overloaded elbow pipes were estimated based on the cumulative fatigue damage rule basically from UFpre = 0.2 to UFpre = 0.6. In addition, three-dimensional elastic-plastic analyses were carried out using the finite element method. The crack penetration area and the crack growth direction were successfully predicted by the analyses.


1966 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 745-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. D. Ives ◽  
L. F. Kooistra ◽  
J. T. Tucker

Large-size circular-plate specimens made of typical pressure-vessel materials were tested to determine their low-cycle fatigue strength. The test consisted of two distinct phases; i.e., development of an appropriate testing apparatus and the fatigue testing of the plate specimens. A unique apparatus was developed to test simply supported, circular plate-type specimens. Through a hydraulic system, a uniform pressure was applied to the specimen that resulted in a state of equibiaxial strain at the center of the plate. Tests were conducted to evaluate the pressure-deflection characteristics for various specimen strain levels. Biaxial fatigue data with a strain ratio (circumferential to radial) of 1:1 were generated for three pressure-vessel materials (A-201, A-302, T-1) for a completely reversed strain cycle. Initial cracking was used as a criterion of failure. Cracks were determined by monitoring electrical-resistance strain gages mounted on the specimen.


1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masao Sakane ◽  
Masateru Ohnami ◽  
Naomi Hamada

Push-pull and reversed torsion tests were carried out for notched, precracked, and smooth hollow cylindrical specimens of type 304 stainless steel at 923K in air. This paper describes the crack direction in the three types of specimens and the parameter that correlates the biaxial low cycle fatigue failure data. All types of specimens, except the smooth specimen in the reversed torsion test, failed by mode I cracking. Failure life of the specimens was discussed in connection with the crack mode. The equivalent stress based on COD could correlate the biaxial fatigue data whereas the Mises’ equivalent stress and the maximum principal stress could not.


1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takamoto Itoh ◽  
Masao Sakane ◽  
Masateru Ohnami

This paper describes high temperature multiaxial low cycle fatigue lives of type SUS304 stainless steel and 1Cr-1Mo-1/4V steel cruciform specimens at 923K and 823K in air. Strain controlled multiaxial low cycle fatigue tests were carried out using cruciform specimens at the principal strain ratios between −1 and 1. The principal strain ratio had a significant effect on low cycle fatigue lives. Fatigue lives drastically decreased as the principal strain ratio increased. Multiaxial low cycle faitgue strain parameters were applied to the experimental data and the applicability of the parameters was discussed. The equivalent strain based on crack opening displacement (COD strain) developed in the paper and Γ* —plane parameter successfully predicted multiaxial low cycle fatigue lives. The crack morphology was also extensively discussed from not only the surface crack direction but also the crack inclination into the specimen.


Author(s):  
Hiun Nagamori ◽  
Koji Takahashi

The stress states of elbow and tee pipes are complex and different from those of straight pipes. Several researchers have reported the low-cycle fatigue lives of elbows and tees under cyclic bending with internal pressure conditions. In this work, finite element analyses were carried out to simulate the reported experimental results of elbows and tees. The crack initiation area and the crack growth direction were successfully predicted by the analyses. The analytical results showed that the revised universal slope method can accurately predict the low-cycle fatigue lives of elbow and tee pipes under internal pressure conditions regardless of differences in shape and dimensions.


2014 ◽  
Vol 627 ◽  
pp. 425-428
Author(s):  
Dan Jin ◽  
Da Jiang Tian ◽  
Qi Zhou Wu ◽  
Wei Lin

A series of tests for low cycle fatigue were conducted on the tubular specimens for 304 stainless steel under variable amplitude and irregular axial-torsional loading. Rainflow cycle counting and linear damage rule are used to calculate fatigue damage and four approaches, e.g. SWT(Smith-Watson-Topper), KBM(Kandil-Brown-Miller), FS(Fatemi-Socie), and LKN(Lee-Kim-Nam) approach are employed to predict the fatigue life. The maximum shear strain plane, the maximum normal strain plane, and the maximum damage plane are considered as the critical plane, respectively. The effects of the choice of the critical plane on previous approaches are discussed. It is shown that comparing with the maximum shear/normal strain approach, the predictions are improved by using the maximum damage plane approach, part nonproportional paths for SWT, AV and part nonproportional paths for KBM, TV paths for FS. But for LKN, the prediction results are nonconservative for some paths than that of the maximum shear/normal strain approach.


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