Real-time acquisition of fatigue crack images for monitoring crack-tip stress intensity variations within fatigue cycles

2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Yusof ◽  
P J Withers
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Time Acquisition ◽  
Crack Tip Stress

Fatigue crack propagation experiment and numerical simulation of 42CrMo steel

2020 ◽  
Vol 234 (14) ◽  
pp. 2852-2862
Author(s):  
Jianwei Dong ◽  
Weichi Pei ◽  
Hongchao Ji ◽  
Haiyang Long ◽  
Xiaobin Fu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Stress Intensity Factor ◽  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Intensity Factor ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
42Crmo Steel ◽  
Crack Tip Stress

42CrMo steel is widely used in ultrahigh-strength structures such as low-speed heavy-duty gears. Mastering the fatigue crack propagation law has important significance for predicting structural fatigue life. Firstly, the fatigue crack propagation experiment is used to obtain the upper and lower thresholds value of type I fatigue crack propagation of 42CrMo steel compact tensile specimen under the alternating load of stress ratio R = 0.1. The Paris formula describing the relationship between the fatigue crack propagation rate and the crack tip stress intensity factor between the upper and lower thresholds value is obtained. Scanning electron microscopy was used to observe the microscopic features of different stages of fatigue fracture. The results show that the twin boundary can provide a place for crack initiation; the defects in the material can promote the initiation and extension of fatigue cracks. The fatigue crack propagation of 42CrMo steel compact tensile specimens was numerically simulated by the finite element method. The relationship between the crack tip stress intensity factor and the crack length was obtained. The analysis results show that the crack tip stress intensity factor calculated by the plane finite element method differs slightly from the experimental results during the stable extension stage. After correction, the correlation coefficient between the numerical simulation correction value and the crack tip stress intensity factor value obtained by the experiment is 0.9926. Finally, the fatigue crack propagation rate corresponding to the crack tip stress intensity factor in the finite element results is calculated by the Paris formula and briefly analyzed. Compared with the experimental results, it shows that the numerical simulation is consistent with it, indicating the accuracy of the numerical simulation method, which can effectively predict the initiation and propagation of fatigue cracks in 42CrMo steel compact tensile specimens.

scholarly journals Evolution of crack-bridging and crack-tip driving force during the growth of a fatigue crack in a Ti/SiC composite

2012 ◽  
Vol 468 (2145) ◽  
pp. 2722-2743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Withers ◽  
Pablo Lopez-Crespo ◽  
Albrecht Kyrieleis ◽  
Yu-Chen Hung
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Stress Field ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Stress Intensity Range ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Intensity Range ◽  
Crack Tip Stress

High spatial resolution diffraction and imaging using synchrotron X-rays are combined to monitor the incremental growth of a fatigue crack through the matrix of a Ti-6Al-4V/SCS-6 SiC monofilament metal matrix composite. X-ray tomography is used to quantify the crack opening displacement (COD) and diffraction to measure the crack-tip stress field in each phase, the wear degraded interfacial strengths, as well as the crack face tractions applied by the bridging fibres, at maximum ( ) and minimum ( ) loading as a function of crack length. In this way, it has been possible to quantify the crack-tip driving force (the stress intensity range effective at the crack-tip) in three ways: from the COD, the bridging stresses and the crack-tip stress field. The fibre stresses act to prop open the crack at and shield the crack at such that the change in COD is small over the fatigue cycle. Consequently, the effective stress intensity range at the crack tip remains around 10 MPa√m as the crack lengthens, as more and more fibres bridge the crack despite the normally applied stress intensity rising to 60 MPa√m. The implications of the derived fracture mechanics parameters are assessed and the wider potential of X-ray diffraction and imaging for crack-tip microscopy is discussed.

scholarly journals Real-Time and Quantitative Measurement of Crack-Tip Stress Intensity Factors Using Digital Holographic Interferometry

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiting Xia ◽  
Rongxin Guo ◽  
Feng Yan ◽  
Heming Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Phase Difference ◽  
Holographic Interferometry ◽  
Quantitative Measurement ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Mode I ◽  
Mode I Crack ◽  
Open Issue ◽  
Crack Tip Stress

Detection of the crack in an object is a critical problem for the health monitoring of a transparent object. The real-time and quantitative measurement of the crack-tip stress intensity factor (SIF) remains an open issue. In this paper, an approach for real-time and quantitative measurement for the SIFs of a Mode I crack is presented based on digital holographic interferometry (DHI). A transmission digital holographic system is established to measure the phase difference of an object wave during loading. The expression to achieve the SIF from the phase difference is formulated. To enhance the accuracy of measurement, calibrated phase unwrapping based on least-squares and iteration and median filtering is applied to retrieve the actual phase from the noisy wrapped one. The SIFs of the Mode I crack in a transparent polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) specimen are measured by this approach. The results are compared with the theoretical ones to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach.

Crack tip stress intensity factors for a crack emanating from a semi-infinite notch with application to the avoidance of fatigue in complete contacts

2008 ◽  
Vol 223 (4) ◽  
pp. 789-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
A G Philipps ◽  
S Karuppanan ◽  
N Banerjee ◽  
D A Hills
Keyword(s):  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Stress Intensity Factors ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Crack Development ◽  
Short Crack ◽  
Length Scale ◽  
Intensity Factors ◽  
Reference Length ◽  
Complete Contact ◽  
Crack Tip Stress

Crack tip stress intensity factors are found for the problem of a short crack adjacent to the apex of a notch, and lying perpendicular to one of the notch faces. Loading is represented by the two Williams eigensolutions, the ratio between which provides a reference length scale and permits a comprehensive display of the solution. The results are applied to the problem of a crack starting from the edge of a notionally adhered complete contact, and conditions for the avoidance of crack development are found.

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