A Simple Crack Closure Model for Predicting Fatigue Crack Growth Under Flight Simulation Loading

2009 ◽  
pp. 491-491-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Aliaga ◽  
A Davy ◽  
H Schaff
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Closure ◽  
Flight Simulation ◽  
Closure Model

Effects of Crack Closure on the Fatigue Crack Growth Rates of Ferritic Steels Subjected to Severe Reversing Loads

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kisaburo Azuma ◽  
Shinjiro Hidaka ◽  
Yasuhiro Yamazaki
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Fatigue Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Closure ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Stress Intensity Factor Range ◽  
Low Alloy Steels ◽  
Closure Model ◽  
Alloy Steels ◽  
Crack Growth Rates

Abstract Low-alloy steels are extensively used in pressure boundary components of nuclear power plants. The structural integrity of the components made of low-alloy steels can be evaluated by the flaw evaluation procedure provided by Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. According to the Code, the stress intensity factor range ΔK can be used to determine the fatigue crack growth rates of the material. However, it has been reported that the fatigue crack growth rate under severe reversing loads is also strongly influenced by crack closure behavior. This paper discusses the relation between applied stresses and the fatigue crack growth rate for cracks in low-alloy steels exposed to air. Compressive-tensile cyclic loadings are applied to center-notched plates to obtain the fatigue crack growth curves. The test data demonstrate that effective stress intensity factor range predicted by our closure model described the crack growth property more accurately. A comparison among crack closure models indicates that our crack closure model is suitable to predict the crack growth rates when low constraint conditions are assumed at the crack tip due to severe reversing loads.

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