scholarly journals Assessment of residual fatigue life of metal beam of reinforced concrete superstructures of road bridges

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Feoktistova
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Damage ◽  
Damage Accumulation ◽  
Steel Structures ◽  
Asymmetry Factor ◽  
Residual Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Damage Accumulation ◽  
Residual Fatigue ◽  
Method Of Evaluation

The article proposes a method of evaluation of residual fatigue life of metal beam of reinforced concrete superstructures of road bridges. In the calculations of residual fatigue life were implemented statistical data of endurance characteristics of steel structures that mostly fully corresponds to the given junctions by design, material, production technology and force impact. Fatigue life is determined based on the hypothesis of linear addition of fatigue damage accumulation. The critical damage amount providing the target reliability considered equal to one. Residual fatigue life of metal beams is calculated based on endurance characteristics of different groups of welded joints.For the life period assessment the motor transport load including prospective is reduced to the estimated. The reduction factor is defined based on the stress level, asymmetry factor of stress cycle and steel grade according to the conditions of equality of fatigue damage accumulation. The method allows determining of the remaining fatigue life of welded metal beams according to the transport load. Service limit and usage mode are predicted based on the structural calculations taking into account defects and damages using actual size and considering manufacturing, constructing and operational defects. Moreover, changes of strength and fatigue characteristics should be taken into account. The method of evaluation of residual fatigue life of metal beam of reinforced concrete superstructures of road bridges proposed by the auther requires clarification of te current and future load impact. The fatigue life mostly depends on the performance of superstructures maintanance and repair works.

scholarly journals Fatigue Damage Accumulation Modeling of Metals Alloys under High Amplitude Loading at Elevated Temperatures

Metals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarosław Szusta ◽  
Andrzej Seweryn
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Damage ◽  
Damage Accumulation ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
High Amplitude ◽  
Metal Alloys ◽  
Damage State ◽  
State Variable ◽  
Fatigue Damage Accumulation

This article presents an approach related to the modeling of the fatigue life of constructional metal alloys working under elevated temperature conditions and in the high-amplitude load range. The article reviews the fatigue damage accumulation criteria that makes it possible to determine the number of loading cycles until damage occurs. Results of experimental tests conducted on various technical metal alloys made it possible to develop a fatigue damage accumulation model for the LCF (Low Cycle Fatigue) range. In modeling, the material’s damage state variable was defined, and the damage accumulation law was formulated incrementally so as to enable the analysis of the influence of loading history on the material’s fatigue life. In the proposed model, the increment of the damage state variable was made dependent on the increment of plastic strain, on the tensile stress value in the sample, and also on the actual value of the damage state variable. The model was verified on the basis of data obtained from experiments in the field of uniaxial and multiaxial loads. Samples made of EN AW 2024T3 aluminum alloy were used for this purpose.

Fatigue Damage Accumulation Prediction for Combined Sine and Random Stresses

1988 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-63
Author(s):  
Ronald Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Closed Form ◽  
Fatigue Damage ◽  
Damage Accumulation ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Stress Situation ◽  
Fatigue Damage Accumulation ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Parameters Of Interest

Simple closed-form expressions have been derived to predict fatigue life, damage accumulation, and other fatigue parameters of interest for structural elements with combined sinusoidal (sine) and narrowband Gaussian random stresses. These equations are expressed in common engineering terms. The sine and random only stress situations are special cases of the more general combined sine/random stress situation. They also have application for establishing vibration workmanship screens. Numerical examples are also included.

scholarly journals NUMERICALLY MODELING FATIGUE LIFE OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS UNDER THERMAL CYCLIC LOADING

2020 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-188
Author(s):  
I.A. Volkov ◽  
L.A. Igumnov ◽  
D.N. Shishulin ◽  
V.A. Eremeev
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Damage ◽  
Damage Accumulation ◽  
Strength Criterion ◽  
Cyclic Fatigue ◽  
Defining Relations ◽  
Damage Degree ◽  
Fatigue Damage Accumulation ◽  
Main Effects

The paper considers processes of fatigue life of materials and structures in the exploitation conditions characterized by multiparametric nonstationary thermal-mechanical effects In the framework of mechanics of damaged media, a mathematical model is developed that describes processes of thermal-plastic deformation and fatigue damage accumulation in materials with degradation according to low- and high-cycle fatigue mechanisms (accounting for their interaction). The model consists of three interconnected parts: relations determining cyclic thermal-plastic behavior of a material, accounting for its dependence on the failure process; equations describing kinetics of fatigue damage accumulation; a strength criterion of the damaged material. The version of the defining relations of thermal plasticity is based on the notion of the yield surface and the principle of orthogonality of the plastic strain rate vector to the yield surface at the loading point and reflects the main effects of the process of cyclic plastic deformation of the material for arbitrarily complex trajectories of combined thermal-mechanical loading. The version of kinetic equations of fatigue damage accumulation is based on introducing a scalar parameter of damage degree and on energy-based principles, and takes into account the main effects of the nucleation, growth and merging of microdefects under arbitrarily complex loading regimes. A generalized form of an evolutionary equation of fatigue damage accumulation in low-cycle and high-cycle fatigue regions is introduced. The condition when the damage degree reaches its critical value is taken as the strength criterion of the damaged material. To assess the reliability and the scope of applicability of the developed defining relations of mechanics of damaged media, processes of thermal-plastic deformation and fatigue damage accumulation have been numerically analyzed, and the numerical results obtained have been compared with the data of full-scale experiments for a particular applied problem. The effect of the dropping frequency of a distillate on thermal cyclic fatigue life of the material of a heated surface of a tube has been numerically analyzed. The computational results for the fatigue damage accumulation processes under thermal pulsed loading are compared with experimental data. It is shown that the developed model describes both qualitatively and, accurately enough for engineering purposes, quantitatively the experimental data and can be effectively used for evaluating thermal-cyclic fatigue life of structures working in the conditions of multiaxial non-proportional regimes of combined thermal-mechanical loading.

scholarly journals Numerical Study on Vibration Response and Fatigue Damage of Axial Compressor Blade Considering Aerodynamic Excitation

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1835
Author(s):  
Xi Fu ◽  
Chao Ma ◽  
Jiewei Lin ◽  
Junhong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Damage ◽  
Damage Accumulation ◽  
Equivalent Stress ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Compressor Blade ◽  
Torsional Shear ◽  
Fatigue Damage Accumulation ◽  
Fatigue Model

Axial compressor blades with a deformed initial torsion angle caused by aerodynamic excitation resonated at the working speed and changed the rule of fatigue damage accumulation. The fatigue life of a blade has a prediction error, even causing serious flight accidents if the effect of torque causing damage deterioration of the blade fatigue life is neglected. Therefore, in this paper, a uniaxial non-linear fatigue damage model was modified using the equivalent stress with torsional shear stress, and the proposed fatigue model including the torsional moment was used to study the compressor blade fatigue life. Then, the blade numerical simulation model was established to calculate the vibration characteristics under complex loads of airflow excitation and a rotating centrifugal force. Finally, the blade fatigue life under actual working conditions was predicted using the modified fatigue model. The results show that the interaction between centrifugal and aerodynamic loads affects the natural frequency, as the frequencies in modes dominated by bending deformation decreased whereas those dominated by torsional deformation increased. Furthermore, the blade root of the suction surface showed stress concentration, but there is an obvious difference of stress distribution and amplitude between the normal stress and the equivalent stress including torsional shear stress. The additional consideration of the torsional shear stress decreased the predicted fatigue life by 4.5%. The damage accumulation rate changes with the loading cycle, and it accelerates fast for the last 25% of the cycle, when the blade fracture may occur at any time. Thus, the aerodynamic excitation increased the safety factor of blade fatigue life prediction.

Contact fatigue life prediction of rolling bearing considering machined surface integrity

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Cui ◽  
Yin Su
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Damage ◽  
Fatigue Failure ◽  
Surface Integrity ◽  
Damage Accumulation ◽  
Rolling Bearing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Accumulation Model ◽  
Fatigue Damage Accumulation ◽  
Damage Accumulation Model

Purpose Rolling bearings often cause engineering accidents due to early fatigue failure. The study of early fatigue failure mechanism and fatigue life prediction does not consider the integrity of the bearing surface. The purpose of this paper is to find new rolling contact fatigue (RCF) life model of rolling bearing. Design/methodology/approach An elastic-plastic finite element (FE) fatigue damage accumulation model based on continuous damage mechanics is established. Surface roughness, surface residual stress and surface hardness of bearing rollers are considered. The fatigue damage and cumulative plastic strain during RCF process are obtained. Mechanism of early fatigue failure of the bearing is studied. RCF life of the bearing under different surface roughness, hardness and residual stress is predicted. Findings To obtain a more accurate calculation result of bearing fatigue life, the bearing surface integrity parameters should be considered and the elastic-plastic FE fatigue damage accumulation model should be used. There exist the optimal surface parameters corresponding to the maximum RCF life. Originality/value The elastic-plastic FE fatigue damage accumulation model can be used to obtain the optimized surface integrity parameters in the design stage of bearing and is helpful for promote the development of RCF theory of rolling bearing.

A Model for the Determination of Residual Fatigue Life of a Nickel-Based Superalloy

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Duyi Ye ◽  
Jinyang Zheng
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Damage ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Damage Mechanics ◽  
Residual Fatigue Life ◽  
Mechanics Model ◽  
Plastic Strain Energy ◽  
Residual Fatigue

In this paper, both the dissipation of the plastic-strain energy and the exhaustion of the static toughness during high-temperature low-cycle fatigue of GH4145/SQ superalloy were investigated. Together with the analysis of the microscopic aspects of the material, an energy-based damage mechanics model was developed for the prediction of the residual fatigue life of the high-temperature fastened parts in power plant. Experimental results show that the static toughness is a parameter that is highly sensitive to the fatigue damage process. The deterioration of the static toughness during fatigue process reveals the exhaustion of the materials’s ability to absorb energy, which is essentially associated with the irreversible energy dissipation process of the fatigue failure. Based on the dissipation of the plastic-strain energy and the exhaustion of the static toughness during fatigue, a damage variable is defined that is consistent with the fatigue damage mechanism. The variable is sensitive to the fatigue process and can be measured with a simple experimental procedure. A fatigue damage evolution equation is derived on the basis of Lemaitre’s potential of dissipation in the framework of continuum damage mechanics. Furthermore, an equation for the determination of the residual fatigue life is deduced. The fatigue damage mechanics model is verified by comparing the predicted results with the experimental observations. The fatigue damage mechanics model developed may provide a feasible approach to determining the residual fatigue life of the high-temperature fastened parts in power plant.

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