Torsional Fatigue Life Estimation for Steel Thin-Wall Specimens Considering Crack Initiation Phase

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Department of Mechanical Enginneering,, Payame Noor University (PNU), P.O.Box 19395-4697, Tehran, Iran.

10.22034/ijissi.2022.551006.1224

Abstract

An improved model for fatigue life evaluation of a steel thin-wall tubular specimen based on critical plane theory is presented. This new fatigue model incorporates the crack initiation phase in the life prediction model. The total fatigue life is a combination of both crack initiation and crack propagation lives. The initial crack length is not applied priory, but is calculated within the model. The crack initiation life is evaluated using a critical plane approach base on a modified Smith-Watson-Topper and the Fatemi-Socie criteria. The fatigue lives obtained from the proposed model are validated by experimental results for a thin-wall tubular specimen. Both critical plane criteria gave similar fatigue lives, with the Fatemi-Socie criteria giving a slightly more accurate initiation life. Without consideration of the crack initiation phase, the model absolute error is high. The proposed model indicates that a correct determination of the fatigue life requires consideration of the crack initiation phase.

Keywords

International Journal of Iron & Steel Society of Iran
Volume 19, Issue 1
January 2022
Pages 30-37

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics