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Assessment of thermo-mechanical fatigue of exhaust manifold
Košťál, Josef ; Petruška, Jindřich (oponent) ; Šebek, František (vedoucí práce)
This master’s thesis deals with thermo–mechanical analysis and fatigue life prediction of the exhaust manifold. At first, a research study was carried out, in which the phenomenon of thermo–mechanical fatigue is reviewed. The main damage mechanisms and the modelling methods were presented. The specific behaviors of the materials subjected to thermo–mechanical loads were also covered. An overview of suitable material and fatigue life models was listed together with the algorithm of the fatigue life component prediction. Secondly, the theoretical background has been applied to the case study of the exhaust manifold subjected to thermo–mechanical loads. Two temperature-dependent elasto–plastic material models were calibrated and validated on the basis of experimental data, and the discretized finite element model of the exhaust manifold assembly was created. The model of the thermal boundary conditions was prescribed on the basis of steady state conjugate heat transfer analyses. One-way coupled thermal–mechanical finite element simulations were performed for each material model. A paradigm of uncoupled fatigue life model – suitable for low cycle fatigue – was used, hence the fatigue life prediction was evaluated in post-processing. Two fatigue life models were used – energy-based and strain-based. The obtained values of predicted fatigue life have been compared according to the material and fatigue life models which have been used. Lastly, the conclusions, the possibilities of further research and possible improvements are proposed and discussed.
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Possibilities of the description of stress-strain curves for computational simulations
Košťál, Josef ; Halabuk, Dávid (oponent) ; Šebek, František (vedoucí práce)
This bachelor’s thesis investigated the identification of material’s flow curve using experimental data from standard tensile test output, and the possibilities of fitting a non-linear relationship through this identified curve. The theoretical background of differences between engineering and true stress and strain was presented, as well as the tensile test basis and its output. An analytical correction method (Mirone-La Rosa) for flow curve’s trend estimation, using the tensile test as an input, was described and used. Elasto-plastic piece-wise linear material models were listed and additionally four non-linear relationships were chosen and investigated – Hollomon, Ludwik, Swift and Voce. Then, the finite element method was used for flow curve identification of experimentally tested 18CrNiMo7-6 steel, with a standard tensile test output needed for flow curve calibration. Flow curve was calibrated with iterative process on the basis of comparison of reaction forces from simulation and experiment. Furthermore, the user interface was created, and the best fit out of four chosen non-linear relationships was found.
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Assessment of thermo-mechanical fatigue of exhaust manifold
Košťál, Josef ; Petruška, Jindřich (oponent) ; Šebek, František (vedoucí práce)
This master’s thesis deals with thermo–mechanical analysis and fatigue life prediction of the exhaust manifold. At first, a research study was carried out, in which the phenomenon of thermo–mechanical fatigue is reviewed. The main damage mechanisms and the modelling methods were presented. The specific behaviors of the materials subjected to thermo–mechanical loads were also covered. An overview of suitable material and fatigue life models was listed together with the algorithm of the fatigue life component prediction. Secondly, the theoretical background has been applied to the case study of the exhaust manifold subjected to thermo–mechanical loads. Two temperature-dependent elasto–plastic material models were calibrated and validated on the basis of experimental data, and the discretized finite element model of the exhaust manifold assembly was created. The model of the thermal boundary conditions was prescribed on the basis of steady state conjugate heat transfer analyses. One-way coupled thermal–mechanical finite element simulations were performed for each material model. A paradigm of uncoupled fatigue life model – suitable for low cycle fatigue – was used, hence the fatigue life prediction was evaluated in post-processing. Two fatigue life models were used – energy-based and strain-based. The obtained values of predicted fatigue life have been compared according to the material and fatigue life models which have been used. Lastly, the conclusions, the possibilities of further research and possible improvements are proposed and discussed.
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Possibilities of the description of stress-strain curves for computational simulations
Košťál, Josef ; Halabuk, Dávid (oponent) ; Šebek, František (vedoucí práce)
This bachelor’s thesis investigated the identification of material’s flow curve using experimental data from standard tensile test output, and the possibilities of fitting a non-linear relationship through this identified curve. The theoretical background of differences between engineering and true stress and strain was presented, as well as the tensile test basis and its output. An analytical correction method (Mirone-La Rosa) for flow curve’s trend estimation, using the tensile test as an input, was described and used. Elasto-plastic piece-wise linear material models were listed and additionally four non-linear relationships were chosen and investigated – Hollomon, Ludwik, Swift and Voce. Then, the finite element method was used for flow curve identification of experimentally tested 18CrNiMo7-6 steel, with a standard tensile test output needed for flow curve calibration. Flow curve was calibrated with iterative process on the basis of comparison of reaction forces from simulation and experiment. Furthermore, the user interface was created, and the best fit out of four chosen non-linear relationships was found.
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