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Fatigue Crack Propagation under Combined Load in Selected Polymer and Metal Materials
Slávik, Ondrej ; Klusák, Jan (referee) ; Padovec,, Zdeněk (referee) ; Náhlík, Luboš (advisor)
Material fatigue plays key role in terms of lifetimes of many service parts. Study of fatigue behavior of materials is ongoing from the previous century. To a large degree, the focus is put on studies of fatigue crack growth under uniaxial loading, or the so-called opening mode crack growth. However, in practice there are multiple cases of multiaxially loaded service parts, in which cracks loaded under mixed-mode loading conditions may be present. There is currently not enough knowledge with regards to this topic. This thesis is focused on some of the aspects of fatigue crack growth under combined loading. The aim is to find appropriate experimental specimens for studies regarding these issues and with their help to acquire necessary experimental data. Obtained results were used for simplification of residual fatigue lifetime estimation of parts made of polymer and metal materials. In the thesis it is also noticed about the differences in fatigue fractures between polymer and metal materials loaded by combination of tension and shear loading. These results contribute to better understanding of the processes of fatigue fractures of parts loaded by combined loading. Therefore, the submitted thesis is focused on the studies of fatigue behavior of metal and polymer materials under multiaxial loading.
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Simulation of fatigue crack propagation in the wing main spar flange
Augustin, Petr
Simulation of fatigue crack growth in the bottom flange of twin turboprop commuter aircraft wing spar is described in this paper. Analysed crack propagation scenario represents real wing full-scale fatigue test failure. Computational model of bottom flange was prepared using three-dimensional fracture mechanics software FRANC3D. Calculation of crack growth under the variable amplitude loading was performed in AFGROW code using the NASGRO equation and Wheeler retardation model. It was verified with the results of wing spar specimen fatigue test and fractograpic analysis of fatigue fracture from this experiment. Computational model was applied in the prognostic algorithm of structure health monitoring system.
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Calculation of Fatigue Crack Lengths from CMOD Measurement Performed on Concrete 3PB Specimens
Holušová, Táňa ; Seitl, Stanislav
The fatigue of cement based composites is now one of the progressive branches in research. To describe fatigue crack growth quantitatively it is necessary to know the values of materials parameters for Paris-Erdogan law. In cement based composites it is difficult to measure crack lengths directly. Therefore the crack mouth opening displacement (CMOD) is measured and then recalculated to crack lengths. The aim of the present article is to find the relation between CMOD and the corresponding crack length for three point bend (3PB) specimen by using cohesive model that is implemented in ATENA software
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Kinetics of fatigue crack growth in Eurofer 97 steel
Kruml, Tomáš ; Hutař, Pavel ; Náhlík, Luboš ; Seitl, Stanislav ; Polák, Jaroslav
The fatigue crack growth rate in the Eurofer 97 steel was measured by two different methodologies. Small crack growth data were obtained using cylindrical specimens with a shallow notch. No artificial crack starters were used. The growth of semicircular cracks of length between 10 – 2000 m were measured in symmetrical tension-compression cycling with constant strain amplitude (R = -1). Long crack data were measured using standard CT specimen and ASTM methodology in stress control with R = 0.1. The growth of fatigue cracks with length in the range of 10 – 30 mm was determined. It is shown that the crack growth rate of both types of cracks are in a very good agreement if J-integral rep-resentation is used and reasonable assumptions of the crack closure effects are taken into account.
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Kinetics of fatigue crack growth under notches in duplex steel
Kotecký, Ondřej ; Degallaix, S. ; Polák, Jaroslav
While under elastic fatigue loading of structural components with a stress concentration the material response is quite well known and the predictions are accurate, under elastic-plastic fatigue loading the predictions are poor and result in over-dimensioning the structure. The present work studies the effect of the stress gradient and the microstructure in an austenitic-ferritic (or duplex) 2507 stainless steel. Fatigue tests were performed on double edge notched specimens. Direct optical observations and potential drop technique calibrated via the finite element method are used to measure the surface crack size and its depth and to determine the in-depth and surface crack growth. The effect of stress and strain gradients on the crack propagation kinetics is evaluated and discussed.
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Influence of grain orientation on threshold values of short fatigue cracks
Náhlík, Luboš ; Knésl, Zdeněk
The influence of a grain boundary on the propagation of a fatigue crack is studied. To this aim the grain boundary is considered as an interface between two different materials with their elastic constants depending on the orientation of the adjacent grains. The main goal is to estimate the threshold value of a microstructurally short fatigue crack propagating through the grain boundary. The corresponding threshold values are calculated as a function of material parameters of grains. Corresponding modelling have been performed by combination of analytical and numerical approach. For numerical calculations the finite element system ANSYS has been used. The model describes only one of many aspects of short fatigue crack behaviour and the results obtained contribute to a better understanding of microstuctural aspects of short fatigue crack growth.
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