Damage evaluation under complex fatigue loading conditions

Fatigue damage and life assessment of multiaxial loadings is still an issue yet to resolve. Many methods have been proposed with promising agreements with the experimental results. However, the performance of such methods is, more than often, purely based on fatigue tests with simple loading conditi...

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Main Authors: L. Reis, J. Caxias, H. Soares, P. R. Costa, V. Anes, M. Freitas
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Language:English
Published: Gruppo Italiano Frattura 2019-04-01
Series:Fracture and Structural Integrity
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Online Access:https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/article/view/2202/2454
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author L. Reis
J. Caxias
H. Soares
P. R. Costa
V. Anes
M. Freitas
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H. Soares
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M. Freitas
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description Fatigue damage and life assessment of multiaxial loadings is still an issue yet to resolve. Many methods have been proposed with promising agreements with the experimental results. However, the performance of such methods is, more than often, purely based on fatigue tests with simple loading conditions. In this work the stress scale factor (SSF) criterion and the virtual cycle counting (vcc) method are used to estimate fatigue life and damage accumulation with two damage accumulation rules. Fatigue tests were carried out with three different variable amplitude random loadings, applied to several specimens made from a 42CrMo4 high-strength steel. Fatigue crack plane measurements were compared with predictions from several critical plane models. The applied methods provided very acceptable results making the SSF package (SSF equivalent stress and virtual cycle counting method) a good method to estimate fatigue life and assessment of the damage accumulation in random fatigue loadings.
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spelling doaj-art-ea476f3eae1c4d3483a1948b5519e4112025-02-02T22:34:01ZengGruppo Italiano FratturaFracture and Structural Integrity1971-89932019-04-01134830433110.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.3110.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.31Damage evaluation under complex fatigue loading conditionsL. ReisJ. CaxiasH. SoaresP. R. CostaV. AnesM. FreitasFatigue damage and life assessment of multiaxial loadings is still an issue yet to resolve. Many methods have been proposed with promising agreements with the experimental results. However, the performance of such methods is, more than often, purely based on fatigue tests with simple loading conditions. In this work the stress scale factor (SSF) criterion and the virtual cycle counting (vcc) method are used to estimate fatigue life and damage accumulation with two damage accumulation rules. Fatigue tests were carried out with three different variable amplitude random loadings, applied to several specimens made from a 42CrMo4 high-strength steel. Fatigue crack plane measurements were compared with predictions from several critical plane models. The applied methods provided very acceptable results making the SSF package (SSF equivalent stress and virtual cycle counting method) a good method to estimate fatigue life and assessment of the damage accumulation in random fatigue loadings.https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/article/view/2202/2454Multiaxial fatigueFatigue lifeDamage accumulationSSFCritical plane models
spellingShingle L. Reis
J. Caxias
H. Soares
P. R. Costa
V. Anes
M. Freitas
Damage evaluation under complex fatigue loading conditions
Fracture and Structural Integrity
Multiaxial fatigue
Fatigue life
Damage accumulation
SSF
Critical plane models
title Damage evaluation under complex fatigue loading conditions
title_full Damage evaluation under complex fatigue loading conditions
title_fullStr Damage evaluation under complex fatigue loading conditions
title_full_unstemmed Damage evaluation under complex fatigue loading conditions
title_short Damage evaluation under complex fatigue loading conditions
title_sort damage evaluation under complex fatigue loading conditions
topic Multiaxial fatigue
Fatigue life
Damage accumulation
SSF
Critical plane models
url https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/article/view/2202/2454
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