Multiaxial Fatigue Crack Propagation of an Edge Crack in a Cylindrical Specimen Undergoing Combined Tension-Torsion Loading

Fatigue crack propagation in microcapsule - toughened epoxy

The addition of liquid-filled urea-formaldehyde (UF) microcapsules to an epoxy matrix leads to significant reduction in fatigue crack growth rate and corresponding increase in fatigue life. Mode-I fatigue crack propagation is measured using a tapered doublecantilever beam (TDCB) specimen for a range of microcapsule concentrations and sizes: 0, 5, 10, and 20% by weight and 50, 180, and 460 lm di...

High Temperature Fatigue Crack Propagation in INCONEL718

Thermal activation of fatigue crack growth: analysing the mechanisms of fatigue crack propagation in superalloys

A method for deriving apparent activation energies, Eapp, for fatigue crack growth (FCG) is presented. It is shown how these Eapp values can be used to analyse the main underlying mechanism causing the progression of the crack. The Eapp values for fatigue crack growth in air and vacuum, and with and without a dwell are obtained for a range of Ni based superalloys for turbine disc applications. ...

Fretting Fatigue with Cylindrical-On-Flat Contact: Crack Nucleation, Crack Path and Fatigue Life

Fretting fatigue experiments and finite element analysis were carried out to investigate the influence of cylindrical-on-flat contact on crack nucleation, crack path and fatigue life of medium-carbon steel. The location of crack nucleation was predicted using the maximum shear stress range criterion and the maximum relative slip amplitude criterion. The prediction using the maximum relative sli...

Calculation of the Electrical Resistance of a Compact Tension Specimen for Crack-Propagation Measurements

The electrical resistance of a notched compact specimen for determination of plane-strain fracture toughness was calculated using numerical methods coupled with the Schwarz-Christoffel transformation. Experimental measurement of this resistance is commonly used to obtain the crack length in notched specimens subjected to stress corrosion and hydrogen embrit t lement tests. The results presented...