ISSN:
1460-2695
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Fatigue crack propagation in circular Ti–6Al–4V specimens subjected to high strain amplitudes has been investigated. Crack closure was measured with an electrical potential-drop technique. Closure was shown not to depend on strain ratio but to be a function of the applied strain range. At higher strain ranges, the crack was found to be closed for a smaller part of the load cycle than at lower strain ranges due to blunting of the crack tip. Furthermore, the use of a strain-intensity approach to predict crack-propagation rate was investigated, and it was found that for the upper parts of the da/dN curves the effective strain intensity yields good predictions. Also, the effective stress-intensity factor was found to collapse the da/dN curves for different load ratios.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2695.2004.00858.x
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