Prediction of 3D small fatigue crack propagation in shot-peened specimens

Jinxiang Liu, Changle Xiang, Huang Yuan*

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Abstract

Shot peening has been widely applied in industrial design to improve fatigue durability of high loaded machine components. The compressive residual stress induced by shot peening is in general assumed to be responsible for the improvement of material fatigue strength. In the present work a cyclic cohesive zone model is extended to analyze three-dimensional fatigue crack growth in shot-peened specimens. Fatigue crack growth behaviors in both unpeened and peened specimens are investigated using 3D finite element analysis. The parameters of the cohesive zone model have been identified in 2D unpeened specimens and are applied to predict peened specimens directly. The results indicate that shot peening strongly affects crack initiation time and crack profiles, but has little effect on crack propagation rate. It implies that the shot peening will hardly change Paris' law used for the damage tolerant design.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)566-571
Number of pages6
JournalComputational Materials Science
Volume46
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2009

Keywords

  • 3D Crack growth
  • Cohesive zone model
  • FEM simulation
  • Fatigue crack
  • Shot peening

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