A fatigue assessment approach involving small crack growth modelling for structural alloy steels with interior fracture behavior

Ning Gao, Wei Li*, Rui Sun, Xin Xin Xing, Ping Wang, Tatsuo Sakai

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Abstract

A fatigue assessment approach for interior inclusion-FGA (fine granular area)-fisheye induced fracture was proposed through experimental investigation of very high cycle fatigue properties of two high-strength low-alloy steels. The rougher morphology of FGA reveals the rather distorted crack growth path and slow crack growth rate. A strength evaluation model related to defect size and fatigue life was developed, using which the predicted results are in agreement with the experimental results. Based on the modelling of micro-crack growth rate, the evaluated value can be less than the magnitude of one Burger's vector, which reflects the discontinuous crack growth behavior within FGA.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)198-210
Number of pages13
JournalEngineering Fracture Mechanics
Volume204
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2018

Keywords

  • Fatigue assessment approach
  • Fine granular area
  • High-strength low-alloy steel
  • Interior fracture
  • Small crack growth

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