Load history effects on fatigue crack propagation: Its effect on the R-curve for threshold

Zhou, Xingxing; Hohenwarter, Anton; Leitner, Thomas; Gänser, Hans-Peter; Pippan, Reinhard

doi:10.3221/igf-esis.33.26

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“…Most of these “history free” test methods normally start crack growth from sharp precracks, which are regularly induced by a “compression–compression” precracking method in order to minimize the appreciable load history effects. Nevertheless, if compression overloads happen during the precracking, the ΔK th value for the R-curve and short fatigue crack behaviors of stepwise load-increasing amplitude tests can be affected because of the antishielding induced by the plastic deformation, as tested by Zhou et al [31] both experimentally and numerically.…”

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Investigation on Fatigue Threshold Testing Methods in a Near Lamellar TiAl Alloy

Wang

Bowen

2019

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The effects of influential fatigue testing factors, including loading schemes (e.g., traditional load shedding and staircase load increasing), morphology of crack starters, and precracking approaches on the near-threshold fatigue crack growth behaviors for a near lamellar γ-TiAl alloy (Ti-45Al-2Mn-2Nb-1B) were investigated at room temperature and 650 °C. The results showed that the measured fatigue threshold values in lamellar γ-TiAl alloys are very sensitive to the applied testing procedures. For example, the staircase load-increasing method yielded smaller threshold values. When such a load-increasing method was used, the threshold values were measured either from a notch machined by electro-discharge machining or prepared by a compression–compression fatigue loading. Moreover, some differences could be seen with respect to the morphologies of the crack starters. Most of the above influences are associated with the brittle nature of the material and the characteristics of the lamellar microstructures, and closure effects are primarily induced by crack wake roughness or unbroken ligaments.

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