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- Title
Effect of fatigue crack growth of interactions between overloads.
- Authors
Pommier, S.; De Freitas, M.
- Abstract
Various types of interactions between overloads were studied in a 0.38% C low carbon steel. The retarding effect due to consecutive overloads is found to increase with the number of overloads, until it reaches a maximum. Similarly, it is found that a critical distance between overloads ensures the highest retarding effect, while shorter or longer spacing are less efficient for retarding crack growth. These effects are successfully explained using FEM calculations of the effective stress intensity factor. The kinematic hardening of the alloy, which is very efficient in ferritic-pearlitic steels, is shown to be mostly responsible for those effects. Taking into account the amplitude of kinematic hardening allows qualitative explanation of the observed effects. The order of application of the cycles during variable amplitude fatigue is thus important and should be taken into account for predicting fatigue lives.
- Subjects
STRESS corrosion; CARBON steel
- Publication
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 2002, Vol 25, Issue 7, p709
- ISSN
8756-758X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1460-2695.2002.00531.x