Effects of Friction and High Torque on Fatigue Crack Propagation in Mode III
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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2197-2204 |
Journal / Publication | Metallurgical transactions. A, Physical metallurgy and materials science |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 12 |
Publication status | Published - Dec 1982 |
Externally published | Yes |
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Abstract
Turbo-generator and automotive shafts are often subjected to complex histories of high torques. To provide a basis for fatigue life estimation in such components, a study of fatigue crack propagation in Mode III (anti-plane shear) for a mill-annealed AISI 4140 steel (RB88, 590 MN/m2 tensile strength) has been undertaken, using torsionally-loaded, circumferentially-notched cylindrical specimens. As demonstrated previously for higher strength AISI 4340 steel, Mode III cyclic crack growth rates (dc/dN)III can be related to the alternating stress intensity factor ΔKIII for conditions of small-scale yielding. However, to describe crack propagation behavior over an extended range of crack growth rates (∼10-6 to 10-2 mm per cycle), where crack growth proceeds under elastic-plastic and full plastic conditions, no correlation between(dc/dN)III and ΔKIII is possible. Accordingly, a new parameter for torsional crack growth, termed the plastic strain intensity ΓIII, is introduced and is shown to provide a unique description of Mode III crack growth behavior for a wide range of testing conditions, provided a mean load reduces friction, abrasion, and interlocking between mating fracture surfaces. The latter effect is found to be dependent upon the mode of applied loading (i.e., the presence of superimposed axial loads) and the crack length and torque level. Mechanistically, high-torque surfaces were transverse, macroscopically flat, and smeared. Lower torques showed additional axial cracks (longitudinal shear cracking) perpendicular to the main transverse surface. A micro-mechanical model for the main radial Mode III growth, based on the premise that crack advance results from Mode II coalescence of microcracks initiated at inclusions ahead of the main crack front, is extended to high nominal stress levels, and predicts that Mode III fatigue crack propagation rates should be proportional to the range of plastic strain intensity (ΔΓIII) if local Mode II growth rates are proportional to the displacements. Such predictions are shown to be in agreement with measured growth rates in AISI 4140 steel from 10-6 to 10-2 mm per cycle.
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Effects of Friction and High Torque on Fatigue Crack Propagation in Mode III. / NAYEB-HASHEMI, H.; McCLINTOCK, F. A.; RITCHIE, R. O.
In: Metallurgical transactions. A, Physical metallurgy and materials science, Vol. 13, No. 12, 12.1982, p. 2197-2204.
In: Metallurgical transactions. A, Physical metallurgy and materials science, Vol. 13, No. 12, 12.1982, p. 2197-2204.
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review