Papers by Author: J.H. Cheng

Abstract: The hinge-type turning fashion has been widely adopted in wheel loader. During the process of design, two kinds of parameters, stability and stability coefficient, have been thought out to evaluate a loader’s transverse stability. Majority of cultural documentary adopts the evaluation method of stability currently.In this paper, the opinion that the stability coefficient can be used to evaluate transverse stability is more reasonable and viable, which is proved and analyzed through experiments.It is certificated by theory and practice: Using the stability coefficient to evaluate a loader’s transverse stability is more scientific and exact. It has some significance to direct the design, manufacture and use of the wheel loader.

Abstract: A new model for predicting the small-crack growth rates is proposed under the constant amplitude loading. With the use of two important parameters, the transition crack length a0 and the barrier characteristic parameter d*, the new model can reflect the abnormal feature of small-crack growth. The effect of crack closure is considered in the model as well. The model is shown to provide a better correlation to the experimental results for the Ti-6Al-4V alloy under various stress levels at a stress ratio of R = 0.4.