Papers by Author: M. Beghini

Abstract: The ring-core method allows the determination of residual stresses at high depth from the surface. The numerical calculation integral method, commonly used for the hole-drilling, can also be applied to the ring-core. The integral method coefficients were obtained for several depth steps after axial-symmetric FE simulations with harmonic load. These coefficients were then validated with a 3D finite element model. Finally, an application was reported, showing the performance of the Tikhonov regularization on experimental data.

Abstract: A new integrated system consisting of a testing machine, denominated Diaptometro, and of an algorithm for metallic materials identification via instrumented spherical indentation testing is presented. The identification is carried out by analyzing the experimental load – penetration depth curve ( curve) from shallow indentation tests, thus preventing any contact condition effects in the material properties estimation. Accuracy in the experimental data collecting and the curve representation were recognized to be the key factors at the basis of reliable and accurate estimations. A new equipment with accuracies of 0.075% and 0.1% for the penetration depth and indentation load respectively was specifically built-up, whereas a four-terms power expansion is proposed for modeling the curve in the identification procedure. Experimental validation campaigns confirm the effectiveness of the adopted solutions.

Abstract: The Hole Drilling Method introduces a hole in a (residual) stressed volume of material, typically a metal, then a stress concentration follows. A portion of the volume near the hole can experience a stress concentration and then plasticity. The relaxed strains measured by the rosette strain gage grids are then affected by this plasticity volume especially when the residual stress is quite large with respect to the material yield stress. This is the so called Hole Drilling Plasticity Effect. The authors recently proposed a numerical procedure to correct this perturbation effect and retrieve more accurate residual stress components values. An experimental validation of this correction procedure is reported in the paper.

Abstract: The present paper is aimed at investigating the behaviour of fatigue cracks emanating from sharp V-shaped notches. To this purpose, several tests has been conducted on Al-7075-T651 notched specimens using a servohydraulic machine by changing the directions and levels of the applied load. The crack growth have been interpreted on the basis of a linear elastic fracture mechanics approach by adopting a weight function derived by the authors for the calculation of the stress intensity factors (SIFs) of inclined edge-cracks emanating from V-shaped notches.

Abstract: The present paper proposes a new test rig to perform fretting fatigue tests on a shrinkfitted shaft assembly. A shrink-fitted shaft is put under rotating bending by means of an eccentric offset at one end. The shaft is driven near to its first resonance condition to significantly reduce the required force to produce bending. Test parameters are the imposed bending stress amplitude, and the hub radial pressure obtained through conical fitting. The proposed apparatus allows for changing bending stress amplitude and hub pressure to generate fretting fatigue tests at different conditions. In particular, the role of slip amplitude in fretting fatigue can be investigated. At the present stage the proposed apparatus is under construction at the Mechanical Department of the University of Pisa.