Papers by Keyword: Critical Plane Method

Abstract: In this work the biaxial behavior of 316 stainless steel is studied under the lens of critical plane approach. A series of ten experiments were developed on dog bone shape hollow cylindrical specimens made of type 316 stainless steel. Five different loading conditions were assessed, with (i) only axial stress, (ii) only hoop stress, (iii) proportional combination of axial and hoop stresses, (iv) non-proportional combination of axial and hoop stresses with square shape and (v) non-proportional combination of axial and hoop stresses with L-shape. The fatigue analysis is performed following four different critical plane theories, namely Wang-Brown, Fatemi-Socie, Liu I and Liu II. The efficiency of all four theories is studied in terms of the accuracy of their life predictions.

Abstract: The critical plane method is widely discussed because of its effectiveness for predicting the multiaxial fatigue life prediction of metallic materials under the non-proportional loading conditions. The aim of the present paper is to give a comparison of the applicability of the critical plane methods on multiaxial fatigue life prediction. A total of 205 multiaxial fatigue test data of nine kinds of metallic materials under various strain paths are adopted for the experimental verification. Results shows that the von Mises effective strain parameter and KBM critical plane parameter can give well predicted fatigue lives for multiaxial proportional loading conditions, but give poor prediction lives evaluation for multiaxial non-proportional loading conditions. However, FS parameter shows better accuracy than the KBM parameter for multiaxial fatigue prediction for both proportional and non-proportional loading conditions.

Abstract: The multiaxial stress is acted on the sidewall and beams of the large linear vibrating screen. So the critical plane method is used for calculating the fatigue lives of the large linear vibrating screen. The logarithm fatigue lives nephogram is drawn and the logarithm fatigue lives of large linear vibrating screen are analyzed. The local logarithm fatigue lives for different surface roughness of the vibrating screen is calculated and the results shows that the fatigue lives decrease quickly when the surface roughness increases.

Abstract: A law on the cumulative damage is presented basing on total strain energy induced as damage parameter to calculate the cumulative damage when the specimens of concrete subjected to fatigue loading.Then the maximum of critical cumulative damage and location of production are determined basing on the equation of cumulative fatigue damage combined with experimental result through using the finite element analysis and the critical plane method in fatigue analysis.The relation equation between the standardized critical total strain energy density and stress level is obtained by considering the impact of loading level.The fatigue life of specimens can be predicted by combining the equation of cumulative fatigue damage with the relation equation of damage and stress level and the prediction results coincide with experimental results very well.

Abstract: A fatigue analysis program to calculate fatigue lives of mechanical components and structures from FE(Finite Element) results is developed. The useful characteristic of this program is operated under Web environment. So, any designer who design fatigue strength of components and structures can use without other program installation. For the assessment of multi-axial fatigue damage, signed equivalent stress method and critical plane approach have been employed. Each method is compared and the results of Signed von Mises stress method has similar to the results of Smith-Waston-Topper's parameter using critical plane approach. The results were compared with those from commercial program FE-Fatigue6.0 and it was observed that fatigue life and cumulative damage distribution calculated applying same fatigue resistance curve. The results of calculated fatigue life using Web based program agree well with those from FE-Fatigue6.0.