Papers by Keyword: Multiaxial Stress

Abstract: This paper discusses creep void formation and rupture lifetimes in multiaxial stress states for a SUS 304 stainless steel at elevated temperatures. Biaxial and triaxial tension creep tests were performed using a cruciform and a cubic specimen, respectively. These two types of the specimens were designed to achieve uniform equi-biaxial and equi-triaxial stress distributions by a finite element analysis in the gage parts. Void formation at grain boundaries was observed by intermitting biaxial creep tests and by interrupting triaxial creep tests. Creep rupture lifetimes were also obtained in biaxial and triaxial creep tests. Biaxial stresses increase the void formation but give a little influence on a creep rupture lifetime in the correlation with von Mises equivalent stress. Triaxial stresses also increase the void formation and drastically reduce a creep rupture lifetime in the correlation with von Mises equivalent stress. Evident void formation in an equi-triaxial stress condition demonstrates that von Mises equivalent stress is not a suitable measure to evaluate creep damage development in multiaxial stress states. A new equivalent stress is proposed to evaluate creep rupture lifetimes in biaxial and triaxial stress states.

Abstract: Multiaxial fatigue tests consisting of push-pull loading and cyclic inner pressure were carried out using hollow cylinder specimens of type 430 stainless and type 316 stainless steels at room temperature. 7 types of cyclic loading paths were employed by combining axial and hoop stresses: a Pull, an Inner-pressure, a Push-pull, an Equi-biaxial, a Square-shape, a L_T-shape and a L_C-shape. Fatigue lives vary depending on the loading path when those were evaluated by the maximum Mises’ equivalent stress on inner surface of the specimen. The fatigue lives of both the steels showed a similar tendency although some Pull tests take longer fatigue life when cracks initiated from inside surface of the specimen. This study investigated the crack initiation and propagation behaviors as well as the initiation of oil leakage to prove the behavior and discusses life evaluation for two steels under wide ranged biaxial stress state, too.

Abstract: The paper presents comparison of the mathematical models for fatigue life calculations including influence of the mean load value. Several model based on stress analysis on the critical plane and energy density parameter were investigated. In this paper three types of materials were tested and subjected to bending, torsion and combination of bending with torsion loading with the participation of mean value of the load. It was found, that the best fatigue life estimations obtained by models taking into account changes of the material behavior under fatigue loading related to the specified numbers of cycles of the load.

Abstract: This study presents definitions of principal stress/strain range and mean stress/strain introduced by utilizing Itoh-Sakane criterion for multiaxial loading including non-proportional loading, and shows the method of calculating the non-proportional factor which expresses the severity of non-proportional loading under the multiaxial 3D loading. This paper also shows a method of visually presenting the stress/strain, the non-proportionality of loading and the damage evaluation.

Abstract: This paper discusses an evaluation method of creep-fatigue lives of YH61 single crystal superalloy under multiaxial loading at high temperature. Three types of creep-fatigue tests were performed using three types of the single crystalsuperalloy specimens at 1173K. They were push-pull tests using solid bar specimens, tension-torsion tests using hollow cylinder specimens and biaxial tension-compression tests using cruciform specimens. Anisotropic strain and Mises stress in combination with frequency modified fatigue equation were applied for evaluating the creep-fatigue lives in the three types of tests. The former parameter gave a relatively large scatter but the latter parameter a small scatter in the correlation.

Abstract: This study discusses fatigue properties of low carbon steel under multiaxial non-proportional loading and an evaluation of failure life. Multiaxial fatigue tests under non-proportional loading with various stress amplitudes were carried out using a hollow cylinder specimen in low and high cycle regions at room temperature. In the test, three types of strain/stress path were employed. They are a push-pull, a reversed torsion and a combined push-pull and reversed torsion loadings in which stress amplitudes used were constant and random. This study evaluates an effect of non-proportional loading on fatigue life in the high cycle fatigue region to discuss the applicability of Δε_NP proposed by Itoh et al. on life evaluations in the high cycle region and under random loading.

Abstract: The mechanical behaviour of structural components subjected to multiaxial fatigue loading is very important in modern design. Several approaches have been introduced in recent decades to analyse this problem. The so-called critical plane approach, based on the stresses acting on the plane where the crack nucleation is expected to occur, is widely used. This criterion can give us a fatigue damage measurement, which can be used to evaluate fatigue life. On the other hand, fatigue life under general multiaxial stress histories can also be assessed by applying the damage accumulation method. In such a method, a scalar damage parameter is quantified through the damage increments which develop during the fatigue process up to the critical damage value corresponding to the final failure of the structures. The damage increment approach to fatigue has recently been discussed and connected to the classical crack propagation approach. In the present paper, the interpretation of the critical plane approach based on the continuum damage mechanics concepts is examined. In particular, the physical meaning of the critical plane approach is shown, that is, such an approach can be interpreted as a damage method which takes into account the scalar damage parameter evaluated along preferential directions. Finally, the fatigue behaviour of a metallic material under multiaxial cyclic load histories is analysed through the two above approaches.

Abstract: To find out the cause for fatigue failure of a drill string used in oil field drilling, and considering the actual working conditions, axial, radial and circumferential cyclic stresses borne by the drill string in borehole of oil and gas well, fatigue strength of drill string is analyzed based on multi-axial fatigue assessment method. Then the formula to calculate the mean stress of multi-axial load of the drill string is obtained, and the formula serves as a method to calculate multi-axial fatigue life of the drill string, which has been verified through field data. It is realized that multi-axial stress has significant influence on drill string fatigue. When on drill string fatigue, Soderberg equation shall be employed to calculate the stress amplitude of drill string fatigue.

Abstract: By the investigation of the 400°C low cycle fatigue behavior of 4 kinds of notched cylindrical specimens made 2.25Cr-1Mo stee1. The high temperature low cycle fatigue life was evaluated by the criterons of equivalent range. The results show that equivalent criterion for evaluating high temperature low cycle fatigue life has its experimental and theoretical foundation, but further investigation is still needed．