Effects of Grain Size on Crack Aspect Ratio and Crack Initiation Limit in Notched Specimen of Austenitic Stainless Steel (JIS SUS304)

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Aspect ratio is a key factor to calculate stress intensity factor (SIF) K using fracture mechanics. Cracks are approximated to be semi-circle or semi-ellipse in simple calculation, however, their empirical shapes are changed by stress concentration. In this study, in order to calculate K simply and precisely, a new method to predict fatigue crack initiation stress, σw1 of austenitic stainless steel with modified aspect ratio is discussed. The new method succeeded to predict σw1 within 20% error from empirical values using average austenite grain sizes.

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