Structural Integrity of a Shaft Subjected to Multiaxial Fatigue Loads in Presence of Short Crack

Abstract:

The behavior of short cracks, focusing on the study of small manufacturing flaws in a critical structure working under a high frequency load spectrum, is a complex and very current topic and its investigated in this study. The modeling and predicting of the effect of these flaws is a matter of interest also for industrial manufacturers with regards to the future design of high stressed components. Aeronautical components in general, but particularly helicopter components, are subjected to a high number of fatigue cycles that potentially cause the propagation of very small flaws and thus require careful analysis. The application of multi-axial loading conditions such as axial and torsional load complicate the assessment by provoking a multimode propagation. A high cycle multi-axial fatigue loading condition (torsional and axial) on a tube that is representative of a helicopter main transmission shaft has thus been investigated in this work. The presence of a small flaw has been artificially created on the surface of the tube and the behavior of the defect in terms of the threshold of the propagation of a crack emanating from it under high cycles fatigue due to axial and torsional stresses has been investigated by means of analytical and FE models. Experimental test have also been carried out to validate the results of the simulations.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 577-578)
• Pages: 9-12
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.577-578.9
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: M. Fossati, Andrea Manes, G. Ceresoli, M. Dell’Oro, Marco Giglio
• Keywords: Defect, Multi-Axial Fatigue Loading, Numerical Modeling, Short Crack, Tube

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