Abstract
A novel loading method is proposed to remove the effect of residual stress on measured fatigue crack growth rate in welded joint, using which the influence of empirical crack growth rate correlation equations on the results can be avoided. The total stress intensity factor range and the effective stress ratios corresponding to the combined effect of applied and residual stress are kept constant during the fatigue crack growth test, by changing the applied maximum and minimum loads with the increase of crack length and changes in residual stress based on the superposition rule. The feasibility of the proposed method was validated by tests of compact tension specimens containing residual stresses introduced by four-point bending. The loading method was then applied to a test of welded compact tension specimen with coupled effect of residual stress and microstructure change on fatigue crack growth rate. The fluctuation in the separated crack growth rate reflects the effect of microstructure change on fatigue crack growth rate.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1227–1239 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| Early online date | 8 May 2017 |
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| Publication status | Published - Aug 2017 |
| Event | 16th International Conference on New Trends in Fatigue and Fracture - Dubrovnik, Croatia Duration: 24 May 2016 → 27 May 2016 Conference number: 16 |
Bibliographical note
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Xu, Y, Bao, R, Liu, H &Zhang, X 2017, 'A Modified Loading Method for Separating the Effect of Residual
Stress on Fatigue Crack Growth Rate of Welded Joints' Fatigue and Fracture of
Engineering Materials and Structures, vol 40 (8), 1227–1239, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ffe.12617. This
article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms
and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
Keywords
- Fatigue crack growth
- weld joints
- superposition rule
- residual stress