2011 Volume 5 Issue 5 Pages 230-241
This study discusses multiaxial low cycle fatigue life of notched specimen under proportional and non-proportional loadings at room temperature. Strain controlled multiaxial low cycle fatigue tests were carried out using smooth and circumferentially notched round-bar specimens of type 316L stainless steel. Four kinds of notched specimens were employed with elastic stress concentration factors, Kt, as 1.5, 2.5, 4.2 and 6.0. The strain paths include proportional and non-proportional loadings. The former employed was a push-pull straining and a reversed torsion straining. The latter was achieved by strain path where axial and shear strains has 90° phase difference but their amplitudes are the same based on von Mises' criterion. The notch dependency of multiaxial low cycle fatigue life and the life estimation are discussed with employing inelastic finite element analysis. The lives depend on both Kt and strain path. The strain parameter for the life estimation is discussed with the non-proportional strain parameter proposed by an author with introducing Kt. The proposed parameter gave a satisfactory evaluation of multiaxial low cycle fatigue life for notched specimen of type 316L stainless steel under proportional and non-proportional loadings.
