Journal of the Society of Materials Science, Japan
Online ISSN : 1880-7488
Print ISSN : 0514-5163
ISSN-L : 0514-5163
Distribution of Residual Stress in the Vicinity of Fatigue Crack Tip and Crack Growth
Kazuo HONDANorio HOSOKAWATakaaki SARAIKaizou OKAMOTO
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1982 Volume 31 Issue 342 Pages 210-214

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The distributions of residual stress in the vicinities of fatigue crack tips and behind them were measured in various conditions of crack length, stress amplitude and stress ratio by the counter method for X-ray microbeam stress measurement. On the basis of the distributions of residual stress, the crack closure behavior was examined analytically by the finite element method and the correlation between the crack growth and the distribution of residual stress was discussed.
It was found that the distribution of residual stress in the vicinity of the crack tip was affected by the crack length and the loading conditions. The plastic zone size ahead of the crack tip was related to the maximum applied stress and the crack length, and it was evaluated from the maximum stress intensity factor Kmax. The crack growth rate was expressed in terms of the effective stress intensity range ΔKeff that was calculated by the finite element method based on the distribution of residual stress. It is considered that the crack growth behavior is closely related to the distribution of residual stress, and the crack growth rates can be predicted from the effective stress intensity range ΔKeff calculated by taking account of the distributions.
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