The document studies the fatigue crack growth behavior of an aluminum alloy specimen with a notch. Finite element analysis is used to simulate a fatigue crack growth test on an arc-shaped aluminum specimen with a notch. The simulation results agree well with experimental fatigue crack growth test results. Both show that the crack propagation depends on the stress intensity range, with the crack growing faster at higher stress intensity values approaching the material's critical stress intensity value.
Damage tolerance study of honeycomb sandwich structureeSAT Journals
Abstract
Composite materials are essential component in today’s modern world. Structural sandwich construction is one of the first form of composite structures. In this study honeycomb sandwich structure which is a peculiar type of composite structure was investigated for crashworthiness. They are manmade structures with a honeycomb geometry. It consists of three elements ; Top face sheet, Core, Bottom face sheet. They are widely used in aerospace industry, marine, rail, automotive industry, in construction field as prefabricated partition walls, mezzanine floor, doors etc. The main objective of this study was to assess the damage tolerance of honeycomb sandwich structure based on serviceability and safety of the structure ie. to understand ability of structure to sustain defects safely until repair/replacement is performed. Damage tolerance study was performed to know with how much load this structure would safely withstand and also to know till how much load this structure would be made serviceable, if a damage is caused to it. Investigations were performed on both damaged and undamaged specimens by conducting. Four point bending flexure test and Edgewise compression test based on ASTM standards. Also finite element modeling of honeycomb sandwich structure was developed and analysis of the two experiments were performed in Ansys. Ultimate load, tensile and compressive stress values etc. obtained from the two experiments were compared for both damaged and undamaged specimen. Based on the results obtained it could be inferred that the load carrying capacity of honeycomb sandwich structure reduces, if a damage is caused to it but can perform its duty with reduced efficiency.
Keywords: Honeycomb Sandwich, Crashworthiness, Four point bending and Edgewise compression.
Effect of V Notch Shape on Fatigue Life in Steel Beam Made of High Carbon St...IJMER
The present work includes study effect of V notch shape with various angle orientation and
depths on fatigue life behavior in steel beam made of High Carbon Steel alloy AISI 1078 which has a wide
application in industry. Fatigue life of notched specimens is calculated using the fatigue life obtained from
the experiments for smooth specimens (reference) and by use Numerical method (FEA).The fatigue
experiments were carried out at room temperature, applying a fully reversed cyclic load with the
frequency of 50 Hz and mean stress equal to zero (R= -1), on a cantilever rotating-bending fatigue testing
machine. The stress ratio was kept constant throughout the experiment. Different instruments have been
used in this investigation like Chemical composition analyzer , Tensile universal testing machine
,Hardness tester , Fatigue testing machine and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).The results show
that there is acceptable error between experimental and numerical works
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Damage tolerance study of honeycomb sandwich structureeSAT Journals
Abstract
Composite materials are essential component in today’s modern world. Structural sandwich construction is one of the first form of composite structures. In this study honeycomb sandwich structure which is a peculiar type of composite structure was investigated for crashworthiness. They are manmade structures with a honeycomb geometry. It consists of three elements ; Top face sheet, Core, Bottom face sheet. They are widely used in aerospace industry, marine, rail, automotive industry, in construction field as prefabricated partition walls, mezzanine floor, doors etc. The main objective of this study was to assess the damage tolerance of honeycomb sandwich structure based on serviceability and safety of the structure ie. to understand ability of structure to sustain defects safely until repair/replacement is performed. Damage tolerance study was performed to know with how much load this structure would safely withstand and also to know till how much load this structure would be made serviceable, if a damage is caused to it. Investigations were performed on both damaged and undamaged specimens by conducting. Four point bending flexure test and Edgewise compression test based on ASTM standards. Also finite element modeling of honeycomb sandwich structure was developed and analysis of the two experiments were performed in Ansys. Ultimate load, tensile and compressive stress values etc. obtained from the two experiments were compared for both damaged and undamaged specimen. Based on the results obtained it could be inferred that the load carrying capacity of honeycomb sandwich structure reduces, if a damage is caused to it but can perform its duty with reduced efficiency.
Keywords: Honeycomb Sandwich, Crashworthiness, Four point bending and Edgewise compression.
Effect of V Notch Shape on Fatigue Life in Steel Beam Made of High Carbon St...IJMER
The present work includes study effect of V notch shape with various angle orientation and
depths on fatigue life behavior in steel beam made of High Carbon Steel alloy AISI 1078 which has a wide
application in industry. Fatigue life of notched specimens is calculated using the fatigue life obtained from
the experiments for smooth specimens (reference) and by use Numerical method (FEA).The fatigue
experiments were carried out at room temperature, applying a fully reversed cyclic load with the
frequency of 50 Hz and mean stress equal to zero (R= -1), on a cantilever rotating-bending fatigue testing
machine. The stress ratio was kept constant throughout the experiment. Different instruments have been
used in this investigation like Chemical composition analyzer , Tensile universal testing machine
,Hardness tester , Fatigue testing machine and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).The results show
that there is acceptable error between experimental and numerical works
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1. IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE)
e-ISSN: 2278-1684,p-ISSN: 2320-334X, Volume 12, Issue 5 Ver. II (Sep. - Oct. 2015), PP 68-74
www.iosrjournals.org
DOI: 10.9790/1684-12526874 www.iosrjournals.org 68 | Page
Study On Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior Of Aluminum Alloy In
The Presence Of Notch: An FEA Approach
Mahantesh. Matur1
, V. Krishnan2
, P. Dinesh1
1
(Department of Mechanical Engineering, M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore / VTU, India)
2
(Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sir M. Visveshwaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore / VTU,
India)
Abstract: Motivated with the functioning of pressure cylinders and their failures due to the presence of initial
flaws, an arc shaped specimen with inner surface notch is used as the theme of the present fatigue crack growth
study. Stress intensity factor (SIF) values obtained by the numerical simulation for the single edge notch bend
(SENB) specimen show a good agreement with the results obtained by photo elastic technique and hence using
the same numerical simulation based finite element analysis (FEA) technique, an influence of presence of notch
on the fatigue life of aluminum specimen was investigated by the numerical simulation and compared with
experimental results. Test samples and testing methods utilized for the present study are in accordance with
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM ) standards. Outcome of the study shows the dependency of
crack propagation on the stress intensity range.
Keywords: Aluminum, Arc shaped specimen, ASTM, Fatigue crack growth, FEA
I. Introduction
Generally components are designed so as to avoid yielding at the worst loaded point. Safety against
yield or failure of a component is considered to be the basic requirement of any design. Hence designers give
more importance to design featuring, notches[7], joints[8], complexity of specimen geometry[4] and groves[5,6]
to minimize the stresses that leads to premature failure of the components.
Components fail , when load applied is beyond the yield strength of the material. However it has been
found that often structures fail , even when load is well within the yield stress. Thus we can note that design of
a component based completely upon avoiding yielding is not adequate in certain cases such as in fatigue cases.
Fracture mechanics has become a perfect tool to deliver a useful methodology to compensate the
inadequacies of conventional design concepts. The conventional design criteria are based on tensile strength ,
yield strength and buckling stress. These criteria are useful for several engineering applications , but they are
insufficient when there is a crack in a structure. Hence integrity of many engineering structures are in jeopardy
by the presence of these initial cracks. Even though the design may appear to be safe , but structure may fail
due to aggravation of secondary cracks under same or low cyclic loads. These secondary cracks may grow either
from the free surface or from the initial geometrical features such as notches. Hence it is essential to address the
problem of notch under fatigue loads and consequent failure of the structures. Thus objective of present study
is to study the Fatigue crack growth (FCG) characteristics of aluminum alloy specimen with a notch .
The crack that is likely to grow under given loading condition can be analyzed through several methods
such as stress method, displacement or energy method[2,3]. For surface crack problems, many analyses have
been reported. T. Nishioka and S. N. Atluri’s [13] three-dimensional Alternating method; In this method, in
conjunction with the finite element method , the analytical solution was used for the analyses of semielliptical
surface flaws in pressurized cylinders. Using FEA, an uncracked cylinder under external load, was solved.
Solution thus obtained were used to calculate the stress at the location of the crack. Then using the analytical
solution in terms of coefficients, stress intensity factor were obtained.
German et al’s [14] line-spring method; In this method, the surface cracked configuration was idealized
as through- the thickness crack and discretized using plate/ shell elements with a series of line spring elements
with the crack faces. The line-spring model was applied for the analysis of surface cracks in plates using
ADINA software.
Raju, I.S., and Newman, J.C., Jr, [16] proposed finite element method; Crack opening displacement
approach to extract mixed mode SIF(s) has one disadvantage in 3D crack problems that a state of plane strain or
plane stress must be assumed initially. To circumvent this problem Raju and Newman proposed the nodal force
method and applied for semicircular surface crack in finite thickness plate in remote tension.
Bernard Gross et al’s [18] boundary collocation method; A boundary-value- collocation procedure was
applied to the Williams stress function to determine values of the stress-intensity factor K for single-edge cracks
in rectangular- section specimens subjected to three-point bending. The results are in terms of dimensionless
quantity relating, specimen thickness, width and bending moment.
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J. E. Srawley’s[19] photoelastic local collocation method; In this method to determine the SIF, a series
of photoelastic experiments was performed on a model of SEN, three point bending specimen. To determine the
SIF, classical fracture mechanics approach was followed .
The boundary collocation analysis yielded much more information than the photo elastic analysis but
the photoelastic method provides a cost effective alternative to the numerical analysis.
Aluminum 6061 alloy (hence forth read as AL 6061) as used for the present study has many
applications due to its high strength to weight ratio. Basically in automotive sector, aerospace and in
manufacture of pressure vessels. This material can be easily heat treated to improve the mechanical properties
of the components under service[1]. In the present study it is proposed to study the crack propagation in an arc
shaped tension (AT) specimen made up of AL 6061, by conducting FCG test. The result of FCG test gives SIF
range (K ) and the number of cycles for failure. The resulting K is also obtained by using FE technique,
where SIF is extracted by the quarter point method. For the present problem, a stress approach is followed to
analyze a crack growth on curved surface at room temperature under mechanical loading. In this approach ,
there is a need to account for the large amount of stresses, that are developed in the vicinity of a crack tip
requiring fine mesh at the crack tip for determining the SIF.
II. Fatigue Crack Growth Test Details
In the following paragraphs, details of the material, specimen geometry and test procedure employed in
studying the fatigue crack growth behaviour of AL 6061 in the presence of notch are presented.
2.1 Specimen details
For the present study, specimen made up of AL 6061 with the composition as shown in TABLE 1 has been
used.
Table 1. Typical composition of AL 6061 (Weight %)
Content CU Mg Si Fe Mn
Al
Rest
Percentage 0.066 0.72 0.876 0.162 0.54
Content Ni Pb Sn Ti Zn
Percentage <0.05 0.024 0.009 0.025 0.009
An AL 6061 extruded circular bar of 160 mm diameter and 150 mm length is used for preparing the
specimen. An AT specimen geometry as shown in Fig. 1 is produced from these extruded circular bar. After the
turning operation , the round bar is subjected to boring operation to obtain the rings. Grinding operation is carried
out to obtain good surface finish before machining with the help of wire EDM (Electric Discharge machining)
and the stages of preparation are as shown in Fig. 2 (a-d). Specimen geometry with notch of CR orientation as per
the crack plane orientation code suggested by ASTM E-399 is used in the present study. The notch geometry is 4
mm in length with nose radius of 0.25 mm. Using wire EDM, the specimen and notch as shown in Fig. 2 ( c and
d) were machined.
figure. 1 Specimen geometry figure. 2 (a – d ) Stages of specimen preparation
Fig. 3 shows the experimental set up , where in the specimen is held between the tension testing clevis
suitable for testing arc-shaped specimen. To monitor the crack growth, displacement gauge is mounted at the
mouth of the notch where a small opening is provided as shown in fig. 1. The scanning electron microscope
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image of the notch as shown in Fig. 4 is taken, before the failure of the specimen to observe the grain orientation.
From the image it is seen that the grain orientation is along the loading direction.
figure. 3 Experimental setup figure. 4 Scanning electron microscope image of the
notch
2.2 Test procedure
Fatigue crack growth test has been carried out as per the procedure recommended by ASTM 647-08 with
the help of experimental setup as shown in Fig. 3. Specification of the Fatigue testing machine, in brief is as
follows; Servo controlled hydraulic actuator with 50 to 100 mm stroke. Basically the machine is Bi-01-100-
2CTT series model with table-top-test systems equipped with T-slotted base. The frame, controls and display are
located on the table and provide the flexibility to perform static and dynamic tests. Important features of model
are, cyclic frequency of 0- 100 Hz and load capacity range of 5-50 KN.
Using the above said machine, specimen was subjected to a constant amplitude cyclic loading with a
sinusoidal wave form at a frequency of 10 Hz and load ratio R=0.3 at room temperature. The load range P= 2.31
kN and the ratio X/ W of 0.5 is used in the present study, where X is the distance of loading and W is width of
the specimen as shown in Fig. 1. The resulting crack propagation in the width direction of the specimen is
recorded with the help of crack opening displacement (COD) gauge.
III. Numerical Simulation Of The AT Specimen FCG Test
To establish a correct Finite Element (FE) procedure for determining K by numerical simulation of
AT specimen FCG test, a 3 point SENB was considered and the normalized SIF versus relative crack length was
plotted and compared with published results which established the correctness of the procedure to be followed
for FE simulation. This procedure has been later applied to the AT specimen using ANSYS software to
simulate the FCG test discussed in the previous section.
3.1 Simulation and validation of FE procedure
Specimen geometry of the SENB specimen for the test is as suggested by ASTM E1820 (ASTM, 2013),
with width equal to 1/4th
of the span. As per standard, normalized SIF , f(a/W) was calculated by making use of
SIF values, so obtained through FE simulation. A plot of normalized SIF versus relative crack length, thus
constructed compares well with the plot as obtained by other authors [19] as shown in Fig.5.
figure. 5 Characteristic relationship between Normalized SIF versus relative crack length
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This comparison with published results establishes the FE procedure to be applied in the present study
in determining K of a curved specimen (AT specimen) obtained through FCG test .
3.2 Analysis of AT specimen
After the validation of FE procedure for simulation of SENB test in the previous section, the same is
applied to analyse an AT specimen for plain strain conditions. The FE model was meshed with Brick 20 node
186 elements. Modulus of elasticity and Poisson’s ratio of 68.9 GPa and 0.33 respectively are used as material
properties. To obtain crack tip stress fields at the key point, a sufficiently fine mesh of 0.05 mm [9, 10] was
incorporated as shown in Fig. 6a. In this study the total number of elements created were 16980. At the lower
hole of the specimen all DOF were specified to be zero and the maximum tensile load of 3300 N is applied at
the upper hole of the specimen as shown in Fig. 6b. After obtaining the stress distribution( as shown in Fig. 6c),
(KI)max is extracted for the maximum loading and the process is repeated for minimum load of 990 N to
obtain SIF (KI)min.
a b c
figure. 6 Finite element a) mesh at the notch. b) load and constrain c) nodal solution
The process is continued up to the stage when (KI)max reaches (KIC), where KIC is critical stress
intensity of the AL 6061. Using equation : da / dN = C (K)m
(1) and the Paris constants C and m obtained
from the experiments as in TABLE 2, fatigue crack growth rate is computed. The number of cycles required for
the crack propagation up to the failure is calculated using the integral form as reported[11,12] : (2).
Number of stress cycles for crack initiation has not been included in the total life cycle calculation of
the specimen under consideration.
IV. Results And Discussion
The following paragraph discus the results obtained from the FCG test and the Numerical simulation of
the same.
4.1 FCG test results
From the FCG testing machine, the plot of crack length versus number of stress cycles is obtained and
is as shown in Fig. 7. The plot of crack growth rate da / dN as a function of stress intensity factor range (K) is
plotted from the test results and is as shown in Fig. 8. From this plot, the Paris constants[12] were determined
using curve fitting technique. TABLE 2 shows the values of C and m for different values of correlation factor R2
and the highest value of correlation factor determines the value of Paris constants for being used for the numerical
solution. These values of C and m are in good agreement with published results [15] for the AL 6061.
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figure. 7 Crack growth curve figure. 8 Fatigue crack growth rate curve
From the results, it’s been observed that, fatigue crack growth behavior depends mainly on two stress
intensity fracture mechanics parameters, i.e. K and (KI) max. Stress intensity range, explains the fatigue damage
behavior of the material, whereas maximum SIF explains the crack tip widening under the applied load.
Table. 2 Paris constants
Fig. 9 shows the plot of stress intensity range versus crack length obtained from FCG test and
numerical simulation. Numerical simulation results are in close agreement with test results. The results obtained
from the experiment reveals that, there exist some K that helps in the nucleation of crack and at (KI) max of
17.5 MPa√m, crack has grown by 1 mm. Material weakening prolongs as the repetitive load continues on the
material, leading to the fatigue damage of 21.28 MPa√m. By the time, stable crack resistance of the material
have been reached, as crack grows to 5 mm from the notch.
This plot also establishes the fact that, on loading the crack grows with increase in stress levels and this
shows the dependency of the crack propagation on the stress intensity range.
a b
figure. 9 stress intensity range comparison. figure. 10 crack growth rate curve comparison
Fig. 10 shows the plot of crack growth rate versus crack length obtained from the experiment and
Numerical simulation. Numerical simulation results in terms of crack growth rate as obtained using equation (1)
are in close agreement with experimental results with small deviation. This plot shows that, crack grows at faster
rate, as Stress Intensity Factor starts reaching the maximum value i.e., (KI) max. The range of the stress cycles
Material
da/dN = C (K)m
R2
C m
Al- 6061 7.00E-08 3.17 0.9895
Al- 6061 1.00E-07 3.03 0.9883
Al- 6061 6.00E-10 4.68 0.9845
Al- 6061 7.00E-18 11.47 0.9819
Al- 6061 1.00E-16 10.5 0.9186
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required to grow the crack from 2 to 5 mm under stable crack growth is of the order of 3.31 x 10-4
to 1 x 10-3
.
Beyond this, as SIF (KI) increases, the plastic zone size increases compared to the crack length and material
fails with little stress cycles.
figure. 11 crack growth curve comparison.
Fig. 11 shows the plot of crack length versus number of stress cycles obtained from experiment and
Numerical results. It shows that, the number of cycles obtained from experiment, to propagate the crack from
the initial notch, up to the failure of the material, is 13,989 cycles . Whereas FEA results as obtained using
equation (2) , shown the same trend, but failed to 14,888 cycles, with variation of 6%. Note that, as mentioned
above, the number of stress cycles required for the initiation of the crack from the notch is not considered.
2.3 Analysis of specimen after failure
Finite Element result and failed specimen details are as shown in Fig. 12 (a and b). We observed that
the plastic failure zones of FE and failed specimen are almost have same crack pattern.
a b
figure. 12 fractured specimen as observed through figure. 13 Double Shear lips
a. FEA b. experiment
Fig. 13 shows the fractured specimen having double shear lips so formed during crack propagation
and the ultimate failure. The crack propagation pattern in AL 6061, are due to the changes in the crack surface
from flat to slant at higher crack growth rates or K levels as reported [19]. Shear lip initiates at the plate
surface and grows as the stress intensity range increases. Shear lip formation is due to the propagation of crack
along the slip plane, as the slip possibility near 450
with the specimen fracture surface is maximum . The start
of the shear lip can be found in the da /dN versus K diagram as shown in Fig. 8 of a constant load amplitude
test as a change of slope in the crack growth curve takes place[20]. Also the da/dN need to be high enough to
cause the formation of inclined surface.
V. Conclusion
Experimental and Numerical simulation of fatigue crack growth in an AT specimen of AL-6061 as
fabricated with an initial notch has been presented. As not much work in the literature on studies of crack
propagation in curved surfaces as encountered in pressure vessels, this study gains importance for such a crack
propagation in AL-6061. This study establishes the fact that, crack initiation and propagation start from regions
of high stress levels and dependency of SIF range on crack growth during fatigue loading. The crack
propagation pattern in aluminum alloys, are due to the changes in the crack surface from flat to slant at higher
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crack growth rates that leads to the formation of shear lips. This study has also established a Finite element
method procedure for numerical solution of a FCG test of an AT specimen. This study will help in design of
pressure vessels and cylinders based on the concept of pre-existence of flaws.
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