Affiliation:
1. Mechanical Engineering Department University of Idaho Moscow Idaho USA
2. Nuclear Engineering & Industrial management University of Idaho Idaho Falls Idaho USA
Abstract
AbstractExperimental testing and finite element simulations of fatigue crack growth were performed in austenitic 20Cr‐25Ni (Alloy 709) steel at different load ratios and elevated temperatures. The experimental tests were performed using compact tension specimens, and crack growth rates were measured at stress intensity factors ranging between 5 and 35 MPa√m. Fractographic analysis using scanning electron microscopy indicated crack surface roughness and secondary cracking depending on testing temperature and load ratio. Finite element simulations of fatigue crack growth were performed to compute plasticity‐induced crack opening loads and predict crack growth rates. Predictions of fatigue crack growth rates using finite element simulations were performed using the computed crack‐tip opening loads, and they are shown to match well the experimental measurements.
Funder
U.S. Department of Energy
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,General Materials Science
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