A Study on Fatigue Crack Closure Associated with the Growth of Long Crack in a New Titanium Alloy

Abstract

In this article, the fatigue crack closure in a new titanium alloy is carried out under constant amplitude cyclic loading with the combination of the simulation method and experiments. A numerical simulation of the crack closure effect on a new titanium alloy under different load ratios was carried out to analyze the effect of grid size on the crack closure level and to obtain the fatigue crack opening load level under different load ratios. The experimental study of the fatigue crack growth rate of the new titanium alloy under different load ratios has demonstrated that the fatigue crack growth rate is affected by the stress ratio. With the increase in load ratio, the crack expansion rate of new titanium also increases. Combined with the simulation, the experiments show that the crack closure effect induced by the plastic region at the crack tip is the main reason for the load ratio effect on the fatigue crack expansion rate of the new titanium alloy.