Biaxial Tension-Tension Fatigue Strengths of Metals

Abstract

Abstract This paper describes a new fatigue testing machine for the application of tension-tension biaxial stresses and presents the results of an investigation on the biaxial fatigue strength of Alcoa 24S-T. The influence of various ratios of the maximum values of the principal stresses upon the fatigue strength was determined. Fluctuating biaxial tensile stresses were produced by subjecting a thin-walled tubular specimen to a pulsating internal pressure and a pulsating axial load. The maximum and minimum values of the principal stresses were kept in phase. Fatigue strengths and S-N diagrams for four principal stress ratios were obtained.