Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Effect of Mean Stress and Stress Amplitude
Fatigue Cycles and process parameters
βπΎ = πΎπππ₯ − πΎπππ
πΎπππ₯ = πΌππππ₯ ππ
βπΎπππ = πΎπππ₯ − πΎππ
πΎπππ = πΌππππ ππ
ππππ
πΎπππ
π
=
=
ππππ₯ πΎπππ₯
• βπΎππ is usually unknown, thus its dependence on βπΎ and R is used
• βπΎπππ increases with βπΎ and with the R ratio
Mechanical Behaviour of Engineering Materials Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, and Composites: J. Rösler, H. Harders, M. Bäker
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Effect of Mean Stress
Stress
+
• Fatigue life decreases with increase in mean stress
(πmean or πm ) for a given stress amplitude (ππ )
Crack propagation
When, ππ ≠ 0
ππ
πΎππ
πmean
πmaπ₯
time
-
NO Crack propagation
πΎππ = stress intensity factor to open a crack
πmax + πmin
ππ =
2
πmax − πmin
ππ =
2
πmin
Stress Amplitude, ππ
ππ1
ππ1 < ππ2 < ππ3 < ππ4
ππ2
ππ3
ππ4
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N, Cycles to failure
As mean stress increases, fatigue life decreases for a given ππ
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Effect of R ratio
Let πmaπ₯ be the maximum allowable stress: ππ + πm ≤ πmaπ₯
βπΎπππ ∝ ΔπΎ
βπΎπ
=−1 > βπΎπ
=0 > βπΎπ
=0.5
Stress
βπΎπππ|π
=−1 > βπΎπππ|π
=0 > βπΎπππ|π
=0.5
πmaπ₯
βπΎ0.5
βπΎ0
time
R = -1
R=0
R = 0.5
-
βπΎ−1
Maximum Stress, πmaπ₯
+
R = +0.3
R=0
R = -0.3
R = -1.0
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N, Cycles to failure
As βπΎ increases, fatigue life decreases
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Constant Life Diagram: Effect of ππ and ππ
ππ1 < ππ2 < ππ3 < ππ4
When, ππ ≠ 0
Constant Life Diagram
ππ1 > ππ2 > ππ3 > ππ4
ππ2
N1
N2 N3
(ππ1 ,ππ1 )
ππ3
ππ4
(ππ2 ,ππ2 )
(ππ3 ,ππ3 )
Failure line or
Failure boundary
(ππ4 ,ππ4 )
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N, Cycles to failure
πmax + πmin
ππ =
2
ππ =
Stress Amplitude, ππ
Stress Amplitude, ππ
ππ1
For a constant life of N1 cycles
Failure line or
Failure boundary
N1 < N2 < N3
(ππ1 ,ππ1 )
N2
(ππ2 ,ππ2 )
N3
(ππ3 ,ππ3 )
Safe region
(ππ4 ,ππ4 )
Mean Stress, ππ
πmax − πmin
2
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Effect of ππ and ππ : Fatigue failure criteria
For a given N cycles
More conservative
Goodman Line
ππ
ππ
+
=1
ππ
ππππ
Mostly used
Gerber Parabola
ππ
ππ
+
ππ
ππππ
Failure line or
Failure boundary
Alternating stress, ππ
ππ
Goodman line
Gerber parabola
Soderberg
ππ¦π
Compression
ππππ
2
= 1
Goodman Diagram
ππ − Fatigue strength at N cycles or an endurance limit
• Compressive mean stresses are beneficial
to improve fatigue life.
Tension
ππ = 0
Compression
Mean stress, ππ
Compression Tension
Test data of ductile
materials fall closer to this
Tension
0
Range of stress
ππ = 0
Soderberg Line
ππ
ππ
= 1
+
ππ¦π
ππ
ππππ₯
0
ππππ
ππ
ππ
ππ¦π ππππ
Mean stress, ππ
Safe region
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Fatigue Lifetime Assessment
Maximum Tension
Climb
Relative stress
Cruise
Turbulence
• Varying cycles and loads
• How to find the remanent life?
Descent
Taxing-to gate
Taxi-runway
Time
Flight Profile
Mean stress
Landing
Maximum Compression
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Overstress cycle
Miner’s Rule: Accumulative Damage during fatigue
π2
π3
ππ2
π1
π4
ππ3
ππ1
Defect or Damage accumulation π1
during each overstress cycle
ππ1
Time
ππ4
π2
ππ2
π3
ππ3
π4
ππ4
π
Linear Cumulative Damage, D
π1 π2 π3 π4
+
+
+
=π·
ππ1 ππ2 ππ3 ππ4
π
The component fails when the
Total damage D equals one
ππ
ππi
π«=
π=1
ππ
=1
ππi
Miner’s Rule π· =
π=1
Also called as
Palmgren-Miner rule
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Factors that influence fatigue life
• Alloy strength: Yield strength or ultimate tensile strength
• Fracture toughness: KIC
• Mechanical design features that are stress concentrators
o Inclusions and manufacturing defects (cracks, voids etc.,)
o Surface defects, surface roughness or surface finish
• Residual Stresses
o Compressive residual stresses will enhance the fatigue life
o Tensile residual stresses will decrease the fatigue life
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