Crack-compliance method for assessing residual stress due to loading/unloading history: Numerical and experimental analysis

The understanding of how materials fail is still today a fundamental research problem for scientist and engineers. The main concern is the assessment of the necessary conditions to propagate a crack that will eventually lead to failure. Nevertheless, this kind of analysis tends to be more complicate...

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Published in:Theoretical and applied fracture mechanics 2011-12, Vol.56 (3), p.188-199
Main Authors: Urriolagoitia-Sosa, G., Romero-Ángeles, B., Hernández-Gómez, L.H., Torres-Torres, C., Urriolagoitia-Calderón, G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysing. Testing. Standards
Applied sciences
Assessments
Austenitic stainless steels
Computer simulation
Crack compliance method
Crack initiation
Exact sciences and technology
Fracture mechanics
Fractures
Heat resistant steels
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical models
Mechanical properties and methods of testing. Rheology. Fracture mechanics. Tribology
Metals. Metallurgy
Modified SEN specimen
Residual stress
Stress analysis
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Summary:The understanding of how materials fail is still today a fundamental research problem for scientist and engineers. The main concern is the assessment of the necessary conditions to propagate a crack that will eventually lead to failure. Nevertheless, this kind of analysis tends to be more complicated, when a prior loading history in the material is taken into consideration and it will be extremely important to recognize all the factors involved in this process. In this work, a numerical simulation and experimental evaluation of the induction of residual stresses, which change the crack initiation conditions, in a modified compact tensile specimen is presented. Several analyses were carried out; an initial evaluation (numerical and experimental) was performed in a specimen without a crack and this was used for the estimation of a residual stress field produced by an overload; three more cases were simulated and a crack was introduced in each specimen (1 mm, 5 mm and 10 mm long, respectively). The overload was then applied to set up a residual stress field into the component; furthermore, in each case the Crack Compliance Method (CCM) was applied to measure the induced residual stress field. By performing this numerical simulation, the accuracy of the CCM can be evaluated and later corroborated by experimental procedure. On the other hand, elastic–plastic finite element analysis was utilized for the residual stress estimation. The analyses were based on the mechanical properties of a biocompatible material ( AISI 316L). The obtained results provided significant data about diverse factors, like; the manner in which a residual stress field could modify the crack initiation conditions, the convenient set up for the induction of a beneficial residual stresses field, as well as useful information that can be applied for the experimental implementation in this research. Finally, some beneficial aspects of residual stresses are discussed.
ISSN:0167-8442
1872-7638
DOI:10.1016/j.tafmec.2011.11.007