Fatigue Failure

This research examines the capability of a lately developed energy-based fatigue damage parameter to assess fatigue life of various metallic materials subjected to proportional and non-proportional loading conditions. The proposed damage is defined based on (i) shear and axial stress and strain components responsible for cracking/ modes of failure dominantly Case A and Case B, (ii) energy-based fatigue coefficients analogous to Coffin-Manson's coefficients, (iii) corresponding fatigue lives of components failed under axial and torsional loading conditions, and (iv) total elastic-plastic energy calculated from stress-strain hysteresis loops.

fatigue failure graphs plotting experimental life versus total energy

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References:

  1. Jahed H, Albinmousa, J, "Multiaxial Behaviour of Wrought Magnesium Alloys–A Review and Suitability of Energy-Based Fatigue Life Model," Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 73 (2014) 97–108
  2. Noban M, Jahed H, Varvani A, The choice of cyclic plasticity models in fatigue life assessment of 304 and 1045 steel alloys based on the critical plane-energy fatigue damage approach,” International Journal of Fatigue, 43 (2012) 217–225;

  3. Noban M, Jahed H, Ibrahim E, Ince A, Load path sensitivity and fatigue life estimation of 30CrNiMo8HH,” International Journal of Fatigue, 37, (2012), Pages 123-133;

  4. Noban, M.Jahed, H.Winkler, S.Ince, A., “Fatigue characterization and modeling of 30CrNiMo8HH under multiaxial loading,” Materials Science and Engineering A 528 (6), (2011), 2484-2494;

  5. Jahed H, Noban M, " Fatigue of Electroformed Nickel ", Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, J (2009) 9:549–557

  6. Jahed H, Varvani-Farahani A, "Upper and lower fatigue limits calculation using energy- based fatigue properties", Int Jnl Fatigue 2006;28:467-473​
  7. Jahed H, Varvani A, Noban M and Khalaji I, "An energy-based fatigue life assessment model for various metallic materials under proportional and non-proportional loading conditions", Int Jnl Fatigue 2007;29:647-655