Pub Date : 2025-01-18DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108822
Jana Christine Faes , Tien Dung Dinh , Nicolas Lammens , Wim Van Paepegem
Fatigue criteria for nonproportional loading often rely on the premise that damage initiates on the plane with the highest shear stress range. Due to the reciprocity of shear stress, at least two equivalent planes in 3D space can be found. Among these, the most critical plane is determined by its normal stress, as tensile stress on the crack surface facilitates damage formation. Many loading scenarios give rise to multiple or even an infinite number of planes with identical shear stress ranges, making it challenging to identify the most critical one. Current critical plane search methods do not address this problem, even though incorrect assessments of normal stress can lead to substantial overestimation of the fatigue life — by up to several orders of magnitude. In this work, we present a new procedure that reliably identifies the most critical plane by explicitly considering normal stress when multiple planes exhibit equivalent shear stress ranges. Our findings show that state-of-the-art methods introduce substantial errors in more than 10% of sinusoidal loading scenarios by failing to account for this additional criterion.
{"title":"Correction of erroneous normal stress calculation for critical plane based fatigue criteria","authors":"Jana Christine Faes , Tien Dung Dinh , Nicolas Lammens , Wim Van Paepegem","doi":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108822","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108822","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fatigue criteria for nonproportional loading often rely on the premise that damage initiates on the plane with the highest shear stress range. Due to the reciprocity of shear stress, at least two equivalent planes in 3D space can be found. Among these, the most critical plane is determined by its normal stress, as tensile stress on the crack surface facilitates damage formation. Many loading scenarios give rise to multiple or even an infinite number of planes with identical shear stress ranges, making it challenging to identify the most critical one. Current critical plane search methods do not address this problem, even though incorrect assessments of normal stress can lead to substantial overestimation of the fatigue life — by up to several orders of magnitude. In this work, we present a new procedure that reliably identifies the most critical plane by explicitly considering normal stress when multiple planes exhibit equivalent shear stress ranges. Our findings show that state-of-the-art methods introduce substantial errors in more than 10% of sinusoidal loading scenarios by failing to account for this additional criterion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14112,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fatigue","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 108822"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Crack growth and closure behavior in Fe–15Mn–10Cr–8Ni–4Si steel were investigated. The steel showed slower crack growth compared with SUS316. This was mainly due to the pronounced effect of crack closure. The gradual cyclic hardening in the Fe–15Mn–10Cr–8Ni–4Si steel have enhanced the effect of plasticity-induced crack closure compared with that in SUS316. Additionally, the rough fracture surface consisting of facets and crack branching of the Fe–15Mn–10Cr–8Ni–4Si steel have caused fracture surface roughness-induced crack closure. Transmission electron microscopy observations of the deformation microstructure beneath the fracture surface revealed that martensitic transformation occurred in both the Fe–15Mn–10Cr–8Ni–4Si steel and SUS316, with the latter exhibiting more pronounced transformation. Therefore, although transformation-induced crack closure was more enhanced in SUS316, it did not outweigh the effects of other crack closure mechanisms. The difference in crack growth rate between the Fe–15Mn–10Cr–8Ni–4Si steel and SUS316 remained even when the effect of crack closure was removed. The highly reversible nature of the dislocation motion manifesting as reversible γ ↔ ε transformation works as a crack retardation mechanism in Fe–15Mn–10Cr–8Ni–4Si steel.
{"title":"Retarded fatigue crack growth in Fe–15Mn–10Cr–8Ni–4Si via reversible γ ↔ ε transformation","authors":"Fumiyoshi Yoshinaka, Takahiro Sawaguchi, Susumu Takamori, Satoshi Emura, Digvijay Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108829","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108829","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Crack growth and closure behavior in Fe–15Mn–10Cr–8Ni–4Si steel were investigated. The steel showed slower crack growth compared with SUS316. This was mainly due to the pronounced effect of crack closure. The gradual cyclic hardening in the Fe–15Mn–10Cr–8Ni–4Si steel have enhanced the effect of plasticity-induced crack closure compared with that in SUS316. Additionally, the rough fracture surface consisting of facets and crack branching of the Fe–15Mn–10Cr–8Ni–4Si steel have caused fracture surface roughness-induced crack closure. Transmission electron microscopy observations of the deformation microstructure beneath the fracture surface revealed that martensitic transformation occurred in both the Fe–15Mn–10Cr–8Ni–4Si steel and SUS316, with the latter exhibiting more pronounced transformation. Therefore, although transformation-induced crack closure was more enhanced in SUS316, it did not outweigh the effects of other crack closure mechanisms. The difference in crack growth rate between the Fe–15Mn–10Cr–8Ni–4Si steel and SUS316 remained even when the effect of crack closure was removed. The highly reversible nature of the dislocation motion manifesting as reversible γ ↔ ε transformation works as a crack retardation mechanism in Fe–15Mn–10Cr–8Ni–4Si steel.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14112,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fatigue","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 108829"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142989768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-18DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108821
Lorenzo Romanelli , Ciro Santus , Giuseppe Macoretta , Michele Barsanti , Bernardo Disma Monelli , Ivan Senegaglia , Adrian Hugh Alexander Lutey , Hossein Rajaei , Cinzia Menapace , Matteo Benedetti
The aim of this study is to model the impact of surface roughness and pores on the fatigue strength of plain and V-notched specimens made of Inconel 718 under as-built and machined conditions and produced by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). Combining fractographic analyses with the Gumbel and the exponential distribution functions, the statistical analyses of the diameters of the pores and of their distances from the external surfaces were implemented. Surface roughness scans were performed with the optical profilometer. The finite element (FE) method was used to simulate a sample of pores generated by the identified probability distributions and the surface profiles obtained with the scans. The theory of critical distances (TCD) was implemented combining the blunt and sharp V-notched specimens in the machined condition, and it was combined with the Gumbel or the generalized extreme values distributions to calculate the fatigue strength concentration factors provided by the pores and the surface roughness at 99% of probability. Finally, the proposed model was used to predict the fatigue strength of the blunt V-notched specimens in the as-built conditions and of the plain specimens in the as-built and machined conditions resulting appreciably similar to the experimental data.
{"title":"A TCD-based statistical method to assess the impact of surface roughness and pores on the fatigue strength of LPBF Inconel 718 specimens","authors":"Lorenzo Romanelli , Ciro Santus , Giuseppe Macoretta , Michele Barsanti , Bernardo Disma Monelli , Ivan Senegaglia , Adrian Hugh Alexander Lutey , Hossein Rajaei , Cinzia Menapace , Matteo Benedetti","doi":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108821","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108821","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The aim of this study is to model the impact of surface roughness and pores on the fatigue strength of plain and V-notched specimens made of Inconel 718 under as-built and machined conditions and produced by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). Combining fractographic analyses with the Gumbel and the exponential distribution functions, the statistical analyses of the diameters of the pores and of their distances from the external surfaces were implemented. Surface roughness scans were performed with the optical profilometer. The finite element (FE) method was used to simulate a sample of pores generated by the identified probability distributions and the surface profiles obtained with the scans. The theory of critical distances (TCD) was implemented combining the blunt and sharp V-notched specimens in the machined condition, and it was combined with the Gumbel or the generalized extreme values distributions to calculate the fatigue strength concentration factors provided by the pores and the surface roughness at 99% of probability. Finally, the proposed model was used to predict the fatigue strength of the blunt V-notched specimens in the as-built conditions and of the plain specimens in the as-built and machined conditions resulting appreciably similar to the experimental data.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14112,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fatigue","volume":"194 ","pages":"Article 108821"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-18DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108820
Yan Gao , Nigel Martin , Jamie Moschini , David Dye
The hypothesis is examined that the macrozones that can occur in large Ti-6Al-4V forgings, in combination with the effects of stressed volume and sustained loads, can result in a debit in high cycle fatigue (HCF) performance, which would be of concern in jet engine applications. Here, the effect of placing a notch root in hard vs. soft oriented macrozones, i.e. parallel or perpendicular to the loading direction, respectively, were examined. The deformation features associated with crack initiation were analysed. A significant () variation in life was observed, as low as 5.6 × 106 cycles in hard macrozones compared to 58.6 × 106 cycles in soft macrozones, at a peak notch root stress of 912 MPa and load ratio of 0.5. Local macrozones were found neighbouring the initiation facets, which were subsurface. Compared to plain fatigue, LCF or dwell fatigue, the initiating faceted grains possessed low dislocation density, which were predominantly of basal character.
{"title":"High-R Notched HCF performance of macrozones in Ti-6Al-4V","authors":"Yan Gao , Nigel Martin , Jamie Moschini , David Dye","doi":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108820","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108820","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The hypothesis is examined that the macrozones that can occur in large Ti-6Al-4V forgings, in combination with the effects of stressed volume and sustained loads, can result in a debit in high cycle fatigue (HCF) performance, which would be of concern in jet engine applications. Here, the effect of placing a notch root in hard vs. soft oriented macrozones, i.e. <span><math><mrow><mo>{</mo><mn>0002</mn><mo>}</mo></mrow></math></span> parallel or perpendicular to the loading direction, respectively, were examined. The deformation features associated with crack initiation were analysed. A significant (<span><math><mrow><mn>10</mn><mo>×</mo></mrow></math></span>) variation in life was observed, as low as 5.6 × 10<sup>6</sup> cycles in hard macrozones compared to 58.6 × 10<sup>6</sup> cycles in soft macrozones, at a peak notch root stress of 912<!--> <!-->MPa and load ratio <span><math><mi>R</mi></math></span> of 0.5. Local macrozones were found neighbouring the initiation facets, which were subsurface. Compared to plain fatigue, LCF or dwell fatigue, the initiating faceted grains possessed low dislocation density, which were predominantly of basal <span><math><mrow><mo>〈</mo><mi>a</mi><mo>〉</mo></mrow></math></span> character.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14112,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fatigue","volume":"194 ","pages":"Article 108820"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-17DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108826
Feifei Hu , Tianyu Qin , Yuhua Su , Lunhua He , Ni Ao , Joseph Don Parker , Takenao Shinohara , Shengchuan Wu
The S38C steel axles show excellent fatigue resistance due to large-depth compressive residual stress (CRS) along the axial direction. However, residual stress (RS) relaxation may occur in case of a fatigue crack, which results in a reduced damage tolerance and a shortened service lifetime. Destructive methods cannot retain the residual stress and associated retardation effect of cracks. To tackle this concern, time-of-flight (TOF) methods of Bragg-edge transmission (BET) imaging and neutron diffraction (ND) were introduced to quasi-in situ investigate the residual stress relaxation during fatigue crack propagation by single-edge notch bending samples. The BET imaging results indicate that lattice parameters change as the crack develops, which then leads to a decrease of residual strain ε110. It was clearly found that the maximum ε110 was released by ∼ 31.4 % if a crack propagated to 10.0 mm. In addition, it was observed from ND results that all three RS components decrease with the crack growth. By contrast, the CRS in the axle surface was almost fully released when the crack propagated to the matrix material zone (from −566 to 41 MPa). Furthermore, RS relaxation was validated by the extended finite element method, and the effect of stress relaxation on stress field at the crack tip was also evaluated meticulously. These new insights confirm stress relaxation in railway S38C axles during crack propagation, which must be considered while carrying out the structural integrity assessment.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108818
Z.Y. Li , H.Q. Liu , Z.Y. Ni , S.Y. Peng , Y.Z. Tian
Stacking fault energy (SFE) plays a key role in the deformation mechanisms and mechanical behavior of metallic materials. However, the low-cycle fatigue (LCF) behavior of low SFE materials remains unclear. This work presents the monotonic tensile and LCF behaviors of Co35Cr42Ni23 alloy with very low SFE. In contrast to the dislocation-dominated deformation mechanism in equiatomic CoCrNi alloy, planar patterns of stacking faults (SFs) and hexagonal close-packed (HCP) phase dominated in the Co35Cr42Ni23 alloy during fatigue deformation. At equivalent stress levels, a substantial amount of HCP phase was generated during LCF deformation, which was significantly higher than that under monotonic deformation. This accelerated phase transformation is attributed to the SFs-dominated mechanism and the strain accumulation mechanism of fatigue deformation.
{"title":"Accelerating phase transformation in a non-equiatomic CoCrNi alloy under low-cycle fatigue deformation","authors":"Z.Y. Li , H.Q. Liu , Z.Y. Ni , S.Y. Peng , Y.Z. Tian","doi":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108818","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108818","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Stacking fault energy (SFE) plays a key role in the deformation mechanisms and mechanical behavior of metallic materials. However, the low-cycle fatigue (LCF) behavior of low SFE materials remains unclear. This work presents the monotonic tensile and LCF behaviors of Co<sub>35</sub>Cr<sub>42</sub>Ni<sub>23</sub> alloy with very low SFE. In contrast to the dislocation-dominated deformation mechanism in equiatomic CoCrNi alloy, planar patterns of stacking faults (SFs) and hexagonal close-packed (HCP) phase dominated in the Co<sub>35</sub>Cr<sub>42</sub>Ni<sub>23</sub> alloy during fatigue deformation. At equivalent stress levels, a substantial amount of HCP phase was generated during LCF deformation, which was significantly higher than that under monotonic deformation. This accelerated phase transformation is attributed to the SFs-dominated mechanism and the strain accumulation mechanism of fatigue deformation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14112,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fatigue","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 108818"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142989771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108825
Lanzhou Liu , Yifei Gao , Xin Chen , Zhanbin Liu , Xuan Ren , Mingliang Zhu
Complicated interaction of twin boundary with dislocation plays a pivotal role in mechanical properties. In this study, the effect of TB on the fatigue crack initiation of Inconel 718 superalloy was investigated in vacuum environment of 650 ℃. A three-point bending fatigue test with preprocessed plate specimen was applied to trigger multi-source crack initiation. Plenty of slip band patterns and crystallographic orientations were acquired by SEM and EBSD. Twin boundary cracking was observed as the main fatigue failure mode. Crack propagation was accomplished by connecting twin boundary cracks with transgranular cracking. Perfect deformation compatibility of twin boundary was achieved only when both symmetric slip systems operated the collinear slip directions on twin boundary. It was proved that TB cracking was not prone to occur when its angle with maximum tensile stress direction is less than 10°. Twin boundary is more vulnerable with larger angle, especially at about 56° or 85°. A new orientation case that slip systems parallel to twin boundary in one or both of matrix and twin are activated has been revealed to enrich orientation-related twin boundary cracking mechanism.
{"title":"Orientation-related fatigue crack initiation behavior at twin boundary of Inconel 718 in vacuum environment of 650 ℃","authors":"Lanzhou Liu , Yifei Gao , Xin Chen , Zhanbin Liu , Xuan Ren , Mingliang Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108825","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108825","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Complicated interaction of twin boundary with dislocation plays a pivotal role in mechanical properties. In this study, the effect of TB on the fatigue crack initiation of Inconel 718 superalloy was investigated in vacuum environment of 650 ℃. A three-point bending fatigue test with preprocessed plate specimen was applied to trigger multi-source crack initiation. Plenty of slip band patterns and crystallographic orientations were acquired by SEM and EBSD. Twin boundary cracking was observed as the main fatigue failure mode. Crack propagation was accomplished by connecting twin boundary cracks with transgranular cracking. Perfect deformation compatibility of twin boundary was achieved only when both symmetric slip systems operated the collinear slip directions on twin boundary. It was proved that TB cracking was not prone to occur when its angle with maximum tensile stress direction is less than 10°. Twin boundary is more vulnerable with larger angle, especially at about 56° or 85°. A new orientation case that slip systems parallel to twin boundary in one or both of matrix and twin are activated has been revealed to enrich orientation-related twin boundary cracking mechanism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14112,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fatigue","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 108825"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142989773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108819
J.L. Galán Argumedo, A. Suresh, Z. Ding, V. Bertolo, T.E. Reinton, A.C. Riemslag, M.J.M. Hermans, V.A. Popovich
This study concentrates on the fatigue crack propagation behaviour of a high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steel and austenitic stainless (AS) steel bi-material part, as obtained by wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). Due to partial mixing in the weld pool, the first layer of AS steel laid onto the previously deposited HSLA steel results in a diluted interface layer of distinct chemical and microstructural characteristics. Average Paris parameters are obtained for the interface layer along transverse and longitudinal planes to the deposition direction (BD-LD plane: m = 2.79, log10(C) = –7.83 log10(da/dN)) (BD-TD plane: m = 3.47, log10(C) = –8.39 log10(da/dN)). However, it is observed that this interface layer manifests an intriguing crack propagation behaviour. FCGR consistently drop as the crack front transitions from undiluted AS steel to the interface. At ΔK = 20 MPa⋅m0.5, the greatest Δ is −0.77 log10 steps (R = 0.1). As cracks near the HSLA fusion line, rates re-accelerate up to + 0.75 log10 steps (R = 0.5). The phenomenon is attributed to the interplay between deformation-induced martensitic transformation and pre-existing allotropic martensite. Our findings, derived from a series of fatigue tests in correlation with multiscale microstructural and fracture characterization, offer insights into the damage-tolerant behaviour of these bi-material structures.
{"title":"Fatigue crack propagation in functionally graded bi-material steel obtained through wire-arc additive manufacturing","authors":"J.L. Galán Argumedo, A. Suresh, Z. Ding, V. Bertolo, T.E. Reinton, A.C. Riemslag, M.J.M. Hermans, V.A. Popovich","doi":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108819","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108819","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study concentrates on the fatigue crack propagation behaviour of a high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steel and austenitic stainless (AS) steel bi-material part, as obtained by wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). Due to partial mixing in the weld pool, the first layer of AS steel laid onto the previously deposited HSLA steel results in a diluted interface layer of distinct chemical and microstructural characteristics. Average Paris parameters are obtained for the interface layer along transverse and longitudinal planes to the deposition direction (BD-LD plane: m = 2.79, log<sub>10</sub>(C) = –7.83 log<sub>10</sub>(da/dN)) (BD-TD plane: m = 3.47, log<sub>10</sub>(C) = –8.39 log<sub>10</sub>(da/dN)). However, it is observed that this interface layer manifests an intriguing crack propagation behaviour. FCGR consistently drop as the crack front transitions from undiluted AS steel to the interface. At ΔK = 20 MPa⋅m<sup>0.5</sup>, the greatest Δ is −0.77 log<sub>10</sub> steps (R = 0.1). As cracks near the HSLA fusion line, rates re-accelerate up to + 0.75 log<sub>10</sub> steps (R = 0.5). The phenomenon is attributed to the interplay between deformation-induced martensitic transformation and pre-existing allotropic martensite. Our findings, derived from a series of fatigue tests in correlation with multiscale microstructural and fracture characterization, offer insights into the damage-tolerant behaviour of these bi-material structures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14112,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fatigue","volume":"194 ","pages":"Article 108819"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143049835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-14DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108815
Zixu Shen , Qian Wang , Peng Li , Xiaolin Li , Fanzhu Li
Aircraft tires are a critical component for the takeoff, landing, and taxiing of an aircraft. Under high-speed and heavy-load conditions, aircraft tires are subjected to huge stresses and remarkable heat build-up. Improving tire safety and service life is crucial. The deformation index can be used to judge the control modes of different components of the tire, such as strain control, stress control, or energy control. This study details the calculation of the deformation index and emphasizes the need to vary only stiffness while holding viscoelastic parameters constant during perturbation analysis. Combined with the finite element analysis and the user-defined subroutine, the contour plot of the deformation index in each component of the aircraft radial tire under certain load, pressure, and speed conditions was obtained. On this basis, material stiffness optimized schemes for typical components in tire (such as tread, cushion, and innerliner) were proposed based on the thermo-mechanical coupling analysis method of heat build-up and fatigue life. The systematic results confirm the effectiveness of using the deformation index to improve the fatigue life of aircraft tires. When the stiffness of the tread and cushion rubber are increased by 50 % and 30 %, respectively, and the stiffness of the innerliner rubber is reduced by 50 %, the highest temperature in the shoulder region is reduced by 4.17 °C, and the fatigue life of the aircraft tire is even increased by five times.
{"title":"Heat build-up and thermo-mechanical fatigue life optimization of aircraft tire using deformation index concept","authors":"Zixu Shen , Qian Wang , Peng Li , Xiaolin Li , Fanzhu Li","doi":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108815","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108815","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Aircraft tires are a critical component for the takeoff, landing, and taxiing of an aircraft. Under high-speed and heavy-load conditions, aircraft tires are subjected to huge stresses and remarkable heat build-up. Improving tire safety and service life is crucial. The deformation index can be used to judge the control modes of different components of the tire, such as strain control, stress control, or energy control. This study details the calculation of the deformation index and emphasizes the need to vary only stiffness while holding viscoelastic parameters constant during perturbation analysis. Combined with the finite element analysis and the user-defined subroutine, the contour plot of the deformation index in each component of the aircraft radial tire under certain load, pressure, and speed conditions was obtained. On this basis, material stiffness optimized schemes for typical components in tire (such as tread, cushion, and innerliner) were proposed based on the thermo-mechanical coupling analysis method of heat build-up and fatigue life. The systematic results confirm the effectiveness of using the deformation index to improve the fatigue life of aircraft tires. When the stiffness of the tread and cushion rubber are increased by 50 % and 30 %, respectively, and the stiffness of the innerliner rubber is reduced by 50 %, the highest temperature in the shoulder region is reduced by 4.17 °C, and the fatigue life of the aircraft tire is even increased by five times.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14112,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fatigue","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 108815"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}