Random fatigue of welded K-type tubular joints subjected to axial or out-of-plane bending load is analyzed. By considering the sizes of initial surface cracks and material constants as random variables with some proba...Random fatigue of welded K-type tubular joints subjected to axial or out-of-plane bending load is analyzed. By considering the sizes of initial surface cracks and material constants as random variables with some probabilistic distributions, incorporating the effect of the weld, five hundred random samples are generated. Statistical computational results of life of crack propagation and effect of change of crack shape are finally obtained and compared with experimental data available based on a regression analysis. Meanwhile, crack propagation behaviors are also investigated.展开更多
The behavior of part-through and through short cracks in single edge blunt notched specimens of a medium carbon steel was investigated by a replication method. It is found that the fatigue failure of these notched spe...The behavior of part-through and through short cracks in single edge blunt notched specimens of a medium carbon steel was investigated by a replication method. It is found that the fatigue failure of these notched specimens is caused mainly by the growth of short surface cracks originating from the surface of notch root. More than 70% of the fatigue life is spent in the regimes in which short surface cracks initiate and propagate as part-through cracks before joining up to form a single through-thickness crack. The effect of original crack profile which is formed through the coalescence of multiple part-through cracks is the main reason causing the 'anomalous' propagation behavior of the through-thickness crack in its early stage.展开更多
文摘Random fatigue of welded K-type tubular joints subjected to axial or out-of-plane bending load is analyzed. By considering the sizes of initial surface cracks and material constants as random variables with some probabilistic distributions, incorporating the effect of the weld, five hundred random samples are generated. Statistical computational results of life of crack propagation and effect of change of crack shape are finally obtained and compared with experimental data available based on a regression analysis. Meanwhile, crack propagation behaviors are also investigated.
文摘The behavior of part-through and through short cracks in single edge blunt notched specimens of a medium carbon steel was investigated by a replication method. It is found that the fatigue failure of these notched specimens is caused mainly by the growth of short surface cracks originating from the surface of notch root. More than 70% of the fatigue life is spent in the regimes in which short surface cracks initiate and propagate as part-through cracks before joining up to form a single through-thickness crack. The effect of original crack profile which is formed through the coalescence of multiple part-through cracks is the main reason causing the 'anomalous' propagation behavior of the through-thickness crack in its early stage.
