FINITE-ELEMENT MODELING OF FATIGUE CRACK SHAPES

被引:28
作者
GILCHRIST, MD
SMITH, RA
机构
[1] Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield
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D O I
10.1111/j.1460-2695.1991.tb00691.x
中图分类号
TH [机械、仪表工业];
学科分类号
0802 ;
摘要
This paper describes a versatile finite element technique which has been used to investigate the fatigue growth and stability of a wide range of structural defects of practical importance. The procedure automatically remeshes the three-dimensional finite element model during the stages of crack growth. Problems analysed to date include the subsurface and breakout growth of internally initiated elliptical defects, the growth of semi-elliptical surface cracks in leak-before-break situations, the development of quarter-elliptical corner defects, the interaction and coalescence of two adjacent coplanar semi-elliptical surface defects and the fatigue growth of a defect in a round bar.
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页码:617 / 626
页数:10
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