Prediction of fatigue crack growth life under variable-amplitude loading using finite element analysis

Amina Remadi; Ahmed Bahloul; Chokri Bouraoui

doi:10.1016/j.crme.2019.06.008

Prediction of fatigue crack growth life under variable-amplitude loading using finite element analysis

Amina Remadi ¹ ; Ahmed Bahloul ¹; Chokri Bouraoui ¹

¹ Mechanical Laboratory of Sousse, National Engineering School of Sousse, University of Sousse, BP 264, Erriadh, 4023 Sousse, Tunisia

Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, Volume 347 (2019) no. 8, pp. 576-587.

Abstract

This article presents an elastic-plastic study aiming at predicting the fatigue crack growth (FCG) of 2024-T3 aluminum alloys under variable-amplitude loading. The proposed analysis needs the estimation of the residual stress distribution ahead of the crack tip during propagation. An elastic-plastic FE analysis has been implemented for modeling FCG using Chaboche's model. The FE study has been carried out through consideration of the loading history effect using the memory rules. Three different loading spectra have been applied in this work. The obtained results have been compared to the experimental ones and it has been proved that the suggested model has a better prediction of the FCG lives of cracked 2024-T3 aluminum alloy structures subjected to variable-amplitude loading.

Received: 2019-04-23
Accepted: 2019-06-22
Published online: 2019-07-17

DOI: 10.1016/j.crme.2019.06.008

Mots-clés : FCG life, Memory rules, Crack-tip, Residual stress, FEA, Variable amplitude loading

Author's affiliations:

Amina Remadi ¹; Ahmed Bahloul ¹; Chokri Bouraoui ¹

¹ Mechanical Laboratory of Sousse, National Engineering School of Sousse, University of Sousse, BP 264, Erriadh, 4023 Sousse, Tunisia

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Amina Remadi; Ahmed Bahloul; Chokri Bouraoui. Prediction of fatigue crack growth life under variable-amplitude loading using finite element analysis. Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, Volume 347 (2019) no. 8, pp. 576-587. doi : 10.1016/j.crme.2019.06.008. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/mecanique/articles/10.1016/j.crme.2019.06.008/

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