Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Effect of residual stress on fatigue crack propagation

Book ·
OSTI ID:122597
 [1]
  1. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Taejon (Korea, Republic of)
A mathematical model for fatigue crack propagation under the influence of residual stress has been developed which is remarkably applicable to the prediction of any kind of fatigue behaviors under residual stress fields. Since the model describes the interaction of microstructure, mechanism, and mechanics, fatigue crack propagation can be predicted in terms of readily available mechanical or physical properties of the structural material. It is also shown that an excellent correlation can be found between the present model based on the energy balance concept and experimental data, provided that residual stress distribution, process zone size, and tearing modulus are given. The present model shows that increase in compressive residual stresses ahead of crack tip can profoundly reduces catastrophic failure of the important machine and structural parts of reactor components.
OSTI ID:
122597
Report Number(s):
CONF-950740--; ISBN 0-7918-1335-5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Micromechanisms of fatigue crack propagation in particulate-reinforced metal-matrix composites
Thesis/Dissertation · Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1988 · OSTI ID:5962091

Effect of stress frequency on fatigue crack propagation in Titanium
Journal Article · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · J. Eng. Mater. Technol.; (United States) · OSTI ID:5994889

Corrosion fatigue crack propagation in metals
Conference · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · OSTI ID:6599019