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Kärkkäinen, K., Vaara, J., Väntänen, M., Niskanen, I., & Frondelius, T. (2023). The role of plasticity-induced crack closure in the non-propagation prediction of surface defect-initiated cracks near fatigue limit. In International Journal of Fatigue (Vol. 168, p. 107462). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2022.107462

The role of plasticity-induced crack closure in the non-propagation prediction of surface defect-initiated cracks near fatigue limit

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Author: Kärkkäinen, Kimmo1; Vaara, Joona2; Väntänen, Miikka3;
Organizations: 1Materials and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oulu, Pentti Kaiteran katu 1, 90014, Finland
2R&D and Engineering, Wärtsilä, P.O. Box 244, 65101, Vaasa, Finland
3Global Boiler Works Oy, Lumijoentie 8, 90400 Oulu, Finland
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Version: published version
Access: open
Online Access: PDF Full Text (PDF, 7 MB)
Persistent link: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe20230901115657
Language: English
Published: Elsevier, 2023
Publish Date: 2023-09-01
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Abstract

The purpose of present work is to deepen the understanding of crack propagation, non-propagation, and fatigue limit. Quantitative prediction of fatigue crack non-propagation in constant amplitude loading is attempted through extensive 3D elastic–plastic finite element analysis of near-threshold propagation of short cracks nucleating from surface defects. Level of plasticity-induced crack closure is used to estimate the effective stress intensity factor range, which is evaluated in terms of non-propagation potential. It is shown that plasticity-induced crack closure alone is adequate in producing a local minimum in the development of effective stress intensity factor range, which gives a prerequisite to crack arrest.

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Series: International journal of fatigue
ISSN: 0142-1123
ISSN-E: 1879-3452
ISSN-L: 0142-1123
Volume: 168
Article number: 107462
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2022.107462
OADOI: https://oadoi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2022.107462
Type of Publication: A1 Journal article – refereed
Field of Science: 214 Mechanical engineering
216 Materials engineering
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Funding: The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of Business Finland in the form of the research projects ISA University of Oulu 7537/31/2018, and ISA Wärtsilä Dnro 7734/31/2018. Co-funded by the European Union Grant Agreement No. 101058179 ENGINE project.
Dataset Reference: Data will be made available on request.
Copyright information: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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