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The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (한국자동차공학회)
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STOCHASTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH RESISTANCE OF SM45C STEEL

  • Park, U.H. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, H.W. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, S.J. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pukyoung National University) ;
  • Lee, C.R. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pukyoung National University) ;
  • Kim, J.H. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pukyoung National University)
  • Published : 2007.10.01
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Abstract

Reliability analysis based on fracture mechanics requires knowledge of the on statistical parameters m and C in the fatigue crack growth law $da/dN=C({\Delta}K)^m$. The purpose of the present study is to investigate if it is possible to explain the change of parameter m by the fluctuation of C only. In this study, we apply the Paris-Erdogan law treating the parameter C as random and the parameter m as constant. Fluctuations in crack growth rate are assumed to be dependent only on C. The material resistance to fatigue crack growth(Z=1/C) is treated as a spatially random process, that varies along the crack path. The theoretical crack growth rates at various stress intensity factors are discussed. Additionally, the results of constant ${\Delta}K$ fatigue crack growth tests are reported for the structural steel, SM45C. The experimental data have been analyzed to determine the probability distribution of fatigue crack growth resistanc.

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