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A TEST METHOD FOR MODE II FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH RELATING TO A MODEL FOR ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE
Author(s) -
Otsuka A.,
Sugawara H.,
Shomura M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
fatigue and fracture of engineering materials and structures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1460-2695
pISSN - 8756-758X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1996.tb00949.x
Subject(s) - materials science , paris' law , shear (geology) , crack closure , stress concentration , composite material , stress (linguistics) , fracture (geology) , aluminium , ultimate tensile strength , structural engineering , cyclic stress , shear stress , fracture mechanics , engineering , philosophy , linguistics
Abstract— From fractographic observations of specimens that have failed due to rolling contact fatigue, it has been concluded that the first stage of damage is the formation of mode II fatigue cracks parallel to the contact surface due to the cyclic shear stress component of the contact stress. Although these initial subsurface cracks, in both metals and ceramics, are produced in a direction parallel to the cyclic shear stress, cracks eventually grow in a direction close to the plane of the maximum tensile stress if we apply a simple mode II loading to them. The difference between crack growth in simple mode II loading and crack growth due to rolling contact fatigue is, we suppose, whether or not there is a superimposed compressive stress. Based on this hypothesis, we developed an apparatus to obtain the intrinsic characteristics of mode II fatigue crack growth, and developed a simplified model of subsurface crack growth due to rolling contact fatigue. Some results in terms of da/dN versus ΔK II relations have been obtained using this apparatus on specimens of steel and aluminum alloys. Fractographs of the mode II fatigue fracture surfaces of the various materials are also provided.

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