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Fatigue Strength Reduction Factors Based on Strain Energy Density Applied to Sharp and Blunt Notches under Multiaxial Loading

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Real mechanical assemblies favor the initiation and propagation of fatigue cracks due to stress concentration phenomena arising from the geometrical features such as notches, corners, holes, welding toes, etc. Classical fatigue analysis of notched specimens is done using an empirical formula and a fitted fatigue strength reduction factor, which is experimentally expensive and lacks physical scene. In the present paper, a simple and meaningful methodology is proposed to assess notched components against multiaxial fatigue. In this method, by precisely defining a finite-size volume surrounding the fatigue crack initiation site (notch tip), over which the strain energy is averaged, the morphological effect on the process zone is fully addressed. Such a method takes into account the effect of combination of different modes (I, II, III) and the load ratio. In order to implement it for components with a sharp or blunt notch, it is enough to analyze a linear elastic finite element model and to know only the properties of materials obtained from simple uniaxial tests. New relationships for determining an effective (tensile-type) stress and fatigue strength reduction factors are derived for notched specimens. The accuracy of the proposed model is validated by experimental data available in the literature, related to tubular specimens weakened with sharp/blunt notches under combined bending-torsion loading. Such a situation widely appears in equipment used for various branches of industry such as piping, automotive, power plant, drilling, etc.

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Abolghasemzadeh, M., Alizadeh, Y. & Mohammadi, H. Fatigue Strength Reduction Factors Based on Strain Energy Density Applied to Sharp and Blunt Notches under Multiaxial Loading. Phys Mesomech 23, 66–80 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1029959920010075

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