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The theory which is in greatest use at the present time to explain fatigue damage is « the Palmgren –
Miner cycle-ratio summation theory” also called Miner’s rule.
Fracture mechanics approach: “remaining life in a specimen after discovering a crack”
Elastic stress intensity factor K0=σ(πa)1/2
Fracture toughness (solidité) : Critical Stress intensity factor KIC.
Hence for a stress s and a crack of size a, when K0 reaches KIC then the crack propagates.
Brittle-like material (cassant)
The three fracture or cracking modes (opening, sliding, tearing)
Crack propagation
Stress intensity range ∆K=Kmax-Kmin
Vocabulary: Fatigue Failure, Fatigue Life, Fracture Mechanics
Variable Loading ≠ Static loading
Fully reversed loading
Fluctuating stress ≠ Static constant stress
Variable loading can lead to fatigue failure
The strain life theory of fatigue failure
Fatigue strength (résistance à la fatigue)
Endurance limits and fatigue strenghts of materials are determined experimentally by tests on
specimens.
Specimens (éprouvette) are subjected to repeated or varying forces of specified magnitudes while the
cycles (or stress reversals) are counted to destruction.
The theory which is in greatest use at the present time to explain fatigue damage is « the Palmgren –
Miner cycle-ratio summation theory” also called Miner’s rule.
Fracture mechanics approach: “remaining life in a specimen after discovering a crack”
Elastic stress intensity factor K0=σ(πa)1/2
Fracture toughness (solidité) : Critical Stress intensity factor KIC.
Hence for a stress s and a crack of size a, when K0 reaches KIC then the crack propagates.
Brittle-like material (cassant)
The three fracture or cracking modes (opening, sliding, tearing)
Crack propagation
Stress intensity range ∆K=Kmax-Kmin