Abstract

The notch sensitivity of a material is a measure of how sensitive a

material is to notches or geometric discontinuities. Notch
sensitivity is influenced by many parameters such as notch geometry.
Three types of notch geometries, V-shape, U-shape and -shape notches
of various sizes are considered in this investigation. Two steel
alloys of high and low strength (designated by HS-steel and LS-steel)
are used in this work. Stress concentration is obtained by numerical
simulation and the literature and fatigue reduction factor is
determined by experiment using rotating bending fatigue device,
Moore. The results show that the notch geometry has profound effect
on fatigue life of materials. For HSsteel this reduction is roughly
about 50%. For LS-steel alloy, however, the reduction depends on
fatigue life and varies from 20% for low cycle fatigue tests up to
75% for high cycles fatigue tests. The maximum and minimum fatigue
life reduction occurs for the V-shape and U-shape notches,
respectively. The Equations proposed by Hardrath and Peterson
underestimate the fatigue reduction parameters, q and Kf and it seems
that they are not adequate for prediction of notch sensitivity and
they must be used with care.Abstract The notch sensitivity of a
material is a measure of how sensitive a material is to notches or
geometric discontinuities. Notch sensitivity is influenced by many
parameters such as notch geometry. Three types of notch geometries,
V-shape, U-shape and -shape notches of various sizes are considered
in this investigation. Two steel alloys of high and low strength
(designated by HS-steel and LS-steel) are used in this work. Stress
concentration is obtained by numerical simulation and the literature
and fatigue reduction factor is determined by experiment using
rotating bending fatigue device, Moore. The results show that the
notch geometry has profound effect on fatigue life of materials. For
HSsteel this reduction is roughly about 50%. For LS-steel alloy,
however, the reduction depends on fatigue life and varies from 20%
for low cycle fatigue tests up to 75% for high cycles fatigue tests.
The maximum and minimum fatigue life reduction occurs for the V-shape
and U-shape notches, respectively. The Equations proposed by Hardrath
and Peterson underestimate the fatigue reduction parameters, q and Kf
and it seems that they are not adequate for prediction of notch
sensitivity and they must be used with care.

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