Variants of Basquin’s Model

• Various regions in S-N curve

Very LCF

max in Very
HCF
LCF

HCF
log

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Basquin
eq

N in log
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Variants of Basquin’s Model
Case Equation
Very LCF 
 max  B

 max    N f  B 
LCF 

Intermediate
  N f  B C 


 max   
 N C 
 f 
HCF 

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 NfC 
 max   
 N C 
 f 
Very HCF 
 max  C
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Weibull Model
• Following is a two parameter Weibull model
  max    
 
  exp    ln N f  

 U    
Checking BCs
@ N f  1,  max   U
  max    
  
  exp    ln N f  

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 U   
Satisfies
 max   
ln N f  0  exp 0   1   max   U
U  
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Weibull Model
• Second BC
@ N f  ,  max   
  max    
 
  exp    ln N f  

 U    

ln     exp       0



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 max   
  0   max    Satisfies
U  
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Sendeckyj’s Model
• Sendeckyj’s model as follows
U
 max 
1    N f  

BC : @ N f  1,  max   U
U U
 max     U  satifies
1    N f  1     
 

BC : @ N  ,  max   

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U Material which has very
 max   0
1       low endurance strength
satisfies this condition.
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Hybrid S-N Model
• Fatigue data for preliminary design purpose =>
103 - 107 - fatigue data generation accordingly
• Data for LCF and HCF - extrapolation from
intermediate - loose accuracy
• Generation of HCF data time consuming and
expensive
• Model which can predict HCF and LCF data

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from intermediate data - Hybrid S-N model

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Hybrid S-N Model

 max  C  N f 
• Power law D

• Exponential law

 max  A  B ln N f
Here, max may be replaced by amplitude or stress range etc.

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Since power law represents intermediate to HCF and
exponential law from LCF to intermediate, it is required to
combine these two to get a complete representation of
fatigue behavior.
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Hybrid S-N Model
• Combination of exponential and power
models gives a model to adequately simulate
complete spectrum of fatigue behavior
• Hybrid formulation

  f1  N f  A  B ln N f   f 2  N f  CN  D
f 
Here, f1 and f2 are weighting functions, included to control

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transition from exponential to power model.
Parameters, A, B, C and D are to be evaluated assuming
exponential and power laws individually using regression
analysis.
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Hybrid S-N Model
• Weighting functions - sigmoid functions

f1  N f  
1 One has to choose Ntrans
  N f 2  value. It is shown that
1     prediction accuracy of
  N trans   the model is not sensitive
to the Ntrans value. This
f1  N f   
1
1 can be taken as the
  Nf   2
shortest life among
1    

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examined samples.
  N trans  
Values of f1 and f2 vary between zero and unity and they
vary with number of cycles to failure.
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Hybrid S-N Model

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Weighting functions define time (Ntrans) and rate of transition
between two basic fatigue models
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