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Fatigue Test

The document discusses fatigue testing of materials. It defines fatigue as progressive structural damage from cyclic stresses lower than the material's static yield strength. Fatigue starts with microscopic cracks and life depends on stress magnitude and factors like temperature, surface finish, and material properties. Some materials have an endurance limit below which repeated stress does not induce failure, while others have no limit. The document describes a rotating bending fatigue test setup and the stages of fatigue crack growth and failure. Factors affecting fatigue life include stress magnitude, surface quality, material properties, and environment.

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Fatigue Test

The document discusses fatigue testing of materials. It defines fatigue as progressive structural damage from cyclic stresses lower than the material's static yield strength. Fatigue starts with microscopic cracks and life depends on stress magnitude and factors like temperature, surface finish, and material properties. Some materials have an endurance limit below which repeated stress does not induce failure, while others have no limit. The document describes a rotating bending fatigue test setup and the stages of fatigue crack growth and failure. Factors affecting fatigue life include stress magnitude, surface quality, material properties, and environment.

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Fatigue Test

MT 3012
MOM Lab
Definition
• Fatigue is the progressive, localized, and
permanent structural damage that occurs
when a material is subjected to cyclic or
fluctuating strains at nominal stresses that
have maximum values less than (often
much less than) the static yield strength of
the material.
• In short the stress reversals or the
repititions.
Characteristics of fatigue failures
• The process starts with a microscopic
crack
• The greater the applied stress, the shorter
the life.
• Damage is cumulative. Materials do not
recover when rested
• Fatigue life is influenced by a variety of
factors, such as temperature and surface
finish
Characteristics of fatigue failures

• Some materials (e.g., some steel and titanium alloys)


exhibit an endurance limit or fatigue limit, a limit below
which repeated stress does not induce failure,
theoretically, for an infinite number of cycles of load.
Most other non-ferrous metals (e.g., aluminum and
copper alloys) exhibit no such limit and even small
stresses will eventually cause failure.
The S-N Curve
Test Description
• rotating bending machine,
• a cylindrical smooth
specimen is mounted and
loaded from both ends
using rotating chucks
• A weight is suspended
from one side of the
specimen to vary the
bending stresses
experienceed by the
specimen surface.
MT3012 Fatigue tester with the load
.cell integrated
Specimen after the test
Fatigue and fracture mechanics
1. Crack nucleation
2. Stage I crack-
growth
3. Stage II crack-
growth; and
4. Ultimate ductile
failure
Factors that affect fatigue-life
1. Magnitude of stress
2. Quality of the surface
3. For non-isotropic materials, the direction
of the applied stress can affect fatigue
life
4. Grain size
5. Environmental conditions

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