Chapter 9: Mechanical Failure

temperature, stress, cyclic and loading effect

Chapter 9 Mechanical Failure:

Ship-cyclic loading - waves and cargo.

Fracture, Fatigue and Creep

It is important to understand the mechanisms for failure, especially to prevent in-service failures via design.
Ship-cyclic loading from waves.
Chapter 9, Callister & Rethwisch 3e. (by Neil Boenzi, The New York Times .)

Computer chip-cyclic thermal loading.

Fig. 22.30(b), Callister 7e. (Fig. 22.30(b) is courtesy of National Semiconductor Corp.)

Hip implant-cyclic loading from walking.

Fig. 22.26(b), Callister 7e.

This can be accomplished via Materials selection, Processing (strengthening), Design Safety (combination).
photo by Neal Noenzi (NYTimes)

ISSUES TO ADDRESS...
How do cracks that lead to failure form? How is fracture resistance quantified? How do the fracture resistances of the different material classes compare? How do we estimate the stress to fracture? How do loading rate, loading history, and temperature affect the failure behavior of materials?
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Objective: Understand how flaws in a material initiate failure. Describe crack propagation for ductile and brittle materials. Explain why brittle materials are much less strong than possible theoretically. Define and use Fracture Toughness. Define fatigue and creep and specify conditions in which they are operative. What is steady-state creep and fatigure lifetime? Identify from a plot.
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Fracture mechanisms
Ductile fracture Accompanied by significant plastic deformation

Ductile vs Brittle Failure

Classification:
Fracture behavior: Very Ductile Moderately Ductile Brittle

Brittle fracture Little or no plastic deformation Catastrophic Usually strain is < 5%.

Adapted from Fig. 9.1, Callister & Rethwisch 3e.

%RA or %EL
Ductile fracture is
usually more desirable than brittle fracture!
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Large

Moderate

Small
Brittle: No warning
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Example: Failure Of A Pipe

Ductile failure:
--one piece --large deformation

Stress-Strain Behavior versus Temperature

Ambient and operating T affects failure mode of materials.
Stress-strain curve BCC iron Charpy Impact Test

BCC pearlitic steels

%C

Brittle failure:
--many pieces --small deformation
Figures from V.J. Colangelo and F.A. Heiser, Analysis of Metallurgical Failures (2nd ed.), Fig. 4.1(a) and (b), p. 66 John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1987. Used with permission.

Shows Ductile to Brittle Transition with T reduction! or increase in %C!

Energy to initiate crack propagation found via Charpy V-Notch (CVN) Test
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Charpy Impact Testing

Impact loading: -- severe testing case -- makes material more brittle -- decreases toughness

Charpy V-Notch Impact Data: Energy vs Temperature

Notched sample is hit and crack propagates.
FCC metals (e.g., Cu, Ni)

Impact Energy

BCC metals (e.g., iron at T < 914C) polymers Brittle More Ductile High strength materials ( y > E/150)

(Charpy)

Temperature
Ductile-to-brittle transition temperature
final height
Adapted from Fig. 9.18(b), Callister & Rethwisch 3e. (Fig. 9.18(b) is adapted from H.W. Hayden, W.G. Moffatt, and J. Wulff, The Structure and Properties of Materials , Vol. III, Mechanical Behavior , John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (1965) p. 13.)

Adapted from C. Barrett, W. Nix, and A.Tetelman, The Principles of Engineering Materials , Fig. 6-21, p. 220, Prentice-Hall, 1973.

initial height

Increasing Temperature increases %EL and K Ic . Temperature effect clear from these materials test. A238 Steel has more dramatic dependence around ocean T.
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Design Strategy: Stay above the DBTT

Pre-WWII: The Titanic WWII: Liberty ships

Famous example failures: Liberty ships

USS Esso Manhattan, 3/29/43 John P. Gaines, 11/43 USS Schenectady, 1/16/43

Fracture at entrance to NY harbor.

Vessel broke in two off the Aleutians (10 killed).

http://www.uh.edu/liberty/photos/liberty_summary.html

Liberty tanker split in two while moored in calm water at the outfitting dock at Swan Island, OR.

From R.W. Hertzberg, "Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials", (4th ed.) Fig. 7.1(a), p. 262, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1996. (Orig. source: Dr. Robert D. Ballard, The Discovery of the Titanic .)

Fom R.W. Hertzberg, "Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials", (4th ed.) Fig. 7.1(b), p. 262, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1996.

Problem: Used a steel with a DBTT ~ Room temp.

For Liberty Ships it was in the process of steel that was issue for they made up to 1 ship every 3 days at one point!
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Coast Guard Report: USS Schenectady Without warning and with a report which was heard for at least a mile, the deck and sides of the vessel fractured just aft of the bridge superstructure. The fracture extended almost instantaneously to the turn of the bilge port and starboard. The deck side shell, longitudinal bulkhead and bottom girders fractured. Only the bottom plating held. The vessel jack-knifed and the center portion rose so that no water entered. The bow and stern settled into the silt of the river bottom. The ship was 24 hours old. Official CG Report attributed fracture to welds in critical seams that were found to be defective .
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Ductile Fracture: distinctive features on macro and micro levels

Ductility: Very Moderately Brittle
B is most common mode. Ductile fracture is desired. Why?
necking

Moderately Ductile Failure

Evolution to failure:

void nucleation void growth and linkage shearing at surface fracture

Soft metals at RT (Au, Pb) Metals, polymers, inorganic glasses at high T.

crack + plastic

Brittle: crack failure

Plastic region Note: Remnant of microvoid formation and coalescence.

fracture surfaces
(steel)

50 m 50 m

Brittle fracture: no warning.

100 m particles serve as void nucleation sites.

From V.J. Colangelo and F.A. Heiser, Analysis of Metallurgical Failures (2nd ed.), Fig. 11.28, p. 294, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1987. (Orig. source: P. Thornton, J. Mater. Sci ., Vol. 6, 1971, pp. 347-56.) Fracture surface of tire cord wire loaded in tension. Courtesy of F. Roehrig, CC Technologies, Dublin, OH. Used with permission.

Cup-cone fracture in Al
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Fracture Surface under Tensile and Shear load

Failure Evolution necking + void coalescence + cracks propagate Final shear fracture with fibrous pullout indicating plastic deformation

Brittle Fracture Surface

Intergranular
(between grains)
304 S. Steel (metal)
Reprinted w/permission from "Metals Handbook", 9th ed, Fig. 633, p. 650. Copyright 1985, ASM International, Materials Park, OH. (Micrograph by J.R. Keiser and A.R. Olsen, Oak Ridge National Lab.)

Intragranular
(within grains)
316 S. Steel (metal)
Reprinted w/ permission from "Metals Handbook", 9th ed, Fig. 650, p. 357. Copyright 1985, ASM International, Materials Park, OH. (Micrograph by D.R. Diercks, Argonne National Lab.)

4 mm

160 m

spherical dimples

parabolic dimples

Polypropylene (polymer)
Reprinted w/ permission from R.W. Hertzberg, "Defor-mation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials", (4th ed.) Fig. 7.35(d), p. 303, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1996.

Al Oxide (ceramic)
Reprinted w/ permission from "Failure Analysis of Brittle Materials", p. 78. Copyright 1990, The American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH. (Micrograph by R.M. Gruver and H. Kirchner.)

3 m 1 mm

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Brittle Fracture Surface

Brittleness of Ceramics
Restricted slip planes (reduced plasticity) Stress concentrators (voids, pores, cracks, oh, my!)

Chevron marks From brittle fracture

e.g, MgO Mg2+

Origin of crack

What are possible slip paths? O2Mg2+ O2Mg2+ Mg2+ O2Mg2+ O2O2Mg2+ O2Mg2+ Why is a metal different?
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O2Fan-shaped ridges coming from crack

Mg2+ O2-

What is restriction?
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Porosity and Temperature Effects in Ceramics

GPa 400 E 100 0.0 Volume fraction of porosity Low T Brittle 1.0 Plasticity increased with temperature, more due to viscous flow less from slip. Al203 Stiffness lost with porosity (voids).

Nucleation and Propagation Of Cracks in Ceramics

After reaching terminal velocity (~50%vsound ) crack bifurcates (branches) to relieve stress. This permit retrace to origin of initial crack. Initial region (Mirror) is flat and smooth. branching least to Mist and Hackle regions. Fracture surface Of a 6mm-diameter Fused Silica Rod

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Adapted from Figs. 9.14 & 9.15, Callister & Rethwisch 3e.

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Crazing during Fracture of Thermoplastic Polymers

Generally, polyermic materials have low fracture strengths compared to metals and ceramics. Thermosets are brittle (covalent bonds in network or crosslinks are severed) . Thermoplastics have both ductile and brittle modes.
Brittle fracture favored by reduced T, increased -rate, presence of shart notches, increased thickness, and change in chemical structure. Glassy thermoplastics become ductile near the glass trans. temp., and can Craze in the direction normal to applied stress. Craze: microvoids expand and form fibrilar bridges, then coalesce to form crack.

Ideal versus Real Behavior

Stress-strain behavior (Room T): TSengineering << TSperfect
materials materials

DaVinci (500 yrs ago!) observed... --the longer the wire, the smaller the load to fail it. Reasons: --flaws cause premature failure. --Larger samples are more flawed!
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Fig. 9.20

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Flaws are Stress Concentrators!

Results from crack propagation Griffith Crack

Concentration of Stress at Crack Tip

Starting from applied stress at surface, the stress rises to maximum value near the crack.

a 1/ 2 m = 2 o = Kt o t
t

where t = radius of curvature o = applied stress m = stress at crack tip

Adapted from Fig. 9.8(b), Callister & Rethwisch 3e.

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Flaws are Stress Concentrators

Load cannot be carried over cracks

Flaws are Stress Concentrators

Load cannot be carried over cracks

Surface cracks

a
2 crack fronts to propagate

1 crack front to propagate

Stress conc. factor:

2a
Internal cracks

Large K t promotes failure:

0
Surface & internal cracks not the same size! Large surface cracks the worst. Long, thin cracks worse (lower radius curvature)!
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Surface crack are worse! Avoid sharp corners!

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Modes of Fracture which Operate on Cracks

Mode I Mode II Mode III A B

Griffiths Criteria for Fracture and Failure

A=A=A etc. A B
Crack sizes, orientations and distributions It should be almost intuitive that the relative lengths of cracks will control which crack will propagate under stress, such can be said of the orientation and distribution also. Let us examine and example. *If cracks each act independently, then, if A < B, failure will not occur from A . *Failure will not occur from A' and B' because they are parallel to applied stress. the highest stress concentration.

A B

Tensile

Sliding

Tearing

How could crack in Liberty Bell been stopped? *Thus, B-type crack is failure mode , as it has

Mode I is most often encountered.

Theoretical cohesive strength is

s + P ) = EGc = 2E( a a
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Gc = toughness = kJ/m 2 is the energy needed to generate a crack.

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Griffiths Criteria (Tensile mode I)

Fast-Fracture Condition K = a = EG c = constant!!

Gc 2 s Surface energy

Fracture Toughness

Units of MPa m Hard to measure stress intensity factor Internal flaws

Measureable (fixed) materials properties

Based on data in Table B5, Callister 6e .

Point is that the critical combination of stress and crack length at which fast fracture occurs is a MATERIAL CONSTANT ! FAST Fracture will occur when

K Kc = EG

= constant c Fracture Toughness, Kc

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increasing

LHS of equation => fast fracture will occur when (in a material subjected to stress s) a crack reaches some critical size a; or, when a material constains cracks of size a is subjected to some critical stress s.

Griffiths Criteria is different for SLIDING and TEARING. Tensile KIc TENSILE condition derived for an elliptical crack in thin plate. Sliding Tearing

Griffiths Criteria for TENSILE: more generally More generally, for KIc case:
Design stress

K = K Ic = XY c
Materials selection Geometric factor mostly 0.5 < Y < 2 Allowable interior or surface flaw size or NDT flaw detection Factor designating type of crack X=1 for simple interior crack. X=1.12 for simple surface crack.

K = a K = EGc = constant Ic
When K = Kc fast fracture will occur:

c = 1/2 a interior or c = asurface

K = K = a Ic
Materials selection Design stress Allowable flaw size or NDT flaw detection
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Y is a geometric factor reflecting shape of crack and geometry of sample . Often Y is not known, but determined by Kc and s (e.g., HW)
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Plane-Strain vs Plane-Stress State

B

Importance of Fast Fracture: Example

(From Hertzberg, 4th Ed.)

On 15 January 1919 on Commercial Street in Boston a huge tank of molasses (diameter: 27 m, height: 15 m) fractured catastrophically:
Without an instants warning the top was blown into the air and the sides were burst apart. A

z ~ 0

z ~ 0
z ~ ( x + y )

city building nearby, where employees were at lunch, collapsed burying a number of victims and a firehouse was crushed in by a section of the tank, killing and injuring a number of firemen.1 On collapsing, a side of the tank was carried against one of the columns supporting the elevated structure [of the Boston Elevated Railway Co.] This column was completely sheared offand forced back under the structure. the track was pushed out of alignment and the superstructure dropped several feet Twelve persons lost their lives either by
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Thinner plate: plane-stress state as z-surface is free and stress cannot change appreciably over small distance. Thicker plate: plane-strain state as strain lz/lz ~ 0 and stress is
K Ic Experimentally, the plane-strain condition is found for B 2.5 ys Plane-strain fracture toughness is K = XY c
Ic

established by the Poisson effect.

drowning in molasses, smothering, or by wreckage. Forty more were injured. Many horses belonging to the paving department were drowned, and others had to be shot.2
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Designing Against Crack Growth

Crack growth condition:
XY a

Design Example: Aircraft Wing

Material has K c = 26 MPa-m 0.5 Two designs to consider... Design B Design A
--largest flaw is 9 mm --failure stress = 112 MPa

K Kc

Largest, most stressed cracks grow first!

Result 1: Max flaw size
dictates design stress.
Interior crack X=1

Result 2: Design stress

dictates max. flaw size.

Use:
NOTE: only K Ic / is critical for design!

c =

Kc Y amax

--use same material --largest flaw is 4 mm --What is failure stress?

design <

Kc Y amax

amax <

1 Kc Y design

Key point: Y and K c are the same in both designs.

--Result:
112 MPa 9 mm 4 mm

c amax

) (
A

= c amax

Answer: Reducing flaw size pays off!

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c B

= 168MPa
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Design Example: Steel Plating

Material has K c = 60 MPa- m and YS = 1400 MPa
Steel plate has through-edge crack pictured. Width W = 40 mm and thickness B = 6 mm. Plane-strain K c and YS given. If the plate is to be loaded to 200 MPa, would you expect failure to occur if a = 16 mm ? Why or why not?
XY
Callister, 2e, Fig. 9.13a
(not in Callister & Rethwisch 3e.).

Design Example: Steel Plating

Material has K c = 60 MPa- m and YS = 1400 MPa
Callister, 2e, Fig. 9.13a
(not in Callister & Rethwisch 3e.).

F ( XY ) Kc = amax WB

If the plate (W = 40 mm and B = 6 mm ) is to be loaded to 200 MPa, would you expect failure to occur if a = 16 mm ? Why or why not?

Kc =

F ( XY ) amax WB

XY

a /W Two issues to consider... 1. Does condition of plane-strain hold? If so, use fast-fracture criterion . 2. Use fast-fracture criterion for the correct plate and crack geometry!

a /W

From fast-fracture criterion: K = XY amax > K c With

a 16 mm = = 0.4 figure gives W 40 mm

Plane-strain? Plane-strain observed if B 2.5

2

K Ic ys

XY = 2.12
> K I c (60 MPa m)

K Ic B 2.5 = 4.6 mm, hence, B = 6 mm > 4.6 mm (Plane-strain holds!) ys

Thus, K = (200 MPa)(2.12) (16 mm) = 95 MPa m

With K > KIc, we must expect fracture to occur by fast-fracture in the plate. We may use fast-fracture criterion: K = XY amax > K c
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What would be the largest surface crack in plate to prevent failure by this mode?
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Simple Case Study: Compressed Air Tanks

Internal and surface flaws (cracks) are possible and typical under processing. How can we design and check a pressure vessel to make sure it is safe? NOTE: hoop stress in a sphere is
(See Review notes. Twice this for a cylinder.)

Simple Case Study: Compressed Air Tanks (extra safety by leak-before-break requirement)
If the critical flaw size is less than the wall thickness, t, then fast fracture can occur without warning ( catastrophically ). If critical crack length is ac = t, then the gas will leak out through the crack before crack can run (no catastrophic failure!).

= pr 2t

if t <<r.

With

Thus, For yielding, = ys . For fast fracture ,

KIc =Y ac

the permissible stress is

K Ic Y t
t = pr 2
K p = 2 Ic 2 Y r ys

With safety factor, = ys /S.

Y a =K Ic
2
2

or

= Ic Y a
We find that to have LEAK-BEFORE-YIELD

With set to ys /S (i.e., contain pressure w/o yield)

K Ic Hence: ac = S Y 2 ys

KIc is key ! Ratio ys

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Now
(See Ex.9.1 Callister)

2 K Ic

ys

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Simple Case Study: Compressed Air Tanks

Yielding and Fracture Criteria, = ys/S and = =pr/2t
ys ys/S w/ safety No yielding Critical flaw size fracture yielding fast fracture (w/ safety)

Simple Case Study: Compressed Air Tanks =pr/2t

1000 MN/m 2 400 MN/m 2 Al Steel K1c=170 MN/m 1.5 K1c=23 MN/m 1.5

K Ic Y a

a
2 1 K 1 170 MPa m a = Ic ~ Y 1000 MPa 2

a=

2 1 K Ic 1 23MPa m ~ Y 400 MPa

At some pressure p with flaw sizes given by A and B Pt A: flaw size causes yield before fracture. Pt B: flaw size causes fast fracture at less stress than YS, without warning and with catastrophic consequences!
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Critical Flaw Sizes: In steel: 9mm

In Aluminum: 1 mm

* Non-destructive testing can determine flaw sizes of ~5-9mm, e.g., by ultrasonic testing, but not for 1 mm (its too small). Aluminum is therefore less safe to use
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Simple Case Study: Compressed Air Tanks

For given pressure and radius, Yield-before-Break

Simple Case Study: Compressed Air Tanks

For given radius, Leak-before-Break

p=

2 2 K Ic Y r Y 2

ac =

S 2 K Ic Y 2 Y

Note: There is a critical crack length that must not be surpassed for safety. Either YS is lowered or KIc is increased !

Note: For permissible stress, there is a penalty to be paid for extra safety. Either p is lowered or t is increased!

K Ic Y t

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Evaluation via Ashby Plots: Compressed Air Tanks

m Materials K Ic Performance M = n Index Y

Recall: Failure from Ductile-to-Brittle Transitions

Increased loading rate...
-increases y and TS, -decreases %EL.

log-log

n 1 log K Ic = log Y + log M m m

A line on log-log plot: y = a x + b

Lines for: K Ic = 40 MPa- m

Y = 320 MPa

1. Yield-before-Break

Why? An increased rate

gives less time for disl. to move past obstacles.

K Ic ac = M ~ Y

Slope = 1

Impact loading (Charpy tests):

-severe testing case -more brittle -smaller toughness

2. Leak-before-Break

p =M ~

2 K Ic

Slope = 1/2

Increasing temperature...
-increases %EL and K c

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Design Strategy: Stay above the DBTT

Pre-WWII: The Titanic WWII: Liberty ships

Chapter 9: Failure from Fatigue

As we have seen, Defects lead to failure due to
Cracks (stress concentrators) Ductile-to-Brittle Transition Temperature

From R.W. Hertzberg, "Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials", (4th ed.) Fig. 7.1(a), p. 262, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1996. (Orig. source: Dr. Robert D. Ballard, The Discovery of the Titanic .)

Fom R.W. Hertzberg, "Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials", (4th ed.) Fig. 7.1(b), p. 262, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1996.

Another is Fatigue: Failure from dynamic or fluctuating stresses from Lengthy period of repeated stress or strain cycles. What are the features of fatigue? How can we prevent it?

Problem: Used a steel with a DBTT ~ Room temp.

For Liberty Ships it was in the process of steel that was issue for they made up to 1 ship every 3 days at one point!
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Fatigue: Failure from cyclic stress.

specimen compression on top
bearing bearing motor counter

Stress Amplitude (S) vs Number of Cycles (N): S-N Curves

Fatigue limit, Sfat : -no fatigue if S < S fat low-cycle fatigue, 10 4-10 high-cycle fatigue > 10 5
5

S = stress amplitude unsafe Sfat safe 10 3 10 5 10 7 10 9 N = Cycles to failure

case for steel (typ.)

max m min S

flex coupling tension on bottom

time

Stress varies with time. -key parameters are S and m

+ min = max m 2 = max min = 2 a = 2 S r R = max min

mean stress Range of stress and amplitude Stress ratio

Fatigue limit can be zero!

Adapted from Fig. 9.25(a,b), Callister & Rethwisch 3e.

S = stress amplitude S-N behavior S1 Fe- and Ti-based alloys, fatigue limit is 35-60% of TS. Non-ferrous alloys (e.g., Al, Cu, Mg) do not have fatigue limit!
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unsafe

case for Al (typ.)

Key points: Fatigue... - causes part failure, even though max < c. - causes ~90% of mechanical engineering failures.
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safe 10 10 10 N = Cycles to failure

5 7 9

10

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Fatigue S-N Curves Failure

S = stress amplitude
S1

unsafe safe

case for Al (typ.)

Fatigue Behavior of Polymers

Fatigue limit:
- PMMA, PP, PE

103

105 107 109 N = Cycles to failure

No fatigue limit:
- PET, Nylon (dry)

Fatigue can occur under axial, flexoral, torsional stress/strain. Failure can occur: at stress less than YS or UTS for static load . suddenly, without warning, and catastrophic! (90% of metals) Fatigue failure is brittle in nature, even in normally ductile metals, due to initiation of crack propagation. Fatigue Life Nf (total cycles to failure) is sum of number to initiate cracks and number to propogate cracks: Nf = Ni + Np.
Low-stress levels (high-cycle fatigue) N i >> N p. High-stress levels (low-cycle fatigure) Ni << N p.

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Fatigue Mechanisms
Crack grows incrementally
da m = K dN ~

Improving Fatigue Life

1. Impose a compressive surface stress(to suppress
cracks from growing)
Fig. 9.22, Callister & Rethwisch 3e.

( )

typ. 1 to 6

( )

a
--Method 1: shot peening
shot put surface into compression

Failed rotating shaft

increase in crack length per loading cycle crack origin

--Method 2: carburizing
C-rich gas

-crack grew even though K max < Kc -crack grows faster if

increases crack gets longer loading freq. increases.
Fig. 9.34

2. Remove stress concentrators.

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bad bad

better
Fig. 9.23, Callister & Rethwisch 3e.

better
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Anelastic - Effects A
Adiabatic load increase Slowly warms up.

Anelastic - Effects I Elastic type hysteresis loop

I
Adiabatic load release
No heat transfer during (un)loading.

No T during (un)loading.

Isothermal load increase

O I : slow loading of gage sample, T is constant with room (isothermal). O A: rapid loading, no time for sample to adsorb thermal E . (adiabatic) I A: rapid unloading, sample warms up. AO: then gives off thermal E to room. There is work done (grey area) and lost upon loading and unloading! Not like purely elastic loading and unloading.
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low-frequency is isothermal no hysteresis loop. (no extra work, loss to heating) loading and unloading is not so fast as to be solely adiabatic. high-frequency is adiabatic completely (system response cannot keep up with rapidly changing load)
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Creep Failure
Occurs at elevated temperature, T > 0.4 T melt Deformation at a constant stress changes with time.

Creep
Occurs at elevated temperature, T > 0.4 T melt

primary

tertiary secondary

Primary Creep: slope (creep rate) decreases with time. Secondary Creep: steady-state i.e., constant slope. Tertiary Creep: slope (creep rate) increases with time, i.e. acceleration of rate.
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Creep: deformation under elevated T and static stresses

Secondary creep Steady-state creep rate d/dt ~ constant Competition between strain-hardening and recovery

Secondary Creep
Strain rate is constant at a given T, s
-- strain hardening is balanced by recovery
stress exponent (material parameter)

Tertiary creep accelerated creep rate and failure! Primary or transient creep has decreasing creep rate.

strain rate material const.

Q & s = K 2 n exp c RT
applied stress
200

activation energy for creep (material parameter)

Stress (MPa)
427C 538 C 649 C
Adapted from Fig. 9.38, Callister & Rethwisch 3e. (Fig. 9.38 is from Metals Handbook: Properties and Selection: Stainless Steels, Tool Materials, and Special Purpose Metals , Vol. 3, 9th ed., D. Benjamin (Senior Ed.), American Society for Metals, 1980, p. 131.)

Strain rate increases 100 for higher T, s

Rupture time 40 20 10

Secondary creep important for long-life applications: Nuclear power plant.

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caused by GB separation, cracks, voids, cavities, etc., including necking. Short-life creep: turbine blades, rocket nozzles.
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10 -2 10 -1 1 Steady state creep rate (%/1000hr)

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Secondary Failure: Larson-Miller procedure

Failure:
along grain boundaries.
g.b. cavities applied stress

Creep RECOVERY and Vacancy-assisted Climb

Creep is an anelastic behavior of a material, i.e. the strain depends on temperature and time effects. Creep can be viewed as a manifestation of competitive work-hardening and recovery (or materials "softening") in Stage III response, where work-hardening involves dislocation glide. The main mechanism assumed to be important to the recover for the creep process is non-conservative climb. (a) How does climb help "soften" a material? (b) Why is temperature important?

Estimate rupture time

S 590 Iron, T = 800C, s = 20 ksi
Adapted from Fig. 8.45, Callister 6e.

From V.J. Colangelo and F.A. Heiser, Analysis of Metallurgical Failures (2nd ed.), Fig. 4.32, p. 87, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1987. (Orig. source: Pergamon Press, Inc.)

Time to rupture, tr

24x10 3 K-log hr

T (20 + log tr ) = L

T (20 + log tr ) = L
1073K

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Ans: tr = 233hr
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Major recover mechanism is non-conservative climb.

Creep = Work-hardening + Recovery (a) How does climb help "soften" a material? Edge Dislocations will move out of one glide plane and into another via vacancy-assisted climb. By doing so, they can avoid "hard" obstacles (see diagram), rather than cut through them, making the system respond effectively "softer". (b) Why is temperature important? Climb requires mobile vacancies that can diffuse to the tensile side of the edge; hence, temperature is important as vacancies diffuse roughly when T > 0.4 Tmelting.

Summary
Engineering materials don't reach theoretical strength. Flaws produce stress concentrations that cause premature failure. Sharp corners produce large stress concentrations and premature failure. Failure type depends on T and stress:
- for noncyclic s and T < 0.4T m, failure stress decreases with: increased maximum flaw size or rate of loading, or decreased T. - for cyclic : cycles to failure decreases as increases.

climb precipitate
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- for higher T (T > 0.4T m): time to fail decreases as or T increases.

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