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    The document describes the process of calculating stress intensity factor (SIF) and fatigue crack growth rate (da/dN) for different load cycles representing one block of loading for an aluminum alloy. It provides the number of load cycles and 'g' loads for each block. It then calculates the maximum and opening SIF values for an initial 0.5mm crack length under 0.75g load using finite element analysis results and interpolation. The effective stress intensity factor range (ΔKeff) is determined for different load levels, which is used to obtain the da/dN values from an aluminum alloy fatigue crack growth rate curve. The crack increment 'da' is calculated for each load cycle and summed to get the total crack increment for

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    The document describes the process of calculating stress intensity factor (SIF) and fatigue crack growth rate (da/dN) for different load cycles representing one block of loading for an aluminum alloy. It provides the number of load cycles and 'g' loads for each block. It then calculates the maximum and opening SIF values for an initial 0.5mm crack length under 0.75g load using finite element analysis results and interpolation. The effective stress intensity factor range (ΔKeff) is determined for different load levels, which is used to obtain the da/dN values from an aluminum alloy fatigue crack growth rate curve. The crack increment 'da' is calculated for each load cycle and summed to get the total crack increment for

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    The document describes the process of calculating stress intensity factor (SIF) and fatigue crack growth rate (da/dN) for different load cycles representing one block of loading for an aluminum alloy. It provides the number of load cycles and 'g' loads for each block. It then calculates the maximum and opening SIF values for an initial 0.5mm crack length under 0.75g load using finite element analysis results and interpolation. The effective stress intensity factor range (ΔKeff) is determined for different load levels, which is used to obtain the da/dN values from an aluminum alloy fatigue crack growth rate curve. The crack increment 'da' is calculated for each load cycle and summed to get the total crack increment for

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    The document describes the process of calculating stress intensity factor (SIF) and fatigue crack growth rate (da/dN) for different load cycles representing one block of loading for an aluminum alloy. It provides the number of load cycles and 'g' loads for each block. It then calculates the maximum and opening SIF values for an initial 0.5mm crack length under 0.75g load using finite element analysis results and interpolation. The effective stress intensity factor range (ΔKeff) is determined for different load levels, which is used to obtain the da/dN values from an aluminum alloy fatigue crack growth rate curve. The crack increment 'da' is calculated for each load cycle and summed to get the total crack increment for

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    Load cycles representing one block of loading

    No of Cycles ‘g’ loads


    300 0.5 to 0.75
    330 0.75 to 1.0
    450 1.0 to 1.25
    150 1.25 to 1.5
    31 0 to 1.75
    4 0 to 2.0
    30 -0.5 to 1.5

    1.0E + 00
    1 10 100

    1.0E -01

    da/dN
    1.0E -02

    1.0E -03

    1.0E -04

    1.0E -05

    1.0E -06

    SIF K
    Mpa√m

    Fig: Fatigue crack growth rate curve for aluminum alloy 2024-T351
    Calculation of SIF Kmax for 0.5 mm crack length
    From FEA results and MVCCI method, the SIF K max obtained for initial crack length
    of 0.5 mm at 2g load = 11.5461 MPa√m

    From Linear interpolation, for 0.5 mm crack length, the SIF K max at 0.75g

    11.5461
    = ----------- X 0.75
    2
    K max = 4.3297 MPa√m

    The SIF K opening is given by the formula


    Kopening = K max (0.5 + 0.4R)
    Where K max = Maximum SIF
    R = Stress ratio

    Stress ratio R is calculated from the formula


    gmin
    R = ---------
    gmax
    0.5
    R = --------
    0.75
    R = 0.6667

    Substituting the values of Kmax and R in


    Kopening = K max (0.5 + 0.4R)
    = 4.3297 (0.5 + 0.4 (0.6667))
    Kopening = 3.31951 MPa√m

    Substituting the values of Kmax and Kopening in


    ΔK eff = Kmax - Kopening
    = 4.3297 - 3.31951
    ΔK eff = 1.01019 MPa√m
    For a given ΔK eff one can find out da/dN from FCG material data curve shown in
    figure above.
    For ΔKeff =1.01019 the value of da/dN from the material data curve is 0. Similarly
    ΔKeff is calculated for different ‘g’ loads mentioned in Table and (da/dN) is obtained
    from FCG curve shown in figure.

    From the obtained data of ΔK eff, da/dN and block of loading dN (from table 5.4) crack
    increment ‘da’ for each load cycle is calculated a nd the total crack increment for a
    block of loading can be obtained.

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