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ME 605: Fracture, Fatigue and Failure Analysis

Assignment # 5
Submit Assignment on or before 06-5-2020
Q1. An NDT examination of a wide steel component reveals the presence of 5 mm
long edge crack. If plane strain conditions prevail ( K IC = 75 MPa m ) (i) what

would be the residual service lifetime of the steel part if it were subjected to
repeated stresses of 400 MPa? Assume the following data for this material
da 4
(m / cycle) = 4 × 10−37 ( ∆K ) (Pa m ) and σ yp = 1400 MPa
dN
(ii) If the inspection procedure is scheduled in 6 months time should the
component be replaced now or retained in service given that the stresses
fluctuate every 8 Hrs?
(iii) Show that when the number of loading cycles is 400-crack growth is
subcritical i.e., KI < KIC at 400 cycles.
Ans: Nf=559 cycles; component should be removed;

Q2. The Paris law of fatigue growth of a crack is known to have the form
da 3
= C ( ∆K I )
dN
where a is in meter and ∆K I MPa m . The center crack initially of length a=4 mm

grows to a=5 mm in 2000 load cycles when a constant amplitude fluctuating load
is applied with σ max = 180 MPa and σ min = 100 MPa . Determine the life of the

component beyond a=5mm if the same amplitude load continues on the


component and the maximum allowable crack length in the damage tolerant
design is a=25mm.
ANS: C=2.927 x 10-28; Nf=9367

Q3. For finding material constants of Paris law it was found that an already
nucleated center crack grows from a=2.8 mm to a=3.5 mm in 10,000 cycles of a
constant amplitude load. When the same load is continued the crack grows from
a=16 mm to a=18.4 mm in 1400 cycles. If σ max = 180 MPa and σ min = 90 MPa find

the constants C and m.


Ans: m = 3.75; C=2.94x 10-15

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