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Research on the effect of micro-voids on the deformation behavior and crack initiation lifetime of titanium alloy under cyclic loading by crystal plasticity finite element method
Summary
Researchers used a crystal plasticity finite element (CPFE) model to investigate how micro-void defects in titanium alloys formed by diffusion bonding influence local stress concentration and fatigue crack initiation lifetime. Results showed that void tip curvature had a greater effect on stress concentration than void size, and that fatigue crack initiation lifetime fell below 10^6 cycles when tip curvature exceeded 0.4 micrometers inverse or when the length-to-diameter ratio dropped below 2.0.
Micro-voids defects associated with materials formed by diffusion bonding and super-plastic connection limit their usage in the aerospace industry. A crystal plasticity finite element (CPFE) model was established in the current work to investigate the relationship between local stress concentration and the micro-void defects, and predict the fatigue crack initiation lifetime. Based on the concept of the curvature of the crack tip, the shape and size of the voids are strictly separated, so that the influence of the single parameter of voids on the microplasticity deformation behavior is better obtained. It's found that the micro-voids lead to the stress concentration phenomenon in the material, the effect of the curvature of the void tip surface is greater than that of the void size. Stress concentration tends to occur in the hard grains. When L/d is greater than 2.0, stress concentration factor reaches a constant small value. The simulated results based on the Manson-Collin law and Fatemi-Socie parameter show that when the void tip curvature is greater than 0.4 μm−1 or L/d is less than 2.0, the fatigue crack initiation lifetime is less than 106 cycles, indicating that the influence of such micro-voids on fatigue crack initiation is small. This work has a good guiding significance for properties and lifetime prediction of the material with defects.
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