Abstract

Crack initiation and propagation process of fatigue test in semicircular notched plates at elevated temperature were conducted under strain-controlled condition in order to study the crack initiation/propagation/coalescence process and load decrease in structure having stress concentration. Test specimens made of SUS304 stainless steel are tested at 550°C and the geometry of the semicircular notched plate specimens are changed by diameter size of the circular notch in both of single-notched specimens and double-notched specimens. Photographs in all cycles were recorded to investigate crack initiation/propagation/coalescence as a function of number of applied cycle. The typical crack process is predicted by using the simplified method, namely, stress redistribution locus method as well as Neuber’s formula.

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