Creep Fatigue Life Simulation for Cylinder Head of Diesel Engine Based on the Concept of Continuum Damage Mechanics

Abstract

The elasto-viscoplastic-creep constitutive equation based on the concept of continuum damage mechanics is formulated for the gray cast iron as used in diesel engine parts. It employs the viscoplastic strain given by Chaboche-Rousselier and the creep strain given by Perrin and Hayhurst. A part of the material parameters contained in the creep constitutive equation which was previously identified by Oka and Toi are assumed to be temperature-dependent in the present study. The identified model is applied to the creep fatigue life prediction of the cylinder head used in diesel engine parts which is made of gray cast iron. Although there are some points to be improved, the validity of the proposed model is illustrated by comparing the calculated results with the experimental results for the crack initiation locations and the crack propagation directions.