Abstract

In-plane biaxial loading conditions have a strong influence over fatigue crack growth trajectories and lives. Under equal and proportional loadings on both axes, pure mode I propagation occurs. Mixed mode conditions were simulated using different biaxial load ratios, and mode II propagation can be introduced when different loading phases or mean load values are used. Using an automatic algorithm, different in-phase and out-of-phase loading conditions were simulated in a cruciform specimen. Fatigue life is proportional to initial notch angle β, but inversely proportional to the load phase shift ϕ. The present results increase mixed mode fatigue crack propagation understanding.

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