Abstract
This paper discusses the parameters likely to influence the crack-formation life of components. In particular, the relationship between the fatigue life of plain and notched specimens is considered, and a mathematical model for predicting the crack-formation life of components is proposed. This allows for the effects of mean stresses and strains and is dependent upon the determination of local material behaviour. The approach is original in that it makes allowances for the influence of the degree of plasticity around a notch, represented in terms of the strain gradient. The Neuber method is evoked, suitably modified to allow for strain gradient effects, and strain gradients are estimated by differentiating Neuber's rule in the immediate vicinity of the notch. Experimental studies have been conducted to determine strain distributions, strain gradients and cyclic lives, and the results compared with predicted values; correlation is good.
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