Abstract
A model was derived to predict the true threshold value for fatigue crack growth in the absence of crack closure. The model, based only on the tensile and cyclic properties of the material, was successfully verified against a set of experimental data on medium and high strength steels and one aluminium alloy. Good agreement with experimental results was also obtained for Region I of the da/ dN vs ΔK curve using a fatigue crack growth rate equation based on the same model. Fatigue crack growth data obtained from the medium strength steel CK45 in the normalized state and two heat-treated conditions were analysed. Good data correlation was shown using a previously developed normalizing parameter, φ = (ΔK 2−ΔK 2 th )/(K 2 c −K 2 max ) , in the entire range of fatigue crack growth rates and for stress ratios ranging from 0.1 to 0.8.
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