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Fatigue life calculation of welded joints based on fracturemechanics

Ahmed M. Al-Mukhtar*

MSc. Materials and Manufacturing EngineeringBSc. Aeronatical Engineering

Supervisors: Prof. Dr.- Ing. habil. H. Biermann*Prof. Dr.- Ing. P. Hbner**

*Institute of Materials Engineering, Technische Universitt Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

**Fachhochschule Mittweida, Mittweida, Germany

Institut of Materials EngineeringPHD Programme


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Outlines

1) Aim of reaserch (Objectives) - Procedure

2) Introduction (Why fracture mechanics?)

3) Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

- Modelling

- Crack path direction

4) Standard and fatigue design recommendations

5) Results (benchmarking)

- SIF calculation and comparison for some welded joints

- Fatigue life calculation and comparison for some welded joints- Case study not presented in the recommendation

6) Conclusions

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Aim

- Accurate SIF calculation

- Moreover, calculate the fatigue life, and the fatigue strength (FAT) of the weldedjoints with different geometries that not presented in recommendations

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Procedures

1) FE modeling which give accurate stress intensity factor.

2) With knowledge of the stress intensity factors KI at different crack depths (a), it

was possible to make curve fits for KI(a) for the different loading and use Paris

lawto integrate numerically and calculate the expected fatigue life for thespecimens.

3) Case studies can be consulted, and the need for well thought out benchmarkingof analytical results against experimental databases-IIW

1. Ziel und Aufgabenstellung

1. Aim and Proecdures


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1. Ziel und Aufgabenstellung2. Introdcution - Why Fracure Mechanics?

- One of the most important deterioration mechanisms ofAircrafts, ships and steel bridge structures which occur inservice condition is Fatigue.

- Fatigue Failure, accounts for at least 75% of all machinesand structures failures

Goal: Calculate ai, which already existed andcrack growth parameters

Fatigue life

calculation and FAT

Safe life and lower costconsuming for experiments

tests

- Crack normally existed! But may be accelerated due toenvironment and loading condition-A.A. Griffith (1893-1963)

Aloha Airlines.1988

De Havilland First commercial jet aircraftfatigue cracks initiated at square windows, 1954


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Seven of the Liberty ships built during the world war II has broken completely in two as aresult of brittle fractures. (1943)

However, larger safety factor !!

Crack normally existed !! How long?

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2. Introdcution - Why Fracure Mechanics?


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2. Introdcution - Why Fracure Mechanics?

Ref.Ingraffea A R. Case Studies of Simulation of Fracture in Concrete Dams. Eng. Fracture Mech., 35, 1/2/3, 1990, 553-564.

Fontana Dam, North Carolina, USA


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FRANC2D is a FE based simulator forcurvilinear crack propagtion planarstructures. CASCA which used for thecreating the meshes, is a preprocessor forgenrating initial input file for FRANC2D.

Applicatons Civil Engineering (Dams) Mechanical Engineering (Welded joints)

Output Stress intensity fcator,SIF(KIC)

Compare with other FEM sofwareThe results have been shown that FRANC2Dhas advantages over other simulations tocalculate SIF because there are:

No effect of, mesh size, densitry distributonand those save time and effort.

Also no problem with badly shaped mesheselements have been disapperad.

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3. FRacture ANalysis Code (Finite Element Analysis FEA) Two Dimension

FRANC2D & CASCA (*)

*-Cornell Fracture Group, http://www.cfg.cornell.edu


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3. FRacture ANalysis Code (Finite Element Analysis FEA) Two Dimension

Simulation and prediction crack growth in welded and complex structures


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- International insitute of Welding-IIW

- British standards- BS

- Japanese Society of Steel construction-JSSC

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4. Standard and fatigue design recommendations


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5. Results

SIF calculation and comparison

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6Crack length (mm)

SIF(Mpa.m

^0.5

)

FRANC2D

New approach

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a (mm)

K(Mpa.mm1/2)

Frank,Fisher,Modified

BS.B=T=15,h=6mm

FRANC2D.B=T=15.h=6

-Non load carrying joint-Cruciform joint load carrying


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5. Results

SIF calculation and comparison-Butt weld (V-Butt,incomplete and complete penetration-machined and non machined flash)

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Crack length (mm)

SIF(Mpa.m

1/2)

FRANC2D

Empirical solution.Ref.19


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5. Results

Fatigue life calculation and comparison

-Non-load carrying cruciform joint.-Comparison with IIW. FAT 63 Mpa.

-Butt weld.-Comparison with IIW. FAT 80 Mpa.

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1000

1,E+03 1,E+04 1,E+05 1,E+06 1,E+07 1,E+08 1,E+09 1,E+10

Log N (Cycle)

StressRange(Mpa.)

FAT80.IIW

FRANC2D

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1000

1,E+04 1,E+05 1,E+06 1,E+07 1,E+08

Log N (Cycle)

Stress

Rang

(Mpa.)

FAT63.IIW

FRANC2D


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-New Geometry not presenetd in IIW recommendations-Fatigue life calculation and comparison

5. Results

provided a new value of FAT could be considered as the design value or lower bound.The new case with fillet radius not consider in IIW and in BS. (FAT=71 Mpa.)

Radius Rt

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1,E+04 1,E+05 1,E+06 1,E+07 1,E+08

Log N (Cycle)

StressRa

ng(Mpa.)

Experimental

FAT63.No toe radius.IIW

FRANC2D.C=5E-13.m=3.ai=0.1mm.with toe radius

C=1,85E-13.m=3.mean values


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1) Accurate SIF is calculated through FEM FRANC2D

2) Different weld geometries which are not yet listed inprevious recommendations could be easily modeled toevaluate the fatigue life strength. Which means that,

2) The new approach saves the time and costs need for

experimental testes

6. Conclusions


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Thank you for your attention

Vielen Dank fr Ihre Aufmerksamkeit

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