Modeling fatigue crack nucleation at primary inclusions in carburized and shot-peened martensitic steel

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-334

  Zhang, Jixi ^a   Prasannavenkatesan, Rajesh ^a   Shenoy, Mahesh M ^a   McDowell, David L ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D modeling; Carburized steel; High cycle fatigue; Inclusions; Residual stress; Shot peening

Indexed keywords

CRACK DETECTION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INCLUSIONS; MARTENSITE; NUCLEATION; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SHOT PEENING; STEEL; STEEL METALLOGRAPHY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3D FINITE ELEMENT (FE) MODELS; 3D MODELING; CARBURIZED STEEL; DRIVING FORCES; FATIGUE CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT (FE); HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE; INCLUSION SHAPES; INTERFACE CONDITIONS; MATE RIAL PROPERTIES; PRIMARY INCLUSIONS; RESIDUAL STRESS; RESIDUAL STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS;

CRACKS;

EID: 58649103757     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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