3D modeling of subsurface fatigue crack nucleation potency of primary inclusions in heat treated and shot peened martensitic gear steels

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1176-1189

  Prasannavenkatesan, Rajesh ^a   Zhang, Jixi ^c   McDowell, David L ^a,b   Olson, Gregory B ^d,e   Jou, Herng Jeng ^e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c University of Nevada   (United States)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

^e QuesTek Innovations LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

3D finite element analysis; Fatigue crack nucleation; Inclusions; Residual stress; Shot peening; Subsurface cracking

Indexed keywords

3-D MODELING; 3D FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; AVERAGE VALUES; BENDING STRESS; COMPRESSIVE RESIDUAL STRESS; COMPUTATIONAL STRATEGIES; CRACK NUCLEATIONS; CYCLIC BENDING; DRIVING FORCES; ELASTIC-PLASTIC MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FATIGUE CRACK NUCLEATION; FATIGUE CRACKS; FATIGUE STRENGTHS; GEAR STEELS; HIGH CYCLE FATIGUES; INCLUSION SIZES; INTERFACIAL DAMAGES; LINEAR ELASTICS; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MATRIXES; MICROSTRUCTURALLY SMALL CRACKS; NON LOCALS; NON-LINEAR KINEMATIC HARDENINGS; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; PLASTIC SHEAR STRAINS; PRIMARY INCLUSIONS; RESIDUAL STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS; SECOND-PHASE PARTICLES; SMALL CRACK GROWTHS; SUB-SURFACE CRACKS; SUBSURFACE CRACKING; SUBSURFACE INCLUSIONS; VERY HIGH CYCLE FATIGUES;

CRACK DETECTION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEAR TEETH; INCLUSIONS; MARTENSITE; METAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEATION; PLASTICS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SHEAR STRAIN; SHOT PEENING; SPOT WELDING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FATIGUE DAMAGE;

EID: 63949085677     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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