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Predicting Catastrophic OD Initiated Fatigue Failure of Thick-Walled Cylinders Using Low Cycle Fatigue Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Joseph A. Kapp
Joseph A. Kapp*
Affiliation:
US Army Armament Research and Development Center Watervliet, NY 12189
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Abstract

A procedure is presented to predict fatigue failure of thick-walled cylinders containing discontinuities at the OD. Both crack initiation life and crack growth are considered. The elastic-plastic strains at an OD discontinuity are estimated using an elastic analysis and stress concentration factors. The strain estimates are then used in conjunction with low cycle fatigue data to determine the initiation life. Crack growth life is estimated by integration of a power law relationship. The results obtained by using this analysis method compared to measured fatigue life data for several OD initiated failures in thick-walled cylinders agrees to within about 10 percent.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 22: Symposium NY – High Pressure in Science and Technology , 1983 , 243
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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