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All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

2011

Fatigue damage incubation

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Micromechanical Simulation For Fatigue Damage Incubation, Tong Li May 2011

Micromechanical Simulation For Fatigue Damage Incubation, Tong Li

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Micromechanical simulations are conducted to quantify the influence of microstructure attributes to the formation of small fatigue cracks. Three wrought aluminum alloys (7075-T651, 2024-T3, virtual material) with fractured particle are studied to quantify the influence of material’s yield strength and ultimate strength to material’s fatigue resistance. Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) material with pores of various spatial distribution and particles are simulated for the microplasticity and its effects on fatigue incubation.

A cohesive zone model is used to study the interface cohesive behavior’s influence to the cyclic driving mechanisms. Different simulations based on different interfacial crack geometries and particle shapes …