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CHAPTER
6
Fatigue Failure Resulting from Variable Loading:
6â1 Fatigue in Metals 6â8 Stress Concentration and Notch Sensitivity
6â2 Fatigue-Life Method 6â9 Fluctuating Stresses
6â3 The Stress-Life Method 6â10 Failure Criteria for Fluctuating Stress
6â4 Fracture Mechanics Method 6â11 Torsional Fatigue Strength
6â5 The Endurance Limit 6-12 Combinations of Loading Modes
6â6 Fatigue Strength 6-13 Cumulative Fatigue Damage
6â7 Endurance Limit Modifying Factors
6â1 Introduction to Fatigue in Metals :
ï§ When machine parts are subjected to time varying loading, their behavior is entirely
different from what they could behave when they are subject to static loading. These and
other kinds of loading occurring in machine members produce stresses that are called
variable, repeated, alternating, or fluctuating stresses.
ï§ Machine members are found to have failed under the action of repeated or fluctuating
stresses.
ï§ The actual maximum stresses were well below the ultimate strength of the material, and
quite frequently even below the yield strength. The most distinguishing characteristic of
these failures is that the stresses have been repeated a very large number of times. Hence
the failure is called a fatigue failure.
6â2 Fatigue-Life Methods:
ïš The three major fatigue life methods used in design and analysis are the:
1. Stress-Life Method
2. Strain-Life Method
3. Linear-Elastic Fracture Mechanics Method
ïš These methods attempt to predict the life in number of cycles to failure, N, for a speciï¬c level of
loading. Life of ð †ðµ †ðð ð
cycles is generally classiï¬ed as low-cycle fatigue, whereas
high-cycle fatigue is considered to be ðµ > ðð ð
cycles.
ïš The stress-life method, based on stress levels only, is the least accurate approach, especially for
low-cycle applications. However, it is the most traditional method, since it is the easiest to
implement for a wide range of design applications, has ample supporting data, and represents
high-cycle applications adequately. It can be summarized as:
ï§ High Cycle Fatigue ( N > 1000)
ï§ It is based on stress levels.
ï§ Predictions of life are based upon nominal stresses in a component
ï§ Use empirical correction factor (surface finish, groove, âŠ)
ï§ The least accurate approach, but most used method, since it is the
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easiest to implement for a wide range of design applications.
ïš The strain-life method involves more detailed analysis of the plastic deformation at localized
regions where the stresses and strains are considered for life estimates. This method is especially
good for low-cycle fatigue applications.
ï§ Low Cycle Fatigue (N < 1000)
ï§ Involves more detailed analysis of the plastic deformation at localized
regions where the stresses and strains are considered for life estimates.
ïš The Linear-Elastic Fracture Mechanics Method:
ï§ It assumes a crack is already present and detected.
ï§ It is then employed to predict crack growth with respect to stress
intensity.
ï§ It is most practical when applied to large structures in conjunction
with computer codes and a periodic inspection program.
6â3 Stress-Life Method:
ïš To determine the strength of materials under the action of fatigue loads, four types of tests are
performed: tension, torsion, bending, and combinations of these.
ïš In each test, specimens
are subjected to repeated
forces at specified
magnitudes while the
cycles or stress reversals
to rupture are counted.
ïš For the rotating-beam
test, a constant bending
load is applied, and the
number of revolutions
(stress reversals) of the
beam required for failure
is recorded. The first test
is made at a stress that is somewhat under the ultimate strength of the material. The second test
is made at a stress that is less than that used in the first. This process is continued, and the
results are plotted as an S-N diagram.
ïš The figure blow is the S-N diagram for typical UNS G41300 steel.
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ïš It should be noted that from the N-S diagram for the case of steel:
ï§ A knee occurs around ðµ = ðð ð
and beyond this knee failure will not occur, no matter
how great the number of cycles.
ï§ The strength corresponding to the knee is called the endurance limit Se , or the fatigue
limit.
ï§ For nonferrous metals and alloys, the graph of S-N diagram will never be horizontal.
ïš Meaning of N:
ï§ A stress cycle (ðµ = ð) constitutes a single application and removal of a load and then
another application and removal of the load in the opposite direction.
ï§ Thus, ðµ = ð. ð, means the load is applied once and then removed, which is the case with
the simple tension test.
ï§ A body of knowledge available on fatigue failure from ðµ = ð to ðµ = ðð ð
cycles is
generally classified as low-cycle fatigue.
ï§ A stress cycles greater than = ðð ð
, is classified as high-cycle fatigue.
ï§ The boundary between the finite-life region and the infinite-life region can be defined
only for a specific material such as steel as shown above in which it lies somewhere
between ðµ = ðð ð
ðð§ð ðµ = ðð ð
ï§ S-N method does not work well in low-cycle application, where the applied strains have
a significant plastic component.
ïš Mischke has analyzed a great deal of actual teat data from several sources and concluded that
endurance limit can be related to tensile strength.
ïš For Steel:
ðº ð
,
= {
ð. ððº ðð ðº ðð †ðððð ðŽð·ð
ððð ðŽð·ð ðº ðð > ðððð ðŽð·ð
, where: ðº ðð : : minimum tensile strength, and ðº ð
,
: : rotating-beam specimen itself.
ïš Aluminum and Magnesium alloys do not have an endurance limit, and the fatigue strength is
usually based on 5(108
) cycles of stress reversal and it is given in table A-26 and A-27.
ïš Endurance limits for various classes of cast irons, polished or machined, are given in table A-24
ïš We could also use for Cast Iron and Cast Steel:
ðº ð
,
= {
ð. ðððº ðð ðº ð †ððð ðŽð·ð
ððð ðŽð·ð ðº ðð > ððð ðŽð·ð
ïš The most widely used fatigueâtesting device is the R. R. Moore highâspeed rotating-beam
machine. This machine subjects the specimen to pure bending (no transverse shear) by means of
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weights.
ïš The specimen is very carefully machined and polished, with a final polishing in an
axial direction to avoid circumferential scratches.
ïš Other fatigueâtesting machines are available for applying fluctuating or reversed axial stresses,
torsional stresses, or combined stresses to the test reversed axial stresses, torsional
stresses, or combined stresses.
6â5 The Strain-Life Method:
ï§ The best approach yet advanced to
explain the nature of fatigue failure is
called by some the strain-life method.
ï§ A fatigue failure almost always
begins at a local discontinuity such as
a notch, crack, or other area of stress
concentration.
ï§ When the stress at the discontinuity
exceeds the elastic limit, plastic strain
occurs.
ï§ If a fatigue fracture is to occur, there must exist cyclic plastic strains.
ï§ Thus we shall need to investigate the behavior of
materials subject to cyclic deformation.
ï§ Figure 6â2 has been constructed to show the
general appearance of these plots for the ï¬rst few
cycles of controlled cyclic strain.
ï§ In this case the strength decreases with stress
repetitions, as evidenced by the fact that the
reversals occur at ever-smaller stress levels. As
previously noted, other materials may be
strengthened, instead, by cyclic stress reversals.
ï§ The graph has been reproduced as Fig. 6â2, to
explain the graph, we ï¬rst deï¬ne the following
terms:
ï· Fatigue ductility coefï¬cient ðº ð
â²
is the true strain corresponding to fracture in one reversal
(point A in Fig. 6â3). The plastic-strain line begins at this point in Fig. 6â2.
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ï· Fatigue strength coefï¬cient ð ð
â²
is the true stress corresponding to fracture in one
reversal (point A in Fig. 6â3). Note in Fig. 6â2 that the elastic-strain line begins at
ð ð
,
ð¬
.
ï· Fatigue ductility exponent c is the slope of the plastic-strain line in Fig. 6â2 and is the
power to which the life 2N must be raised to be proportional to the true plastic-strain
amplitude. If the number of stress reversals is 2N, then N is the number of cycles.
ï· Fatigue strength exponent b is the slope of the elastic-strain line, and is the power to
which the life 2N must be raised to be proportional to the true-stress amplitude.
ï· Now, from Fig. 6â3, we see that the total strain is the sum of the elastic and plastic
components. Therefore the total strain amplitude is half the total strain range:
âðº
ð
=
âðº ð
ð
+
âðº ð
ð
(ð)
The equation of the plastic-strain line in Fig. 6â2 is:
âðº ð
ð
= (ðº ð
,
) (ððµ) ð (ð â ð)
The equation of the elastic strain line is:
âðº ð
ð
=
ð ð
,
ð¬
(ððµ) ð (ð â ð)
Therefore, from Eq. (a), we have for the total-strain amplitude:
âðº
ð
= (ðº ð
,
) (ððµ) ð
+
ð ð
,
ð¬
(ððµ) ð (ð â ð)
, which is the Manson-Cofï¬n relationship between fatigue life and total strain.
6â6 The Linear-Elastic Fracture Mechanics Method: See Textbook Section 6-6 (p270-274).
ï§ A fatigue failure has an appearance similar to a brittle fracture, as the fracture surfaces are flat
and perpendicular to the stress axis with the absence of necking.
ï§ The fracture features of a fatigue failure, however, are quite different from a static brittle
fracture arising from three stages of development:
ï§ Stage I: Is the initiation of one or more micro-cracks due to cyclic plastic deformation followed
by crystallographic propagation extending from two to five grains about the origin.
ï§ Stage II: Progresses from micro-cracks to macro-cracks forming parallel-like fracture surfaces
separated by longitudinal ridges. The plateaus are generally smooth and normal to the direction
of maximum tensile stress. These surfaces can be wavy dark and light bands referred to as beach
marks or clamshell marks.
ï§ Stage III: Occurs during the final stress cycle when the remaining material cannot support the
loads, resulting in a sudden, fast fracture cannot support the loads, resulting in a sudden, fast
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ð ð
â²
= ðº ðð + ðð ðððð ðšð« ð ð
â²
= ðº ðð + ððð ðŽð·ð (ð â ðð)
ï§ To ï¬nd b, substitute the endurance strength and corresponding cycles, ðº ð
â²
, ðð§ð ðµ ð, respectively
into Eq. (6â9) and solving for b:
ð = â
ð¥ðšð (ð ð
â²
ðº ð
â²â )
ð¥ðšð (ððµ ð)
(ð â ðð)
ï§ Thus, the equation ðº ð
â²
= ð ð
â²
( ððµ ) ð
is known. For example, ifðº ðð = ððð ðððð and ðº ð
â²
=
ðð. ð ðððð at failure:
ððª. (ð â ðð) â ð ð
â²
= ððð + ðð = ððð ðððð
ððª. (ð â ðð) â ð = â
ð¥ðšð (ððð ðð. ðâ )
ð¥ðšð (ð . ðð ð)
= âð. ðððð
ððª. (ðâ ðð) â ð =
ððð
ððð
(ð. ðð ð)âð.ðððð
= ð. ððð
and for Eq. (6â9), with ðº ð
â²
= (ðº ð
â²
)
ðµ
ðº ð
â²
= ððð(ððµ)âð.ðððð
= ððððµâð.ðððð (ð)
ï§ The process given for ï¬nding f can be repeated for various ultimate strengths. Fig. 6â5 is a plot of
f for ðð †ðº ðð †ððð ðððð. To be conservative, for ðº ðð < ðð ðððð , let f 0.9.
ï§ For an actual mechanical component, ðº ð
â²
is reduced to ðº ð (see Sec. 6â9) which is less
than ð. ð ðº ðð. However, unless actual data is available, we recommend using the value of f found
from Fig. 6â5. Equation (a), for the actual mechanical component, can be written in the form:
ðº ð = ððµ ð (ð â ðð)
, where N is cycles to failure and the constants a and b are deï¬ned by the points ðð ð
, (ðº ð)
ðð ð
and ðð ð
, ðº ð with (ðº ð)
ðð ð = ððº ðð . Substituting these two points in Eq. (6â13) gives:
ð =
(ððº ðð) ð
ðº ð
(ð â ðð)
ð = â
ð
ð
ð¥ðšð (
ððº ðð
ðº ð
) (ð â ðð)
ï§ If a completely reversed stress ð ð is given, setting ðº ð = ð ð in Eq. (6â13), the number of cycles-
to-failure can be expressed as:
ðµ = (
ð ð
ð
)
ð ðâ
(ð â ðð)
ï§ Low-cycle fatigue is often deï¬ned (see Fig. 6â1) as failure that occurs in a range of ð †ðµ â€
ðð ð
cycles. On a log-log plot such as Fig. 6â1 the failure locus in this range is nearly linear
below ðð ð
cycles. A straight line between ðð ð
, ð ðº ðð and ð, ðº ðð (transformed) is conservative,
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and it is given by:
ðº ð ⥠ðº ðð ðµ(ð¥ðšð ð) ðâ
ð †ðµ †ðð ð (ð â ðð)
EXAMPLE 6â1:
Given a 1050 HR steel, estimate:
1. The rotating-beam endurance limit at 106
cycles.
2. The endurance strength of a polished rotating-beam specimen corresponding to 104
cycles to
failure
3. The expected life of a polished rotating-beam specimen under a completely reversed stress of 55
kpsi.
EXAMPLE 6-2:
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6â9 Endurance Limit Modifying Factors:
ï§ It is unrealistic to expect the endurance limit of a mechanical or structural member to match the
values obtained in the laboratory. Some differences include:
1. Material: composition, basis of failure, variability.
2. Manufacturing: method, heat treatment, fretting corrosion, surface condition, stress
concentration.
3. Environment: corrosion, temperature, stress state, relaxation times.
4. Design: size, shape, life, stress state, stress concentration, speed, fretting, galling.
ï§ Marin identiï¬ed factors that quantiï¬ed the effects of surface condition, size, loading,
temperature, and miscellaneous items. The Marin equation is therefore written as:
ðº ð = ð ð ð ð ð ð ð ð ð ð ð ð ðº ð
â² (ð â ðð)
, where:
ð ð = surface condition modification factor
ð ð = size modification factor
ð ð =load modiï¬cation factor
ð ð = temperature modification factor
ð ð =reliability factor
ð ð =miscellaneous-effects modification factor
ðº ð
â²
=rotary-beam test specimen endurance limit
ðº ð = endurance limit at the critical location of a machine part in the geometry and condition of use
ï§ To account for the most important of these conditions, we employ a variety of modifying
factors, each of which is intended to account for a single effect. Or when endurance tests of parts
are not available, estimations are made by applying Marin factors to the endurance limit.
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1. Surface Factor
ð ð
Surface modification factor depends on the quality of the finish of the actual
part surface and on the tensile strength of the part material. Surface factor can
be calculated using the following formula:
ð ð = ð ð ð¢ð¡
ð (6 â 19)
, where ð ð¢ð¡ is the minimum tensile strength and a and b are to be found in
Table 6â1. Table 6.1
Surface Finish
Factor a
Exponent b
Sut, kpsi Sut, MPa
Ground 1.34 1.58 -0.085
Machined or CD 2.70 4.51 -0.265
HR 14.4 57.7 -0.718
As-forged 39.9 272 -0.995
2. Size Factor
ð ð
i.Round bar in bending and in rotating: For bending and torsional loadings
there is a size effect, so:
ð ð = {
0.879ðâ0.107
0.11 †ð †2 ðð
0.91ðâ0.157
2 < ð †10 ðð
1.24ðâ0.107
2.79 †ð †51 ðð
1.51ðâ0.157
51 < ð †254 ðð
(6-20)
For axial loading there is no size effect, so:
ð ð = 1 (6 â 21)
ii. Round bar in bending is not rotating : The approach to be used here
employs an effective dimension ð ð, obtained by equating the volume of
material stressed at and above 95% of the maximum stress to the same
volume in the rotating-beam specimen.
ðŽ0.95ð =
ð
4
[ð2
â 0.95ð2] = 0.0766ð2 (6 â 22)
For non-rotating solid or hollow rounds, the 95 percent stress area is twice
the area outside of two parallel chords having a spacing of 0.95d, where d is
the diameter. Using an exact computation, this is
ðŽ0.95ð = 0.01046ð2 (6 â 23)
, with ð ð in Eq. (6â22), setting Eqs. (6â22) and (6â23) equal to each other
enables us to solve for the effective diameter. This gives:
ð ð = 0.370ð (6 â 24)
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iii. Noncircular cross section is used: A rectangular section of dimensions
â à ð has ðŽ0.95ð = 0.05âð . Using the same approach as before:
ð ð = 0.808(âð)
1
2â (6 â 25)
Table 6â2 provides ðŽ0.95ð areas of common structural shapes undergoing
non-rotating bending.
3. Loading Factor,
kc
ð ð = {
1 ððððððð
0.89 ðð¥ððð
0.59 ð¡ððð ððð
(6-26)
For axial load we could also use the following formula:
ð ð = {
1 ð ð¢ð¡ > 1520 ððð
0.923 ð ð¢ð¡ > 1520 ððð
4. Temperature
Factor kd
ð ð = 0.975 + 0.432(10â3)ðð¹ â 0.115(10â5)ðð¹
2
+ 0.104(10â8)ðð¹
3
â 0.595(10â12)ðð¹
4(6 â 27)
Two types of problems arise when temperature is a consideration:
i. If the rotating- beam endurance limit is known at room temperature,
then use:
ð ð =
ð ð
ð ð ð
(6 â 28)
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from Table 6â3 or Eq. (6â27) and proceed as usual.
ii. If the rotating-beam endurance limit is not given, then compute it using
Eq. (6â8) and the temperature-corrected tensile strength obtained by
using the factor from Table 6â4. Then use ð ð = 1.
5. Reliability
Factor ke
ke = 1 â 0.08za (6 â 29)
, where za is deï¬ned by Eq. (20â16) and values for any desired reliability can be
determined from Table Aâ10. Table 6â4 gives reliability factors for some
standard specified reliability.
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6. Miscellaneous-
Effects Factor kf
Read your textbook p.288
7. Stress
Concentration and
Notch Sensitivity
The factor Kf is commonly called a fatigue stress-concentration factor, and
hence the subscript f. So it is convenient to think of Kf as a stress-concentration
factor reduced from Kt because of lessened sensitivity to notches. The resulting
factor is deï¬ned by the equation:
ðŸð =
ððð¥ððð¢ð ð ð¡ððð ð ðð ððð¡ðâðð ð ððððððð
ð ð¡ððð ð ðð ððð¡ðâ â ðððð ð ððððððð
(ð)
Notch sensitivity q is deï¬ned by the equation:
ð =
ðŸð â 1
ðŸð¡ â 1
ðð ð ð âððð =
ðŸð â 1
ðŸð¡ â 1
(6 â 30)
The fatigue stress-concentration factor, Kf then:
ðŸð = 1 + ð(ðŸð¡ â 1) ðð ðŸðð = 1 + ð ð âððð(ðŸð¡ð â 1) (6 â 31)
For steels
and 2024
aluminum
alloys, use
Fig. 6â20 to
ï¬nd q for
bending and
axial loading.
For shear
loading, use
Fig. 6â21.
Figure 6â20
has as its
basis the
Neuber
equation,
which is
given by:
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ðŸð = 1 +
ðŸð¡ â 1
1 + âð ðâ
(6 â 32)
, where â ð, is deï¬ned as the Neuber constant and is a material constant.
Equating Eqs. (6â30) and (6â32) yields the notch sensitivity equation:
ð =
1
1 +
â ð
â ð
(6 â 33)
For steel, with Sut in kpsi, the Neuber constant can be approximated by a
third-order polynomial ï¬t of data as:
â ð = 0.245 799 â 0.307 794((10â2)ð ð¢ð¡ + 0.150 874(10â4)ð ð¢ð¡
2
â 0.266 978(10â7)ð ð¢ð¡
3 (6 â 34)
To use Eq. (6â32) or (6â33) for torsion for low-alloy steels, increase the
ultimate strength by 20 ððð ð in Eq. (6â34) and apply this value of â ð.
EXAMPLE 6â3:
A 1015 hot-rolled steel bar has been machined to a diameter of 1 in. It is to be placed in reversed axial
loading for 70 000 cycles to failure in an operating environment of 550°F. Using ASTM minimum
properties, and a reliability of 99 percent, estimate the endurance limit and fatigue strength at 70 000
cycles.
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EXAMPLE 6-4:
A rotating shaft supported in a ball bearings at
A and D and loaded by the non-rotating force F
as shown in figure below. If all fillets are 3-mm
radius, the shaft rotates, the load is stationary
and the material is machined from AISI 1050
cold-drawn steel, estimate the life of the part.
Known that, the bending moment for the shaft
is shown in figure b.
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Fluctuating stresses in machinery often
take the form of a sinusoidal pattern
because of the nature of some rotating
machinery.
It has been found that in periodic patterns
exhibiting a single maximum and a single
minimum of force, the shape of the wave
is not important, but the peaks on both the
high side (max.) and low side (min.) are
important.
In characterizing the force pattern. If the
largest force is ð ððð and the smallest
force is ð ððð , then a steady component
and an alternating component can be
constructed as follows:
ð ð =
ð ððð + ð ððð
ð
ð ð =
ð ððð â ð ððð
ð
, where Fm is the midrange steady component of force, and Fa is the amplitude of the alternating
component of force. Figure 6â7 illustrates some of the various stress-time traces that occur. The
following relationships and definitions are used when discussing mean and alternating stresses:, some of
which are shown in Fig. 6â7d, are:
ð ððð = ðŠð¢ð§ð¢ðŠð®ðŠ ð¬ðð«ðð¬ð¬ ð ð = ððð ððððð ððððððððð
ð ððð = ðŠðð±ð¢ðŠð®ðŠ ð¬ðð«ðð¬ð¬ ð ð = ðððððððð ð ððððððððð
ð ð = ð«ðð§ð ð ðšð ð¬ðð«ðð¬ð¬ ð ð = ðððððð ðð ððððð ð ðððððð
The following relations are evident from Fig. 6â7:
ð ð =
ð ððð + ð ððð
ð
ð ð = |
ð ððð â ð ððð
ð
| (ð â ðð)
In addition to Eq. (6â35), the stress ratio, R:
ð¹ =
ð ððð
ð ððð
(ð â ðð)
and the amplitude ratio, A:
ðš =
ð ð
ð ð
(ð â ðð)
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ï§ A steady or static stress is not the same as the mean stress. In fact, it may have any value between
ï³min and ï³max. The steady state exists because of a fixed load or preload applied to the part, and it
is usually independent of the varying portion of the load.
Notes:
ï§ For simple loading, it is acceptable to reduce the endurance limit by either dividing the un-
notched specimen endurance limit by Kf or multiplying the reversing stress by Kf (More safe
because it gives less life cycles).
ï§ For combined loading, which may involve more than one value of fatigue-concentration factor,
the stresses are multiplied by Kf.
ï§ In the case of absence of a notch, ð ð and ð ð are equal to the nominal stresses ð ðð and ð ðð
induced by loads Fa and Fm, respectively.
ï§ In the case of presence of a notch they are ð² ð ð ðð and ð² ð ð ðð, respectively, as long as the
material remains without plastic strain. In other words, the fatigue stress concentration factor
ð² ð is applied to both components.
ï§ When the steady stress component is high enough to induce localized notch yielding, the designer
has a problem. The material properties ( Sy and Sut) are new and difï¬cult to quantify. The nominal
mean stress method (set ð ð = ð² ð ð ðð ððð ð ð = ð ðð ) gives roughly comparable results to the
residual stress method, but both are approximations. For the purposes of this course, for ductile
materials in fatigue, the steady stress component stress-concentration factor Kfm as:
ð² ðð =
{
ð² ð ð² ð|ð ðŠðð±,ð| < ðº ð
ðº ð â ð² ð ð ðð
|ð ðð|
ð² ð|ð ðŠðð±,ð| > ðº ð
ð ð² ð|ð ðŠðð±,ð â ð ððð,ð| > ððº ð
(ð â ðð)
ï§ To avoid the localized plastic strain at a notch, set ð ð = ð² ð ð ðð, and ð ð = ð² ð ð ðð.
ï§ If the plastic strain at a notch cannot be avoided, then use Eqs. (6â37); or conservatively, set ð ð =
ð² ð ð ðð, and use ð² ð ð = ð , that is, ð ð = ð ðð.
6â12 Fatigue Failure Criteria for Fluctuating Stress:
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ïš Varying both the midrange stress and the
stress amplitude, or alternating component,
will give some information about the fatigue
resistance of parts when subjected to such
situations.
ïš Three methods of plotting the results of such
tests are in general use and are shown in
figures 6.8, 6.9, and 6.10.
ïš ð ð Plotted along the x-axis.
ïš All other components of stress plotted on the
y-axis.
ïš The modified Goodman diagram (MGD)
consists of the lines constructed to ðº ð (or ðº ð)
above or below the origin.
ïš ðº ð is plotted on both axes, because ðº ð would be the criterion of failure if ð ððð exceeded ðº ð.
ïš Useful for analysis when all dimension of the part are known and the stress components can be
easily calculated. But it is difficult to use for design when the dimension are unknown.
ïš The x-axis represents the ratio of the midrange strength ðº ð to the ultimate strength.
ïš The y-axis represents the ratio of the alternating strength to the endurance limit.
ïš The line BC represents the
modified Goodman criterion
of failure.
ïš Existence of midrange stress
in the compressive region has
little effect on the endurance
limit.
ïš Any Stress state, such as at the
one at A, can be described by
the minimum and maximum
components or by the
midrange and alternating
components.
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ïš Safety is indicated whenever the point described by the stress components lies below the
constant-life line.
ïš When ð ð is compression,
failure occurs whenever ð ð =
ðº ð or whenever ð ððð = ðº ðð
ïš The diagrams are constructed
for analysis and design
purposes.
ïš They are easy to use and the
results can be scaled off
directly.
ïš here existed a position which
divided safe from unsafe combinations of ð ð and ð ð
ïš In design work for the force amplitude and the mean force can usually be calculated or
determined.
ïš Considering the modiï¬ed Goodman line as a criterion, point A represents a limiting point with an
alternating strength Sa and midrange strength Sm. The slope of the load line shown is deï¬ned as =
ðº ð ðº ðâ . The criterion equations are:
1) Soderberg line:
ð ð
ð ð
+
ð ð
ð ðŠ
= 1 (6 â 38)
ð ð
ð ð
+
ð ð
ð ðŠ
=
1
ð
(6 â 39)
2) The modiï¬ed Goodman criterion:
ð ð
ð ð
+
ð ð
ð ð¢ð¡
= 1 (6 â 40)
ð ð
ð ð
+
ð ð
ð ð¢ð¡
=
1
ð
(6 â 41)
3) The Gerber failure criterion:
ð ð
ð ð
+ (
ð ð
ð ð¢ð¡
)
2
= 1 (6 â 42)
ðð ð
ð ð
+ (
ðð ð
ð ð¢ð¡
)
2
= 1 (6 â 43)
4) The ASME-elliptic:
(
ð ð
ð ð
)
2
+ (
ð ð
ð ðŠ
)
2
= 1 (6 â 44)
(
ðð ð
ð ð
)
2
+ (
ðð ð
ð ðŠ
)
2
= 1 (6 â 45)
5) The Langer first-cycle-yielding:
ð ð + ð ð = ð ðŠ (6 â 46)
ð ð + ð ð =
ð ðŠ
ð
(6 â 47)
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ïš The failure criteria are used in conjunction with a load line, ð = ðº ð ðº ðâ = ð ð ð ðâ .
ïš Principal intersections are tabulated in Tables 6-6 to 6-8 (see your textbook).
EXAMPLE 6-5:
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Torsional Fatigue Strength under Fluctuating Stresses:
The existence of a torsional steady-stress component not more than the torsional yield strength
has no effect on the torsional endurance limit, provide the material is ductile, polished, notch-
free, and cylindrical.
The torsional fatigue limit decreases monotonically with torsional steady stress when the material
has stress concentration, notches or surface imperfections.
In constructing the Goodman diagram:ðº ðð = ð. ðððº ðð
Also, from chapter 5, ðº ðð = ð. ððððº ðð from distortion-energy theory, and the mean load factor
kc is given by equation 6-26 or 0.577 for torsion.
Combinations of Loading Modes:
ï§ How do we proceed when the loading is a mixture of axial, bending, and torsional loads?
ï§ This type of loading introduces a few complications in that there may now exist combined
normal and shear stresses, each with alternating and midrange values, and several of the
factors used in determining the endurance limit depend on the type of loading. There may
also be multiple stress-concentration factors, one for each mode of loading. The problem of
how to deal with combined stresses was encountered when developing static failure theories.
ï§ The distortion energy failure theory proved to be a satisfactory method of combining the
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multiple stresses on a stress element into a single equivalent von Mises stress. The same
approach will be used here:
1) The ï¬rst step is to generate two stress elementsâone for the alternating stresses and one for the
midrange stresses.
2) Next, apply the appropriate fatigue stress concentration factors to each of the stresses; i.e., apply
(ð² ð)
ðððð ððð
for the bending stresses, (ð² ðð)
ððððððð
for the torsional stresses, and (ð² ð)
ððððð
for the
axial stresses. Then calculate an equivalent von Mises stress for each of these two stress
elements,ð ð
â²
, and ð ð
â²
. For the endurance limit, ðº ð, use the endurance limit
modifiers, ð ð , ð ð, ððð ð ð for bending stress only and do not use ð ð nor divide by ð² ð or ð² ð ð . If
axial stress is present divide the alternating axial stress only by ð ð = ð. ðð . For the special
case of combined bending, torsional shear, and axial stresses:
ð ð
â²
= {[(ð² ð)
ðððð ððð
(ð ð) ðððð ððð + (ð² ð)
ððððð
(ð ð) ððððð
ð. ðð
]
ð
+ ð [(ð² ðð)
ððððððð
(ð ð)ððððððð]
ð
}
ð
ð
(ð â ðð)
ð ð
â²
= {[(ð² ð)
ðððð ððð
(ð ð) ðððð ððð + (ð² ð)
ððððð
(ð ð) ððððð]
ð
+ ð [(ð² ðð)
ððððððð
(ð ð) ððððððð]
ð
}
ð
ð
(ð â ðð)
3) Finally, select a fatigue failure criterion {modiï¬ed Goodman, Gerber, ASME-elliptic, or
Soderberg [see Eq. (6â38) to (6â47)]} to complete the fatigue analysis.
4) Conservative check for localized yielding using von Mises stresses, as:
ð ð
â²
+ ð ð
â²
=
ðº ð
ð
(ð â ðð)
5) For ï¬rst-cycle localized yielding, the maximum von Mises stress is calculated. Then substitute
Ïmax and Ïmax into the equation for the von Mises stress. A simpler and more conservative method
is to add Eq. (6â48) and Eq. (6â49). That is, ð ððð
â²
= ð ð
â²
+ ð ð
â²
.
Example 6-6:
A 38 mm diameter bar has been machined from AISI 1050 CD steel. This part is to withstand a
fluctuating tensile load varying from zero to 71.2kN. Because of the ends and the fillet radius, a fatigue
stress-concentration factor ð² ð is 1.85 for ðð ð
or larger life. Find ðº ð, ðº ð, and the factor of safety
guarding against fatigue (ð ð) and first-cycle yielding (ð ð) using (a) Gerber method and (b) Goodman
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method.
6â15 Varying, Fluctuating Stresses; Cumulative Fatigue Damage:
The method used here amounts to a variation of the rain-ï¬ow counting technique. The Palmgren-Miner
cycle-ratio summation rule, also called Minerâs rule, is written as:
ð¶ = â
ðð
ðð
(6 â 51)
, where ni is the number of cycles at stress level Ïi and Ni is the number of cycles to failure at stress
level Ïi. The parameter C has been determined by experiment; it is usually found in the range 0.7 <
ð < 2.2 with an average value near unity.
Using the deterministic formulation as a linear damage rule we write:
ð· = â
ðð
ðð
(6 â 52)
, where D is the accumulated damage. When D = c = 1 , failure ensues. And the total number of cycles
is obtained as:
ð· = â
âð
ðð
â¥
1
ð
ððð âð=
ðð
ð
(6 â 53)
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Problem
6â30
A machine part will be cycled at ±48 ððð ð for 4(103
) cycles. Then the loading will be changed to
±38 ððð ð for 6(104
) cycles. Finally, the load will be changed to ±32 ððð ð. How many cycles of operation
can be expected at this stress level? For the part, ð ð¢ð¡ = 76 ððð ð, ð = 0.9 , and has a fully corrected
endurance strength of ð ð = 30 ððð ð. (a) Use Minerâs method. (b) Use Mansonâs method.
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Problem
6â31
A rotating-beam specimen with an endurance limit of 50 kpsi and an ultimate strength of 100 kpsi
is cycled 20 percent of the time at 70 kpsi, 50 percent at 55 kpsi, and 30 percent at 40 kpsi. Let
ð = 0.9 and estimate the number of cycles to failure.
Problem
6â8
A solid round bar, 25 mm in diameter, has a groove 2.5-mm deep with a 2.5-mm radius
machined into it. The bar is made of AISI 1018 CD steel and is subjected to a purely
reversing torque of 200 N · m. For the S-N curve of this material, let f = 0.9 . (a) Estimate
the number of cycles to failure. (b) If the bar is also placed in an environment with a
temperature of 450 o
C , estimate the number of cycles to failure.
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Problem
6â17
The cold-drawn AISI 1018 steel bar shown in the ï¬gure is subjected to an axial load
fluctuating between 800 and 3000 lbf. Estimate the factors of safety ny and nf using (a) a
Gerber fatigue failure criterion as part of the designerâs fatigue diagram, and (b) an ASME-
elliptic fatigue failure criterion as part of the designerâs fatigue diagram.