A New Critical Plane Multiaxial Fatigue Criterion with an Exponent to Account for High Mean Stress Effect

The mean stress effect remains a critical aspect in multiaxial fatigue analysis. This work presents a new criterion that, based on the classical Findley criterion, applies a material-dependent exponent to the mean normal stress term and includes the ultimate tensile stress as a fitting parameter. Th...

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Autores: Abasolo Bilbao, Mikel, Pallarés Santasmartas, Luis, Eizmendi Saiz, Martin
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/69593
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/69593
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:multiaxial fatigue
structural components
metals
fatigue failure prediction
critical plane criterion
mean stress effect
experimental database
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Sumario:The mean stress effect remains a critical aspect in multiaxial fatigue analysis. This work presents a new criterion that, based on the classical Findley criterion, applies a material-dependent exponent to the mean normal stress term and includes the ultimate tensile stress as a fitting parameter. This way of considering the non-linear effect of the mean stress, with a material-dependent rather than a fixed exponent, is totally innovative among the multiaxial fatigue criteria found in the literature. In order to verify its accuracy, the new criterion has been checked against an extended version of the Papuga database of multiaxial experimental tests with 485 results, and compared with the criteria by Findley, Robert, and Papuga. The new criterion provides outstanding results for pure uniaxial cases, with multiaxial performance similar to the Robert criterion with a smaller range of error and a conservative trend, even surpassing the popular Papuga method in several relevant loading scenarios. These features enhance the applicability and versatility of the criterion for its use in the fatigue design of structural components.