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Effect of Compressive Mode I on the Mixed Mode I/II Fatigue Crack Growth Rate of 42CrMo4

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Subsurface cracks in mechanical contact loading components are subjected to mixed mode I/II, so it is necessary to evaluate the fatigue behavior of materials under mixed mode loading. For this purpose, fatigue crack propagation tests are performed with compact tension shear specimens for several stress intensity factor (SIF) ratios of mode I and mode II. The effect of compressive mode I loading on mixed mode I/II crack growth rate and fracture surface is investigated. Tests are carried out for the pure mode I, pure mode II, and two different mixed mode loading angles. On the basis of the experimental results, mixed mode crack growth rate parameters are proposed according to Tanaka and Richard with Paris’ law. Results show neither Richard’s nor Tanaka’s equivalent SIFs are very useful because these SIFs depend strongly on the loading angle, but Richard’s equivalent SIF formula is more suitable than Tanaka’s formula. The compressive mode I causes the crack closure, and the friction force between the crack surfaces resists against the crack growth. In compressive loading with 45° angle, da/dN increases as K eq decreases.

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Heirani, H., Farhangdoost, K. Effect of Compressive Mode I on the Mixed Mode I/II Fatigue Crack Growth Rate of 42CrMo4. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 27, 138–146 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-017-3083-y

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