Simplified Elastic-Plastic Fatigue Analysis of Smooth Structures

  • Engineering structures subjected to high cyclic straining necessitating fatigue analysis play an important role in many industries. If the proportionality limit of the material is exceeded, nonlinearity of the material behaviour is to be taken into account. The structural response can then be calculated using either rigorous inelastic analysis methods, where stresses and strains are calculated on a step-by-step basis throughout a given load history, or by employing simplified methods of analysis. In the latter case a plastic strain range enhancement factor Ke is often used to obtain an elastic-plastic strain range based on fictitious elastic stress analyses. Plastic behaviour of simple academic and practical structures is investigated to identify the basic features which determine the factor Ke: (a) geometry of the structure (b) kind of loading (c) load level (d) material behaviour. The factor Ke is quantified for different geometries and kinds of loading. Parameter studies are performed to quantify the effects of loadEngineering structures subjected to high cyclic straining necessitating fatigue analysis play an important role in many industries. If the proportionality limit of the material is exceeded, nonlinearity of the material behaviour is to be taken into account. The structural response can then be calculated using either rigorous inelastic analysis methods, where stresses and strains are calculated on a step-by-step basis throughout a given load history, or by employing simplified methods of analysis. In the latter case a plastic strain range enhancement factor Ke is often used to obtain an elastic-plastic strain range based on fictitious elastic stress analyses. Plastic behaviour of simple academic and practical structures is investigated to identify the basic features which determine the factor Ke: (a) geometry of the structure (b) kind of loading (c) load level (d) material behaviour. The factor Ke is quantified for different geometries and kinds of loading. Parameter studies are performed to quantify the effects of load level, material models and hardening characteristics. The background of some factors Ke established in Nuclear Design Codes or proposed in the literature is reviewed. The behaviour of plastic structures can be attributed to global, localised and multiaxiality effects. Global structural effects comprise uniform reduction and redistribution of section forces and moments due to plasticity, including redistribution of stress across a section. Localised effects are concentrated to a very small volume of the material not affecting section forces and moments (e.g. notch effects). Multiaxiality effects arise from different Poisson's ratio associated with elastic and plastic behaviour. Emphasis is laid on global structural effects rather than localised effects due to notches and fillets. Therefore structures exhibiting geometric stiffness discontinuities are considered to be "smooth" in the sense that the specific geometry of the transition between parts of different stiffnesses is disregarded.show moreshow less

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Author: Hartwig HübelORCiDGND
ISBN:92-826-9833-5
Publisher:Publ. of the European Communities
Place of publication:Luxembourg
Document Type:Book
Language:English
Year of publication:1995
Tag:Ke-factor; design codes; plastic strain enhancement; simplified method
Number of pages:178
Comment:
Nuclear Science and Technology, EUR 16555 EN
Faculty/Chair:Fakultät 6 Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen und Stadtplanung / FG Baustatik, Stahlbau, FEM
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