A strain-gradient, crystal plasticity model for microstructure-sensitive fretting crack initiation in ferritic-pearlitic steel for flexible marine risers
Ashton, Patrick Harte, Annette M. Leen, Sean B.
Ashton, Patrick
Harte, Annette M.
Leen, Sean B.
Loading...
Repository DOI
Publication Date
2018-02-03
Type
Article
Downloads
Citation
Ashton, P. J., Harte, A. M., & Leen, S. B. (2018). A strain-gradient, crystal plasticity model for microstructure-sensitive fretting crack initiation in ferritic-pearlitic steel for flexible marine risers. International Journal of Fatigue, 111, 81-92. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2018.01.028
Abstract
A three-dimensional, strain-gradient, crystal plasticity methodology is presented for prediction of microstructure-sensitive length-scale effects in crack initiation, under fatigue and fretting fatigue conditions, for a ferritic-pearlitic steel used in flexible marine risers. The methodology, comprising length-scale dependent constitutive model and scale-consistent fatigue indicator parameters, is calibrated and validated for representative (measured) dual-phase microstructures under strain-controlled low cycle fatigue conditions. Prediction of the effects of length-scale on fretting crack initiation is based on a three-dimensional, crystal plasticity, frictional contact model to predict fretting crack location and initial growth path, accounting for the effects of crystallographic orientation. The length-scale dependent fatigue and fretting simulations predict (i) significant beneficial effect of reducing length-scale for low cycle fatigue life, (ii) complex cyclically- and spatially-varying effects and differences due to changing contact and grain length-scales, and (ii) that fretting damage generally decreases with decreasing (contact-grain) length-scale.
Funder
Publisher
Elsevier
Publisher DOI
10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2018.01.028
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland