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Title: | Investigation of neighboring grain effects on load shedding in titanium alloys under cold dwell fatigue | Authors: | Zheng, Z Wang, Y Sun, P Zhao, P Shen, S Zhan, M Fu, MW |
Issue Date: | 1-Jun-2024 | Source: | International journal of mechanical sciences, 1 June 2024, v. 271, 109125 | Abstract: | Load shedding under cold dwell fatigue in titanium alloys has been a threat to the safety of the aero-engine since it is responsible for crack formation. The strain incompatibility between the soft-hard grain pair arises from the significant creep in the soft grain during the dwell period, which is fundamentally related to the load shedding. Such deformational heterogeneity is not only affected by the soft-hard grain itself but also by its neighboring grains, but the effect of the latter is rarely reported. In this paper, the effect of neighboring grains, including location, crystal orientation, texture, etc., on load shedding is quantitatively investigated using a three-dimensional rate-dependent crystal plasticity model by controlling the microstructural morphology of the grains. In particular, the mechanism that the dwell fatigue cracks tend to nucleate from the sample's interior rather than the free surface is revealed. Restriction of rigid body rotation from neighboring grains can further enhance load shedding. The crystal orientation of individual and group neighboring grains sitting at different locations with respect to the soft-hard grain pair is evaluated. The grain directly attached to the hard grain has the strongest influence. The statistics of load shedding are analyzed by conducting hundreds of simulations with different textures. Stronger textures are found to be able to enhance load shedding and thus deteriorate the service lifetime. The change of locations showing the highest stress during the dwell period arising from plastic deformation in neighboring grain may lead to the phenomenon of reverse load shedding. Understanding the neighboring grain effects from both the mechanistic basis and the statistical point of view is important in integrity evaluations and service life assessments of titanium components in aero-engines. | Keywords: | Crystal plasticity Fatigue Load shedding Neighboring grains Texture Titanium alloys |
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd | Journal: | International journal of mechanical sciences | ISSN: | 0020-7403 | EISSN: | 1879-2162 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2024.109125 |
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