NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF METAL FATIGUE

Attention is called to the significance of localized defects in the development of fatigue damage in metals of engineering interest. In this regard, recent studies, conducted both in air and in vacuo using nondestructive evaluation techniques, have established the influence of surface and near-surface inclusions on crack initiation in AISI 4340 steel. Accompanying metallurgical investigations indicate that bonding at the inclusion-metal matrix interface is crucial to crack initiation and is followed in order of importance by inclusion size and inclusion depth below the specimen surface. The relationship to and the significance of ultrasonic and magnetic perturbation nondestructive evaluation results in terms of fatigue crack development are discussed. An earlier analytical treatment of the growth of surface fatigue microcracks is extended to describe the configuration of the propagating crack, and an approximate analysis has been initiated to ascertain the extent of plastic yielding expected in the neighborhood of a hemispherical cavity. A historical review of the nondestructive evaluation technique development and crack propagation analysis efforts, which were previously conducted under this contract, is also presented. ( Author )

• Corporate Authors:

  Southwest Research Institute

  6220 Culebra Road, P.O. Drawer 28510
  San Antonio, TX  United States  78228-0510
• Authors:
  • Kusenberger, F N
  • Lankford Jr, J
  • Francis, P H
  • Barton, J R
• Publication Date: 1970-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 71 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Flaw detection; Nondestructive tests
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00005621
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 25 1972 12:00AM