3D analysis for pit evolution and pit-to-crack transition during corrosion fatigue

This paper presents a deterministic model to predict the pit evolving morphology and crack initiation life of corro- sion fatigue. Based on the semi-ellipsoidal pit assumption, the thermodynamic potential including elastic energy, surface energy and electrochemical energy of the cyclically stressed...

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Published in:Journal of Zhejiang University. A. Science 2013-04, Vol.14 (4), p.292-299
Main Authors: Huang, Xiao-guang, Xu, Jin-quan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Civil Engineering
Classical and Continuum Physics
Corrosion fatigue
Crack initiation
Engineering
Evolution
Fracture mechanics
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Mathematical models
Mechanical Engineering
Morphology
Surface energy
Three dimensional
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Summary:This paper presents a deterministic model to predict the pit evolving morphology and crack initiation life of corro- sion fatigue. Based on the semi-ellipsoidal pit assumption, the thermodynamic potential including elastic energy, surface energy and electrochemical energy of the cyclically stressed solid with an evolving pit is established, from which specific parameters that control the pit evolution are introduced and their influence on the pit evolution are evaluated. The critical pit size for crack nucleation is obtained from stress intensity factor criterion and the crack nucleation life is evaluated by Faraday＇s law. Mean- while, this paper presents a numerical example to verify the proposed model and investigate the influence of cyclic load on the corrosion fatigue crack nucleation life. The corrosion pit appears approximately as a hemisphere in its early formation, and it gradually transits from semicircle to ellipsoid. The strain energy accelerates the morphology evolution of the pit, while the surface energy decelerates it. The higher the stress amplitude is, the smaller the critical pit size is and the shorter the crack initiation life is.
ISSN:1673-565X
1862-1775
DOI:10.1631/jzus.A1200273