Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM
Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM

Detection of fatigue damage before crack initiation

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With a micro resonance fatigue set-up, we are capable of detecting early-stage fatigue damage in samples with thicknesses of approximately 200 µm. This is accomplished by tracking changes in the sample’s eigenfrequency. Through SEM analysis of fatigued nickel samples, it was possible to correlate measured eigenfrequency changes with the following fatigue stages: extrusion development, crack initiation in single grains, and micro-crack growth. The bending and torsion fatigue set-up consists of two piezoactuators and a laser system used for the measurement of sample displacement and the control of the oscillation amplitude.

Publications

 

  • Gublay, O.; Ackermann, M.; Gramlich, A.; Durmaz, A.R.; Krupp, U., Influence of transformation temperature on the high-cycle fatigue performance of carbide-bearing and carbide-free bainite,  Steel Research International, Online first (2023) Art. 2300238, 14 pp. Link
  • Durmaz, A.R.; Hadzic, N.; Straub, T.; Eberl, C.; Gumbsch, P., Efficient experimental and data-centered workflow for microstructure-based fatigue data: Towards a data basis for predictive AI models, Experimental Mechanics 61/9 (2021) 1489-1502 Link
  • Natkowski, E.; Durmaz, A. R.; Sonnweber-Ribic, P.; Münstermann, S., Fatigue lifetime prediction with a validated micromechanical short crack model for the ferritic steel EN 1.4003, International Journal of Fatigue 152 (2021) Art. 106418; 15 Seiten Link
  • Thomas, A.; Durmaz, A. R.; Straub, T.; Eberl, C., Automated quantitative analyses of fatigue induced surface damage by deep learning, Materials 13/15 (2020) Art. 3298, 24 Seiten Link
  • Buck, M.; Straub, T.; Eberl, C., Experimental investigation of damage detection and crack initiation up to the very high cycle fatigue regime; Fatigue of Materials at Very High Numbers of Loading Cycles : Experimental Techniques, Mechanisms, Modeling and Fatigue Life Assessment, Christ, H.J. (Hrsg.) Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden (2018) 365-393 Link
  • Straub, T.; Berwind, M.F.; Kennerknecht, T.; Lapusta, Y.; Eberl, C., Small-scale multiaxial setup for damage detection into the very high cycle fatigue regime, Experimental Mechanics 55/7 (2015) 1285-1299 Link


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