Author Contributions
Y.T.: Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing-original draft; Y.S.: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing-reviewand editing; G.Y.: Funding acquisition, Validation; Y.N.: Formal analysis, Validation. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
Sichuan Science and Technology Program (20826041D4254).
Institutional Review Board Statement
Not applicable.
Informed Consent Statement
Not applicable.
Data Availability Statement
Not applicable.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Nomenclature
r | notch radius |
Kt | stress concentration factor |
Kf | fatigue notch factor |
Vh | high stress volume |
G* | notch root stress gradient |
σ(x) | stress distribution curve |
χ | relative stress gradient |
σmax | maximum stress |
nx | notch support factor |
χ* | relative stress gradient of the notch χ* |
σns | nominal stress |
εa(x) | strain distribution curve |
σ’f | fatigue strength coefficient |
ε’f | fatigue ductility coefficient |
b | fatigue strength exponent |
c | fatigue ductility exponent |
Nf | number of cycles to failure |
σar | equivalent fully reversed stress amplitude |
σa | stress amplitude |
σm | mean stress |
R | stress ratio |
γ | Walker equation paramete |
Nw | equivalent fully reversed fatigue life |
Y | stress gradient influence factor |
f(x′) | normalized stress curve |
S0.5 | area enclosed by the normalized curve |
m | stress gradient impact index |
Lχ | stress gradient impact depth |
φ(x) | weighting factor |
g(x′) | normalized weight coefficient |
fχ(x′) | modified normalized curve |
Sχ | area enclosed by the modified normalized curve |
Yχ | modified stress gradient impact factor |
mχ | modified stress gradient impact index |
E | modulus of elasticity |
ν | Poisson’s ratio |
σb | yield strength |
Perror | standard prediction error |
Nf,p | predicted lifetime |
Nf,e | experimental lifetime. |
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