A Durability Prediction for the Magnesium Alloy AZ31 based on Plastic and Total Energy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. The Magnesium Alloy AZ31 and the Low-Cycle Fatigue Experiments
2.2. Calculating the Fatigue Damage on the Basis of the Strain-Energy Density
2.3. Modeling the Strain-Energy-Density Fatigue-Life Curve and Its Scatter
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Test No. | Specimen Orientation | Strain Levels - εa (Number Of Loading Cycles in Blocks - N) | ||||
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1 | longitudinal | () | () | () | () | ( rest) |
2 | longitudinal | () | () | ()1 | ||
3 4 5 6 | longitudinal longitudinal transversal transversal | () | () | () | ()1 | |
7 | longitudinal | () | () | ( rest) | ||
8 | longitudinal | () | () | () | ( rest) |
Parameter | Plastic Strain-Energy Density Model f(Nf |ΔWp) | Total Strain-Energy Density Model f(Nf |ΔWt) |
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Parameter C for 50% probability of rupture | 625.41 | 176.45 |
Parameter C for η | 679.26 | 183.83 |
Parameter m | 1.089 | 0.781 |
Parameter β | 4.833 | 6.986 |
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Klemenc, J.; Seruga, D.; Nagode, M. A Durability Prediction for the Magnesium Alloy AZ31 based on Plastic and Total Energy. Metals 2019, 9, 973. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9090973
Klemenc J, Seruga D, Nagode M. A Durability Prediction for the Magnesium Alloy AZ31 based on Plastic and Total Energy. Metals. 2019; 9(9):973. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9090973
Chicago/Turabian StyleKlemenc, Jernej, Domen Seruga, and Marko Nagode. 2019. "A Durability Prediction for the Magnesium Alloy AZ31 based on Plastic and Total Energy" Metals 9, no. 9: 973. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9090973