Fatigue Crack Propagation: Analysis of Safe Life Extension
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Failure Analysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 1955
Special Issue Editor
Interests: application of biomaterials; biomechanics; wear and fatigue related research in medical devices; mathematical modeling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Metals, titled Fatigue Crack Propagation: Analysis of Safe Life Extension, is applicable to high-energy rotating disk components, pipelines, and/or other components operating under complex service conditions. Most components age upon utilization; therefore, there is a need to understand more fully the physics of ageing by testing representative components and modeling that behavior to be utilized in life extension analysis. The Special Issue will explore data generated on the components exposed to service conditions (aged materials) for one safe life or retired from service, thereafter used in the analysis to extend life if proven safe. The representative residual static and fatigue crack propagation behavior of high-performance materials used in aerospace, power, chemical plants, and other industries will be key in assessing life extension. New empirical models developed and used in the simulations to extend the safe initial life assume the given defect distribution, fretting, and corrosion damage, as well as damage developing from utilization in terms of scratches. Additional damage due to manufacturing and inspection will be added to estimate crack propagation and allowable risks. Risk assessment tools will be investigated to extend these components through additional one-safe life as economical benefits would be more significant than replacing the components and/or plants. The papers presented in this Special Issue give an account of the state of the art technology development. Your contribution to this issue will be highly valuable and appreciated and will define the future methods to be developed and used globally on this research.
Prof. Dr. Tarun Goswami
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- residual properties
- high performance alloys
- ageing effects
- fatigue crack propagation
- microstructure of aged materials
- failure modes
- modeling crack growth rates
- fcg in weldments
- irraditation effect
- prediction of fatigue crack
- design and development with aged data
- fatigue testing and standards
- failure analysis
