TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Hensel, J. A1 - Nitschke-Pagel, T. A1 - Tchoffo Ngoula, D. A1 - Beier, T. T1 - Welding residual stresses as needed for the prediction of fatigue crack propagation and fatigue strength JF - Engineering fracture mechanics N2 - Welding residual stresses have an impact on the performance of welded structures, on their fracture resistance, their resistance against fatigue crack propagation and, most important, their fatigue strength and fatigue lifetime. The present paper provides an overview on the issue mainly from the point of view of the application of fracture mechanics to the determination of the fatigue strength as the topic of this Special issue. Besides own experimental and theoretical data a comprehensive discussion is provided in that context which includes the definition and interaction of short- and long-range (or reaction) residual stresses, the effect of cyclic mechanical loading and its treatment in fracture and fatigue analyses. KW - Welding residual stresses KW - Fracture KW - Fatigue crack propagation KW - Elastic follow-up PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2017.10.024 SN - 0013-7944 VL - 198 SP - 123 EP - 141 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-46860 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - Towards a Methodology for Component Design of Metallic AM Parts Subjected to Cyclic Loading JF - Metals N2 - The safe fatigue design of metallic components fabricated by additive manufacturing (AM) is still a largely unsolved problem. This is primarily due to (a) a significant inhomogeneity of the material properties across the component; (b) defects such as porosity and lack of fusion as well as pronounced surface roughness of the asuilt components; and (c) residual stresses, which are very often present in the as‐built parts and need to be removed by post‐fabrication treatments. Such morphological and microstructural features are very different than in conventionally manufactured parts and play a much bigger role in determining the fatigue life. The above problems require specific solutions with respect to the identification of the critical (failure) sites in AM fabricated components. Moreover, the generation of representative test specimens characterized by similar temperature cycles needs to be guaranteed if one wants to reproducibly identify the critical sites and establish fatigue assessment methods taking into account the effect of defects on crack initiation and early propagation. The latter requires fracture mechanics‐based approaches which, unlike common methodologies, cover the specific characteristics of so‐called short fatigue cracks. This paper provides a discussion of all these aspects with special focus on components manufactured by laser powder bed fusion (L‐PBF). It shows how to adapt existing solutions, identifies fields where there are still gaps, and discusses proposals for potential improvement of the damage tolerance design of L‐PBF components KW - L‐PBF KW - Fatigue KW - Fracture KW - Defects PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-525822 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met11050709 VL - 11 IS - 5 SP - 709 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-52582 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Hildenberg, Kai A1 - Hrabe, N. T1 - Thoughts on damage tolerance and safe life design in metallic AM structures N2 - Der Vortrag bietet eine Diskussion zur Abschätzung des Schadenstoleranzverhaltens metallischer AM - Komponenten. Im Fokus stehen Probleme bei der Ermittlung repräsentativer Materialdaten, der Einfluss von Materialdefekten und Eigenspannungen. Ausgehend von derzeitigem Stand auf dem Gebiet werden Möglichkeiten der Schadenstoleranten Bauteileauslegung von AM diskutiert. N2 - The presentation provides a discussion and damage tolerant assessment of metallic AM components. In the focus are problems of the determination of representative material data, the effect of material defects and residual stresses. Starting with the actual state-of-the-art in the field, options and possibilities of a damage tolerant design for AM are discussed. T2 - BAM/NIST-Workshop on Fatigue of Additive Manufactured Metallic Components CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 16.05.2019 KW - Schadenstolerante Bauteilauslegung KW - Repräsentative Werkstoffeigenschaften KW - Defekte Eigenspannung KW - Damage tolerant component design KW - Representative material properties KW - Residual stresses PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48810 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Duarte, Larissa A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Zerbst, Uwe T1 - The use of effective fatigue crack propagation data obtained at closure-free conditions for component assessment T2 - Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Materials Mechanics N2 - The knowledge of fatigue crack propagation data in terms of their effective values is important for a conservative and safe life assessment of components subjected to cyclic loading. To overcome issues related to the precise consideration of the crack-closure effects on experimental data obtained at small R ratios, closure-free data have been obtained at R ≈ 0.8 by different experimental procedures. The statistical analysis of the intrinsic fatigue crack propagation threshold obtained experimentally has shown a small data scatter and good agreement between procedures. When compared with effective values obtained from analytical corrections of closure-affected data, the data obtained at R ≈ 0.8 should lead to a conservative life estimation. T2 - 43rd International Conference on Materials Mechanics CY - Sani, Greece DA - 05.06.2022 KW - Component assessment KW - Effective crack propagation data KW - Experimental procedure KW - Crack-closure PY - 2022 SP - 104 EP - 108 AN - OPUS4-56851 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Beier, T. A1 - Schork, B. T1 - The IBESS model – Elements, realisation and validation JF - Engineering fracture mechanics N2 - The work presents the procedure developed within the German research project IBESS, which allows for the fracture mechanics-based prediction of the fatigue strength of welded joints under constant amplitude loading. Based on the experimental observations of the crucial failure mechanisms, the approach focuses on the short crack propagation, where elastic-plastic fracture mechanics and the build-up of closure effects must be considered as well as the variability of the local geometry at the weld toe and the modelling of multiple crack interaction. Analytical solutions are provided for the approximation of the through-thickness stress profiles at the weld toe and for the determination of the crack driving force in the form of a plasticity-corrected stress intensity factor range ∆K_p. Proposals for the determination of the initial crack size and the crack closure factor are also included. The approach is validated against a large number of experimental data, which comprises fatigue tests on individual cracks monitored by heat tinting and beach-marking techniques, as well as stress life curves. Three kinds of welded joints, two steels of significant different strengths and three stress ratios are considered. The results show that the procedure provides good estimations of the statistical distribution of the fatigue strength of welded joints both for the finite and infinite life regime. Furthermore, the predictions are compared with available benchmark data for structural steels. KW - Welded joints KW - Life prediction KW - Fatigue crack growth KW - Short cracks KW - Crack closure PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2017.08.033 SN - 0013-7944 SN - 1873-7315 VL - 198 SP - 171 EP - 208 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-46852 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Schork, B. A1 - Hensel, J. A1 - Kucharczyk, P. A1 - Ngoula, D. A1 - Tchuindjang, D. A1 - Bernhard, J. A1 - Beckmann, C. T1 - The IBESS approach for the determination of the fatigue life and strength of weldments by fracture mechanics analysis T3 - Fatigue and Fracture of Weldments N2 - This book provides a comprehensive and thorough guide to those readers who are lost in the often-confusing context of weld fatigue. It presents straightforward information on the fracture mechanics and material background of weld fatigue, starting with fatigue crack initiation and short cracks, before moving on to long cracks, crack closure, crack growth and threshold, residual stress, stress concentration, the stress intensity factor, J-integral, multiple cracks, weld geometries and defects, microstructural parameters including HAZ, and cyclic stress-strain behavior. The book treats all of these essential and mutually interacting parameters using a unique form of analysis. KW - Fatigue crack propagation KW - Cyclic J-integral KW - Cyclic R-curve analysis KW - Fatigue S-N curve KW - HAZ PY - 2019 SN - 978-3-030-04072-7 SN - 978-3-030-04073-4 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04073-4 SP - 1 EP - 130 PB - Springer CY - Cham AN - OPUS4-47576 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Schork, B. A1 - Kaffenberger, M. A1 - Oechsner, M. A1 - Kucharzcyk, P. A1 - Hensel, J. A1 - Bernhard, J. A1 - Tchuindjang, D. T1 - The effect of the local and global weld geometry as well as material defects on crack initiation and fatigue strength JF - Engineering Fracture Mechanics N2 - The paper provides an application of the IBESS approach to the investigation of the influence of various parameters of the global and local weld geometry as well as material defects on the fatigue strength of weldments. For this purpose, the global weld parameters, such as the weld toe radius, the flank angle, the excess weld metal, local secondary notches (in the present study as a measure of surface imperfections) and inclusions sizes have been determined as statistical distributions for different joint types and geometries and two steels of different strengths. The results are in line with literature data and reveal the potential of the theoretical approach to predict the correct trends. The combination with an advanced weld quality system has been demonstrated to be possible. KW - Weldments KW - Fatigue strength KW - Fracture mechanics KW - Weld geometry KW - Inclusions KW - Multiple crack initiation PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2017.07.001 SN - 0013-7944 SN - 1873-7315 VL - 198 SP - 103 EP - 122 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-46858 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Duarte, Larissa A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Zerbst, Uwe T1 - The effect of the environmental conditions on the threshold against fatigue crack propagation JF - Procedia Structutal Integrity N2 - The threshold against fatigue crack propagation (ΔKth) is a crucial parameter for the damage tolerance assessment of engineering components subjected to cyclic loading and it is composed by two distinct components, one intrinsic, dependent on the elastic material properties and the lattice type, and one extrinsic, related to the occurrence of crack closure effects. An important issue is that several factors can influence ΔKth and, in general, the fatigue crack propagation behavior. In this work, the influence of the experimental procedure, air humidity, stress ratio and test frequency on da/dN-ΔK data has been investigated. Results are discussed with their potential causes and consequences on the calculations of the residual lifetime. KW - Fatigue crack propagation threshold KW - Crack closure effect KW - Experimental procedure KW - Environmental conditions PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-544905 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2022.03.030 VL - 38 SP - 292 EP - 299 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-54490 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Maierhofer, J. A1 - Kolitsch, S. A1 - Gänser, H.-P. A1 - Pippan, R. T1 - The cyclic R-curve – Determination, problems, limitations and application JF - Engineering fracture mechanics N2 - The so-called cyclic R curve, i.e. the crack size dependence of the fatigue crack propagation threshold in the physically short crack regime, is a key parameter for bringing together fatigue strength and fracture mechanics concepts. Its adequate determination is of paramount importance. However, notwithstanding this relevance, no test guideline is available by now and only very few institutions have spent research effort on cyclic R curves so far. The aim of the present paper is to give an overview on the state-of-the-art. Besides an introduction into the basic principles, the discussion will concentrate on the experimental determination on the one hand and questions of its application on the other hand. KW - Cyclic R-curve KW - Fatigue crack propagation threshold KW - Crack closure mechanisms KW - Cyclic R-curve analysis KW - Kitagawa-Takahashi diagram PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2017.09.032 SN - 0013-7944 SN - 1873-7315 VL - 198 SP - 45 EP - 64 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-46855 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Madia, Mauro ED - Yadroitsev, I. ED - Yadroitsava, I. ED - Du Plessies, A. ED - McDonald, E. T1 - Structural integrity II: fatigue properties T2 - Fundamentals of laser powder bed fusion of metals N2 - If a component is cyclically loaded, its load carrying capacity is considerably lower than in the monotonic loading case. This general observation applies in particular to L-PBF parts. The causes of this are mainly material defects such as pores and unwelded regions (Chapter 8) and a pronounced surface roughness in the as-built condition (Chapter 9). In addition, effects due to the anisotropy of the microstructure (Chapter 6) and a complex residual stress pattern (Chapter 7) play an important role. A consequence is that common strategies of fatigue assessment cannot be transferred to L-PBF applications without modifications. Due to the inhomogeneity of the material, the determination of representative material properties and the transfer to the component is a problem, and this is also the case with regard to the consideration of defects, surface roughness and residual stresses. The chapter gives a brief introduction to these problem areas. KW - Fatigue crack propagation stagesdefects KW - Fatigue strength KW - Fatigue life KW - Fracture mechanics PY - 2021 SN - 978-0-12-824090-8 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824090-8.00015-9 SP - 377 EP - 394 PB - Elsevier Inc. CY - Amsterdam ET - 1 AN - OPUS4-52854 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -