TY - CONF A1 - Bär, J. A1 - Kanna, N.K. A1 - Duarte, Larissa A1 - Madia, Mauro T1 - Determination of the Kitagawa-Takahashi Diagram using DC Potential Drop Measurements N2 - The Kitagawa-Takahashi Diagram is an important tool for describing the fatigue limit of components containing defects. The models used for its description differ, particularly in the transition region corresponding to the short crack regime. Therefore, for a reliable statement about the fatigue limit in this area, an experimental validation of the models is necessary. However, the standardized staircase method requires a large number of samples and has a long test duration. In this work, a method is presented that allows a simpler and faster validation of the Kitagawa-Takahashi Diagram in the region of short cracks. Rectangular notches with a defined width and depth were manufactured in flat samples of a low-alloyed steel with two different heat treatments using an engraving laser. This method allows a rapid production of very sharp notches without plastic deformation and with only a slight thermal influence on the surrounding material. The samples prepared in this way were fatigued with block wise increasing loads until failure. Cracks are detected by means of a Direct Current Potential Drop method. The length of the loading block (number of cycles) is determined by the measured potential drop. This procedure enables a reliable and precise determination of the limit stress for the respective notch size with low experimental effort and time consumption. The tests have shown that in case of the normalized steel none of the models describes the determined values for the fatigue limit. For the hardened steel, the plot of the fatigue limit as a function of the Murakami parameter √area in combination with the El Haddad model allows a satisfactory description of the measured values. T2 - 5th International Symposium on Fatigue Design and Material Defects CY - Trento, Italy DA - 14.05.2025 KW - Kitagawa-Takahashi diagram KW - Damage tolerance KW - Fatigue KW - Potential drop KW - Fracture mechanics PY - 2026 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-655519 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2025.12.283 VL - 76 SP - 27 EP - 34 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-65551 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Madia, Mauro T1 - Towards the Use of Representative Specimens for the Qualification of Additively Manufactured Parts N2 - The understanding of the process-structure-property-performance relationship is the key challenge for the qualification of safety-relevant parts made of additively manufactured metallic materials. The complexity of the manufacturing process and the number of influencing parameters affect the properties of test coupons and parts even fabricated in the same batch. This poses the problem of using reliable witness specimens for part qualification. This work presents a new approach which aims at the fabrication of test coupons tailored to the specific microstructure and fatigue properties of a component. The first step consisted in the evaluation of the temperature field by means of process monitoring during the production of parts. The results were used to tailor finite element models which were then used to design witness specimens representative of the thermal history in the component. Finally, the fatigue properties of designed specimens were compared to coupons machined out of the component. T2 - TMS2024 – 153rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition CY - Orlando, FL, USA DA - 03.03.2024 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Process simulation KW - Thermal history KW - Structural integrity KW - Damage tolerance PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-65072 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pohl, P. A1 - Serrano-Munoz, Itziar A1 - Markötter, Henning A1 - Göken, Mathias A1 - Höppel, H. W. T1 - Toughening mechanisms and enhanced damage tolerant fatigue behaviour in laminated metal composites N2 - In the present study, fatigue crack growth (FCG) in a laminated metal composite (LMC) consisting of Al-based constituents with dissimilar strength was studied. Additionally, the FCG in both monolithic constituent materials was determined and a linear elastic rule of mixture (ROM) concept was calculated as a reference for the FCG of the laminated composite. Crack networks in the laminates were analyzed post-mortem by means of light microscopy and synchrotron X-Ray tomography (SXCT). Significantly reduced FCG rates for the LMC were found at elevated stress intensity ranges compared to both the monolithic constituents as well as the ROM concept. This is the result of the formation of a complex 3D crack network in the laminated architecture caused by the appearance of the two different toughening mechanisms a) crack deflection and b) crack bifurcation at the vicinity of the interfaces. T2 - Ninth International Conference on Low Cycle Fatigue CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 21.06.2022 KW - Laminated metal composite KW - Damage tolerance KW - Fatigue crack growth KW - Toughening mechanism KW - Synchrotron X-ray computed tomography PY - 2022 DO - https://doi.org/10.48447/LCF9-2022-035 SP - 153 EP - 158 PB - DVM AN - OPUS4-55231 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Werner, Tiago A1 - Blasón Gonzalez, Sergio A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Kruse, Julius A1 - Benedetti, Matteo T1 - Determination of fatigue crack propagation thresholds using small-scale specimens N2 - The damage tolerance approach is widely used in the design and estimation of inspection intervals of safety-relevant metallic components subject to fatigue loading. The approach relies on the knowledge of the fatigue crack propagation characteristics, wherein a relevant role is played by the fatigue crack propagation threshold. Nevertheless, the use of material data determined by testing on conventional specimens is not straightforward in the case of thin-walled components such as turbine blades or additively manufactured parts, in which the local variation of material properties in highly stressed regions must be considered. In these cases, the possibility of investigating the fatigue crack propagation properties on a limited portion of material is crucial. For this purpose, a new test procedure has been developed for small-scale specimens which allows the determination of the intrinsic fatigue crack propagation threshold and the near-threshold regime. The validity and limitations of the method are demonstrated on the high strength steel S960QL, along with a comparison with data determined by testing on conventional geometries. T2 - FATIGUE DESIGN 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 17.11.2021 KW - Fatigue crack propagation threshold KW - Small-scale specimens KW - High strength steel KW - Crack-tip constraint KW - Damage tolerance PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-544967 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2022.03.031 SN - 2452-3216 VL - 38 SP - 300 EP - 308 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-54496 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Buffière, J.-Y. A1 - Wegener, T. A1 - Niendorf, T. A1 - Wu, T. A1 - Zhang, X. A1 - Kashaev, N. A1 - Meneghetti, G. A1 - Hrabe, Nik A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Werner, Tiago A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai A1 - Koukolikova, M. A1 - Prochazka, R. A1 - Dzugan, J. A1 - Möller, B. A1 - Beretta, S. A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Wagener, R. A1 - Schnabel, K. T1 - Damage tolerant design of additively manufactured metallic components subjected to cyclic loading: State of the art and challenges N2 - This article is an outcome of a workshop on Fatigue of Additive Manufactured Metallic Components jointly organized by the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) Berlin, Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Boulder, CO, U.S.A. The aim of the workshop was a comprehensive discussion of the specific aspects of additively manufactured (AM) components in regard to failure under cyclic loading. Undoubtedly, a better understanding and the further development of approaches for damage tolerant component design of AM parts are among the most significant challenges currently facing the use of these new technologies. This article presents a thorough overview of the workshop discussions. It aims to provide a review of the parameters affecting the damage tolerance of AM parts with special emphasis on the process parameters intrinsic to the AM technologies, the resulting defects and residual stresses. Based on these aspects, concepts for damage tolerant component design for AM are reviewed and critically discussed. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Fatigue loading KW - Component assessment KW - Damage tolerance KW - Defects KW - Residual stresses PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2021.100786 SN - 0079-6425 VL - 121 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-51937 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -