Issue 33

M.Kurek et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 33 (2015) 302-308; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.33.34 304 where:       (9)   is the angle defined by normal stress using the damage accumulation method or by finding an angle, for which normal stress variance reaches maximum [13, 15]     2 1 o T n o o t dt T        (10) where T o is time of observation, in constant amplitude loading it is one cycle. 2. Criterion in the maximum shear stress plane, in the following form 2 2 2 eq ηs η σ (t) B τ (t) ( B )σ (t)    (11) where in general case: - B 2 =     / a fi a fi N N   (12) - fi N is number of cycles, for which amplitude ratio is defined. When characteristics are parallel, we take fatigue limit as defined in formula (4) [6, 16]. 3. Criterion using determination of critical plane orientation according to the Carpinteri et al. method as defined in (3), where weighing factors can be defined as: 2 2 2 sin(90 2 ) cos sin 2 sin(90 2 ) cos(90 2 ) 2cos o o o B B             (13) 2 2 sin 2 2cos B K     (14) The final step is the calculation of fatigue strength. For fixed amplitude loadings (cyclical), the fatigue strength is calculated using Basquin’s fatigue characteristics, in compliance with the relevant ASTM standard [1]. The formula for calculation strength under cyclical loading is expressed as , lg 10 eg a cal A m N    (15) A NALYSED MATERIALS The analysis used the results of fatigue tests of the following materials: two aluminium alloys: PA4 (6082) [10], PA6 (2017A) [3] , 10HNAP [11] and 30CrNiMo8 [14] steels, GGG40 cast iron [9], and brass CuZn40Pb2 [5]. The results were also used to calculate the regression equations for oscillatory bending (or unixial push-pull), as per the ASTM recommendations [1], in the following form log N f = A σ + m σ logσ a . (16) For bilateral torsion, the regression equation takes the form of log N f = A τ + m τ logτ a , (17) where: A σ , m σ , A τ , m τ - coefficients of regression equation for oscillatory bending and bilateral torsion, respectively. Tab. 1 lists the values of coefficients of regression equation for the analysed materials. Fig. 1 shows fatigue diagram for oscillatory bending and bilateral torsion on the example of the PA4 aluminum alloy.