From an engineering point of view, prediction of fatigue crack nucleation in automotive rubber parts is an essential prerequisite for the design of new components. We have derived a new predictor for fatigue crack nucleation in rubber. It is motivated by microscopic mechanisms induced by fatigue and developed in the framework of configurational mechanics. As the occurrence of macroscopic fatigue cracks is the consequence of the growth of pre-existing microscopic defects, the energy release rate of these flaws need to be quantified. It is shown that this microstructural evolution is governed by the smallest eigenvalue of the configurational (Eshelby) stress tensor. Indeed, this quantity appears to be a relevant multiaxial fatigue predictor under proportional loading conditions. Then, its generalization to non-proportional multiaxial fatigue problems is derived. Results show that the present predictor, which is related to the previously published predictors, is capable to unify multiaxial fatigue data.


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    Title :

    Definition of a new predictor for multiaxial fatigue crack nucleation in rubber


    Contributors:
    Verron, E. (author) / Andriyana, A. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2008


    Size :

    27 Seiten, 65 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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