Solution Set
Solution Set
Solution Set
Solution Set
Problem sets of Chapters 16, 17, and 18 from the (old) Hosford’s textbook.
Solution:
f = KIC/(f√(πa), a = (KIC/f)2/(πf2). Substituting f = 700 MPa, KIC = 55
MPa√m, and f = 1.15, a = (55/700)2/(π1.152) = 1.486x10-3 m = 1.486 mm.
The crack must grow by 1.486 – 0.5 = 0.986 mm = 0.986 x 106 nm.
If da/dN = 120 nm per cycle, N = a/120nm = 0.986x106 nm/120nm = 8,200 cycles.
2. A thin-wall pressure vessel is made from Ti-6Al-4V with KIC = 57 MPa√m and
yield strength yield = 900 MPa. The internal pressure produces a circumferential
hoop stress of 360 MPa. Consider now a semi-elliptical surface crack exists in
the vessel and the crack orients with the major plane of the crack perpendicular to
the uniform tensile hoop stress. (a) Calculate the size of the critical crack which
will cause rupture of the pressure vessel. For this type of loading and geometry,
the shape factor in the stress intensity factor can be approximated as 0.7. (b) If
the thickness of the vessel wall is 12 mm. Will the vessel break through the
vessel before fluid could leak or will the fluid leak before rupture fracture occur?
Solution:
Chapters 18
4. Consider a piece of polycrystalline iron that has been plastically deformed in
tension under a stress of 220 MPa and then unloaded. Because of the orientation
dependence of the Taylor factor, it is reasonable to assume that the stress before
unloading was 20 % higher in grains oriented with <111> parallel to the tensile
axis than in the average stress. Young's modulus for polycrystalline iron is listed
as 208 GPa but for crystals oriented in a <111> direction, it is 283 MPa.
Determine the level of residual stress in the <111>-oriented grains.
Solution:
The stress under load in the [111] grains was 1.2x220 = 264 GPa. On unloading
the change of strain was -220MPa/208GPa = -1.06x10-3. The change of stress in
the [111] grains was -283 GPa(1.06x10-3) = -267 MPa. The final stress in the
[111] grains was 264 – 267 = -3 MPa
Solution:
To remove residual stresses in a material (metals or ceramics), elastic strains must
be converted to plastic strains. Therefore, creep is desired since the elastic
strains can be converted to plastic strains during a stress-relief anneal. Higher
temperatures accelerate the conversion process. But, as the magnitude of the
residual stresses diminishes, the driving force for additional creep also decreases
so the process of stress relief slows. For this reason, a complete stress relief is
almost impossible during the conventional stress-relief anneals.