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4B2 TEST 3 - SOLUTION

Please answer these 10 questions by typing directly on to this document. Then


upload the document to Blackboard. You have 30mins in total. You may
consult your notes and other sources but you may not communicate with
anyone else.

This time there is only one correct answer in the multiple choice questions.

Q1. Fatigue failure can happen if the component experiences:

a) Cyclic stress
b) Constant stress
c) Gradually increasing stress
d) High temperature

Q2. When looking at a fatigue fracture surface, name one feature which you would expect
to see by eye.

Possible features are: The origin of the fatigue crack; corrosion near the origin; a flat surface
(fatigue) and rougher surface (fast fracture); beach marks (clam shell marks).

Q3. Explain the difference between striations and beach marks on a fatigue fracture
surface.

Beach marks can be seen by eye: they mark the position of the crack at different stages of
growth. Striations can only be seen at high magnification: they mark the position of the
crack at every individual growth step, so the striation spacing = da/dN the growth rate.

Q4. Which of these is a method used for predicting the effect of notches on fatigue?

a) Euler’s method
b) Young’s method
c) Neuber’s method
d) Goodman’s method

Q5 Which is these is a method used for predicting the effect of mean stress on the fatigue
limit?

a) Euler’s method
b) Young’s method
c) Neuber’s method
d) Goodman’s method
Q6 The crack propagation threshold DKth is:

a) The stress range above which fatigue failure can occur.


b) The stress intensity range above which a fatigue crack can propagate.
c) The stress range above which fatigue can occur in a notched specimen.

A bar, loaded in tension, contains a semi-circular notch having D = 3mm and r = 3mm. The
dimensions of the bar are much larger than 3mm. The fatigue limit of the material Dso is
300MPa and the threshold stress intensity range DKth is 5MPa√m. Answer the following
three questions:

Q7: What is the stress concentration factor Kt ?

Q8: What is Dson when calculated using the Crack Method (i.e. assuming the notch is a
crack)?

45.98MPa

Q9: What is the correct result for Dson according to the Smith & Miller approach?

100MPa

Q10: A material has a fatigue limit Dso of 640MPa when the mean stress is zero. It has a
tensile strength (UTS) of 1200MPa. Estimate its fatigue limit if the mean stress is 600MPa.

320MPa

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