Abstract

Recently, some reports of experimental research on the distribution of fatigue crack propagation rate have been published, and the reliability evaluation using the results of research for the mechanical structure has been executed. Since the thicknesses of specimens used in the published reports are limited to the thin ones, the applicability of the results into the mechanical structure with another thickness seems to be doubtful. That is, not only the quantitative evaluation, but also qualitative evaluation of the effect of specimen thickness has not been executed. In this study, an experimental investigation has been done by using the new type automated multi-stage fatigue testing machine which was developed by the author. The influence of specimen thickness for the distribution of fatigue crack propagation rate with the results is discussed.

본 연구에서는 고강도 알루미늄합금 A12024-T3재의 통계적시험에 의하여 시험 편두께가 피로크랙 진전속도의 분포에 미치는 영향을 밝히고자 하며, 또한, 통계적시 험의 능률화 및 일관성을 꾀하기 위하여 개발한 새로운 유형의 자동화 다단식 피로시 험기의 개략을 밝힌다.

Keywords

• Distribution of Crack Propagation Rate;
• Effect of Thickness;
• Distribution of Material Factors;
• Automation of Fatigue Testing