Effect of specimen thickness on fatigue crack propagation and acoustic emission behaviors in Q345 steel

  • Junrong Li
  • , Hongyun Luo*
  • , Zhiyuan Han
  • , Feixiang Jin
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The effects of specimen thickness on fatigue crack growth rate (FCGR) and acoustic emission (AE) behaviors of Q345 steel were investigated. The fourpoint bending fatigue tests were carried out with AE monitoring simultaneously. Based on the thickness effect analysis, fatigue behavior studies, and AE investigations, the effects of specimen thickness on AE signal and AE source mechanisms during fatigue crack propagation were proposed. The results show that as specimen thickness increased, the FCGR was accelerated slightly, while the AE count rate was increased significantly, suggesting that AE signal was more sensitive to the changes in thickness. By analyzing the AE signals at the new plastic yielding area and the crack tip micro-fracture process, AE source mechanisms were explained. These results suggest that the effects of thickness must be considered to obtain a more accurate estimation of fatigue crack propagation through AE technique.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Acoustic Emission Technology - Proceedings of the World Conference on Acoustic Emission–2013
EditorsGongtian Shen, Zhanwen Wu, Junjiao Zhang
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media, LLC
Pages225-234
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781493912384
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
EventWorld Conference on Acoustic Emission 2013, WCAE 2013 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 30 Oct 20132 Nov 2013

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Physics
Volume158
ISSN (Print)0930-8989
ISSN (Electronic)1867-4941

Conference

ConferenceWorld Conference on Acoustic Emission 2013, WCAE 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period30/10/132/11/13

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