Research on Low Cycle Fatigue Response and Life Prediction Improvement Method of 316 Stainless Steels
Based on the fatigue experimental data in the literature at 0.4%,0.8%and 1.0%strain amplitude,the relationship among hardening parameters and strain amplitudes was systematically in-vestigated,and the fitted curves of hardening parameters with respect to strain amplitude were ob-tained.A finite element model was established to reflect the fatigue cycle hysteresis curves,peak stress evolution curves and damage evolution curves.Through numerical simulation combined with the Manson-Coffin equation,fatigue life prediction was carried out at 0.5%,0.7%,0.9%,and 1.2%strain amplitudes respectively.Low cycle fatigue experiments were conducted on 316 stainless steels under strain amplitudes of 0.9%and 1.2%,and the life prediction results were verified.The results indicate that the predicted fatigue response processes are highly consistent with the experimental re-sults,the life prediction error under 0.9%strain amplitude is as 21.1%,and the error under 1.2%strain amplitude is as 5.3%,which proves the accuracy of the fatigue response and life prediction im-provement method.