Low-cycle multiaxial fatigue behaviour and fatigue life prediction for CuZn37 brass using the stress-strain models

The low-cycle, strain-controlled fatigue tests have been conducted on CuZn37 brass (ASTM: C27200, EN: CW508L). Machined specimens have been subjected to uniaxial, proportional and non-proportional axial torsional loadings. The monotonic and cyclic material properties have been determined for the loadings used. The obtained fatigue lives have been analysed in reference to the total Huber-von Mises equivalent strain ranges, the hysteresis loops energy in the loading cycle and the total plastic strain energy in the fatigue test. The relations between the plastic strain energy and the total as well as the plastic strain have been described. On the basis of the obtained experimental results, the selected stress-strain multiaxial fatigue criteria have been evaluated. In the conclusion it was found that fatigue lives predicted using the Fatemi-Socie and Garud criteria are closest to the experimental ones. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.