Journal
ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS
Volume 16, Issue 7, Pages 2467-2472Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2009.04.004
Keywords
Pitting corrosion; Stress concentrations; Finite element analysis; Fatigue crack; Structural failures
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Localized (pitting) corrosion has been observed in steel and high-strength aluminium alloys in aqueous environments and has been identified as a potential origin for fatigue crack nucleation. In the present study, under uniaxial tension loading, stress distribution at the semi-elliptical corrosion pits has been investigated by conducting a series of three-dimensional semi-elliptical pitted models, systematically. Based on the finite element analyses, it is concluded that pit aspect ratio (a/2c) is a main parameter affecting stress concentration factor (SCF). An attempt has been made to construct simple equations to SCIF depending on characteristic of pit parameters. At the bottom of hemispherical pit, contribution of secondary (premature) pit formation to SCF is very pronounced. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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