MSE 230

HW5 (due 02/11, 02/12)

Spring 2010

1. Callister 8.7: Suppose that a wing component on an aircraft is fabricated from an aluminum alloy that has a plane strain fracture toughness of 26 MPam1/2. It is determined that fracture results at a stress of 112 MPa when the maximum internal crack length is 8.6 mm. For this same component and alloy, compute the stress level at which fracture will occur for a critical internal crack length of 6.0 mm.

2. Callister 8.9: Calculate the maximum internal crack length allowable for a Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy component loaded to a stress one-half of its yield strength. Assume that the value of Y is 1.5. 3. The yield strength and fracture toughness of 4340 steel, in two different heat treatment conditions ("tempers"), are given below. Tempering Temp (C) 260 425 Yield Strength (MPa) 1640 1420 KIC ( MPam1/2) 50.0 87.4

(a) For a particular component (Y = 1), the largest edge flaw is a = 0.5 mm. If the component were considered to fail if it yields or fractures, which condition (tempering temperature) would allow the higher design stress and what would be the value of that stress? (b) Would the answer change if a new inspection technique were capable of showing the largest flaw size to be 0.3 mm? Justify your answer. 4. Callister 8.20+: The fatigue data for a steel alloy are given as follows: (a) Make an S-N plot (stress amplitude versus logarithm cycles to failure) using these data. (b) What is the fatigue limit for this alloy? (c) Determine fatigue lifetimes at stress amplitudes of 415 and 275 MPa. (d) Estimate the fatigue strengths at 2 x 104 and 6 x 105 cycles. (e)+ In order to appreciate fatigue lifetimes in units of service time, calculate the lifetime in days or years for lifetimes of 106, 107, and 108 cycles for a constant loading frequency of 1 s-1(1 Hz).

Stress Amplitude (MPa) 470 440 390 350 310 290 290 290

Cycles to Failure 104 3 x 104 105 3 x 105 106 3 x 106 107 108

5. The properties specification for an alloy under service conditions of 538C and 50 MPa tensile stress requires a creep strain no greater than 1% in 1000 h and a rupture (fracture) life of at least 10,000 h. Assuming that the creep strain prior to the onset of steady-state creep is 0.1%, will the nickel alloy for which data is shown in Figs. 8.30 and 8.31 meet these requirements? Justify your answers. Note: we do not know what fraction of the first 1000 h the alloy would be in steady-state creep but the upper bound of that time would be 1000 h.