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Experimental Study on Fatigue Behaviour of Shot-Peened Open-Hole Steel Plates
Zhi-Yu Wang1,2, Qing-Yuan Wang3,4, Mengqin Cao5
1Department of Civil Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China. zywang@scu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
This paper presents an experimental study on the fatigue behaviour of shot-peened open-hole plates with Q345 steel. The beneficial effects induced by shot peening on the fatigue life improvement are highlighted. The characteristic fatigue crack initiation and propagation modes of open-hole details under fatigue loading are revealed. The surface hardening effect brought by the shot peening is analyzed from the aspects of in-depth micro-hardness and compressive residual stress. The fatigue life results are evaluated and related design suggestions are made as a comparison with codified detail categories. In particular, a fracture mechanics theory-based method is proposed and demonstrated its validity in predicting the fatigue life of studied shot-peened open-hole details.
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