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Crack nucleation threshold under fretting loading by a thermal method

  • LTDS UMR 5513 - Ecole Centrale de Lyon
  • Ecole Centrale de Lille

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop a new, non-destructive, experimental method, based on the thermal response of materials, to determine crack nucleation threshold during a fretting test in a cylinder on flat contact configuration. The temperature evolution during a fretting test with constant loading showed that the latter can be decomposed into three parts: an overall thermal drift and two periodic signals at fL and 2fL; where fL is the loading frequency. The results showed that the stabilized value of the drift and the periodic signals' amplitudes can be empirically related to the crack nucleation threshold; with result differences of less than 10% from those determined by destructive methods.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)35-44
Number of pages10
JournalTribology International
Volume76
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Crack nucleation
  • Dissipation
  • Fretting
  • Infrared measurement

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