THE INFLUENCE OF FRETTING ON FATIGUE,
Abstract
The intrusion of fretting fatigue in the field of flight structures has been responsible, in many cases, for the high strength reduction factors, of 10 or more, commonly encountered. Consequently, a primary objective of the report was to consider the evidence to support the claim that fretting must be ranked in importance with geometric stress concentration and the like, when considering the fatigue behaviour of structures. Thus, Mean Structures Curves, Crack Propagation And Non-Propagating Cracks and some Fundamental Fretting Fatigue Researches have been described and interpreted with the elucidation of the fretting fatigue mechanism in mind. A survey of certain Anti-Fret Techniques has been included not only to emphasize the gains to be made in terms of structural efficiency but to justify the main thesis that Primarily, the fretting fatigue mechanism is controlled by the stress fields generated by the contact of two surface topographies. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0663783
Entities
People
- W. J. Harris
Organizations
- AGARD