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SPP 1466:  Infinite Life for Cyclically Loaded High Performance Materials

Subject Area Materials Science and Engineering
Term from 2010 to 2019
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 130242324
 
The aim of the Priority Programme is to develop a true understanding of the damage processes in the Very High Cycle Fatigue (VHCF) regime and their mechanism-based modelling resulting in reliable and accurate concepts to predict the fatigue behaviour of components with quasi infinite life. In the given context infinite life is defined as a lifespan exceeding 10E8 number of load cycles. As such a high number of cycles cannot be experimentally covered by means of conventional fatigue testing systems while claiming economically justifiable test periods, up to now engineering praxis accounts for the VHCF range by applying high (un)safety factors in fatigue design thus acting in opposition to a growing demand for optimal and material specific dimensioning.
The Priority Programme focusses on three different material groups for which the VHCF loading situation is of high significance: metallic engineering materials, materials for micro-electro-mechanical systems and continuous fibre-reinforced polymeres (CFRP or CRP, GFRP or GRP). Structural as well as material-related discontinuities resulting from established production processes and the influence of size effects are of particular interest for all material groups. The coordinated and closely intertwined activities of the Priority Programme comprise the following scope of research: (1) complete account of the damage mechanisms observed in the VHCF regime under application relevant loading conditions, (2) description of the actual VHCF service loading under true operational conditions and its conversion into laboratory high frequency cyclic testing, (3) development, modelling and application of measuring methods and devices for the acquisition of the global as well as the local and heterogeneously distributed deformation during high frequency fatigue testing, (4) deployment of physically based and experimentally verified fatigue life prediction concepts, which account for the competing crack initiation and crack growth mechanisms observed in the VHCF regime, (5) expansion or redevelopment of fatigue life assessment concepts with highest reliability for structural parts operated in the VHCF range.
The achievement of the Priority Programme’s objectives will result in a significant contribution to preserve valuable resources and improve the reliability of safety-relevant components and systems. Moreover, it will serve as landmark decision maker for future material developments and a basis for the redesign of technical release procedures.
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