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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 300, 2019
ICMFF12 - 12th International Conference on Multiaxial Fatigue and Fracture
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| Article Number | 03002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 9 | |
| Section | Additive Manufacturing | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201930003002 | |
| Published online | 02 December 2019 | |
Fatigue of thin periodic triangular lattice plates
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Queens Building, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK
A method for predicting the fatigue life of triangular lattices is proposed in this paper by considering fatigue properties of single lattice struts. Fatigue tests of different sizes of lattice plates of aluminium alloy, and tests of single struts with different maximum fluctuating loads, have been conducted to validate this method. It is found that the struts in a triangular lattice break near to strut intersections, where stress and strain concentrations occur. Similar crack propagation paths were observed in different lattice plate specimens: the cracks grew at a 30° angle to the initial edge crack in the upper half of lattice plate. The mixed-mode fatigue crack propagation rate was also studied and expressed using an effective stress intensity factor. A size effect on the crack growth rate of triangular lattice plates was also observed: a fatigue crack will propagate slightly quicker in larger triangular plates than in smaller ones.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2019
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