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Prediction of Elevated Temperature Fatigue Crack Growth Rates in TI-6AL-4V Alloy – Neural Network Approach
Materials & Design
  • A. Fotovati
  • Tarun Goswami, Wright State University - Main Campus
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2004
Abstract

The results obtained from two experimental test programs (TP-1 and TP-2) were used to train neural networks to predict elevated temperature, fatigue crack growth rates in Ti-6Al-4V alloy. Two programs, TP-1 and TP-2, were conducted at room and elevated temperatures under high humidity and laboratory air environments, respectively. While elevated temperature effects were investigated in TP-2, stress ratio effects were studied in TP-1 using several stress ratios. Networks were trained using the elevated temperature data to predict the crack growth rates at a given stress intensity under different temperatures. The experimental and predicted fatigue crack growth rates showed a least squared error of 0.03. Thus, this approach was found to predict fatigue crack growth rates in Ti-6Al-4V alloy at elevated temperatures.

DOI
10.1016/j.matdes.2004.03.003
Citation Information
A. Fotovati and Tarun Goswami. "Prediction of Elevated Temperature Fatigue Crack Growth Rates in TI-6AL-4V Alloy – Neural Network Approach" Materials & Design Vol. 25 Iss. 7 (2004) p. 547 - 554 ISSN: 0261-3069
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tarun-goswami/105/