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Fatigue and Fracture in Aeronautical Engineering

This document contains questions for an examination on fatigue and fracture in aeronautical engineering. It includes questions on: 1. SN curves and how notches and cutouts affect loaded structures. 2. The difference between low and high cycle fatigue behavior. 3. Methods for reducing stress concentrations. 4. The different phases of a crack over fatigue life. 5. Dislocation theory and fracture toughness. 6. Factors considered in fatigue failure design such as stress concentration and factor of safety. 7. Strain hardening and its effect on material properties. 8. Predicting fatigue life using methods like Miner's rule and Coffin-Manson theory. 9

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Fatigue and Fracture in Aeronautical Engineering

This document contains questions for an examination on fatigue and fracture in aeronautical engineering. It includes questions on: 1. SN curves and how notches and cutouts affect loaded structures. 2. The difference between low and high cycle fatigue behavior. 3. Methods for reducing stress concentrations. 4. The different phases of a crack over fatigue life. 5. Dislocation theory and fracture toughness. 6. Factors considered in fatigue failure design such as stress concentration and factor of safety. 7. Strain hardening and its effect on material properties. 8. Predicting fatigue life using methods like Miner's rule and Coffin-Manson theory. 9

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E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXeUNATION,

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Aeronautical Engineering

AE 1011

FATIGUE AND FRACTURE


(Reeiulation 2004)

Time : Three hours Answer ALL questions.

Maximurn: 100 marks

pARTA-(10 x2=2}marks)

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What is an SN Curve? Explain the significant points in the ctrrve. What are the effects of notches and cutouts in the loaded structures?

Distinguish between low cycle and high cycle fatigue behaviour of structures. Explain the methods of reducing stress concentrations.
What are the different phases of a crack with respect to fatigue life?

Explain the dislocation theory


What ig fracture toughnees?

Explain the fracture failure in terms of energy?


Deline safe life and fail safe design

10. List down the factors that are to be considered


to avoid fatigue failure.

while designing the cornponents

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PARTB-(5x16=80marks)

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(i)

whertdo you understand by fluctuating stresses, repeated gtresses and alternatfng stresggs. .. ?- i j.,

(ii)

Uipfaiii^A'mbthod, in"detafli"ito irr.""age the fatigue life of


structure.

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Whnt is the need componente?

for ueing factor of eafety in the design,of

(ii)

a eolid circular rod of a ductile material having endurance strength haa 266 MPa and a tensile yield strength has 3b0 MPa. The iod is subjected to varying axial load from 800 kN compresoion to 700 kr.i hnsion. Ttre stiess toncentration factor is 1.8 and factor of oafety ig 2.0.

Using Soderberg method,' determine the required diameter of

12. (a)

(i)
(ii
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What do you understand by strain hardening? How does that


change the mechanical properties of a material?

Explain Miner's theory to estimate the life of a component. Or


Describe any one of counting techniques used in fatigue study. Explain the relevance of coffin - Manson theory in the study of fatigue behaviour of materials.

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(i)

(ii)

(i)

with neat

sketches, explain different modes of crack growth.


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Explain in detail the dislocations happening in a material. Or

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Explain the informations you may get about the materials from the fatigue ffac.ture surfaces,
number of cycles to failure.

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iii) Explain the linear cumulative damage law for predicting the
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(i) Explain the effect of thickness on fatigue toughness. (ii) obtain the strain-energr release rate on * pl"tu with a crack subjected to a
tensile load.

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(b) (i) (ii)

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Explain the Griffith's theory for obtaining the failure stress. What is stless- intensity faetor? Discuse the theoretical and experimental values of the factors for d.ifferent geometries.

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15. (a) (i)

What is the need for Fracture Mechanics study in design of aircralt


components?
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(ii)
(b)

Explain a procedure to predict the fatigue life of nrr aircrafl. l


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Give suitable examples of airreraft structural cotnponents of composite materials and discuss their fatigue behaviour.

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