Assessment of Crack Growth and Fatigue Life of an Axial Fan Blade Based on a Co-Simulation Approach

Mariem Ben Hassen; Seyyed Mojtaba Fakhari; Hatem Mrad

doi:10.2478/adms-2023-0017

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Assessment of Crack Growth and Fatigue Life of an Axial Fan Blade Based on a Co-Simulation Approach

Advances in Materials Science

Volume 23 (2023): Issue 3 (September 2023)

By: Mariem Ben Hassen, Seyyed Mojtaba Fakhari and Hatem Mrad

Open Access

|Sep 2023

Abstract

This paper presents static and dynamic stress analyses of an axial fan blade, which were carried out under real-life centrifugal and aerodynamic loading conditions using the Abaqus software. The location of the crack was identified on the pressure side of the blade at the conjunction between the blade and the blade root. It reveals a high agreement between the predicted location of stress distribution and the real origin of the crack location. Furthermore, a fracture mechanics criterion was adopted to simulate fatigue crack growth. This was performed using a fracture analysis FRANC3D code for three-dimensional problems. As a result, the calculated stress intensity factors (SIFs) were presented for the first steps, and the fatigue life of the fan blade was evaluated using the Forman de Koning model at different stress ratios.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/adms-2023-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2083-4799 | Journal ISSN: 1730-2439

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Language: English

Page range: 61 - 79

Submitted on: Jul 10, 2023

Accepted on: Aug 23, 2023

Published on: Sep 14, 2023

Published by: Gdansk University of Technology

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

Axial-fan-blade,

Fatigue crack growth,

Fatigue life,

Stress ratios

Related subjects:

Materials sciences,

Functional and smart materials

© 2023 Mariem Ben Hassen, Seyyed Mojtaba Fakhari, Hatem Mrad, published by Gdansk University of Technology
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