A New Multiaxial Fatigue Life Prediction Model Under Proportional and Nonproportional Loading

Based on the critical plane approach, the drawbacks of the Wang–Brown (WB) model are analyzed. It is discovered that the normal strain excursion in the WB model cannot account for the additional cyclic hardening well. In order to solve this problem, a new damage parameter for multiaxial fatigue is proposed. In the meantime, the procedure for multiaxial fatigue life assessment incorporating critical plane damage model is presented as well. In the new damage parameter, both strain and stress components are considered, and the effect of the additional cyclic hardening on the fatigue life during nonproportional loading is taken into account as well. In addition, the proposed model is modified when the mean stress is existence. It is convenient for engineering application because of no material constants in this parameter. The capability of fatigue life assessment for the proposed fatigue damage model is checked against the experimental data found in literature for tubular specimens of 1045HR steel, hot-rolled 45 steel, S460N steel, GH4169 alloy at elevated temperature, and the notched shaft of SAE 1045 steel, which is under cyclic bending and torsion loading. It is demonstrated that the proposed criterion gives satisfactory results for all the five checked materials.