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Coursera Quiz 3

1) The fully adjusted endurance limit of the 4340 steel plate operating at 600°F with 99.99% reliability is 33.22 ksi. 2) The plate has a 1/4" diameter hole. With an axial load varying between 15,000 lbf and -15,000 lbf, the maximum stress is 89.66 ksi, exceeding the endurance limit of 25 ksi. 3) Using the fatigue strength fraction and notch sensitivity, along with the maximum and endurance limit stresses, the calculated life of the plate is 14,002 cycles.

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Coursera Quiz 3

1) The fully adjusted endurance limit of the 4340 steel plate operating at 600°F with 99.99% reliability is 33.22 ksi. 2) The plate has a 1/4" diameter hole. With an axial load varying between 15,000 lbf and -15,000 lbf, the maximum stress is 89.66 ksi, exceeding the endurance limit of 25 ksi. 3) Using the fatigue strength fraction and notch sensitivity, along with the maximum and endurance limit stresses, the calculated life of the plate is 14,002 cycles.

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Mechanical Design of Machine Elements

Quiz 3: Fully Reversed Loading in Fatigue

Suppose you have a 4340 steel plate in fully reversed axial loading . The plate is 1⁄4” thick, 2” high,
and 5” long. The bar is machined, with factor a = 2.70 ksi and exponent b = -0.265. The bar is
operating at 600 degrees F. The program required reliability is 99.99.

What is the fully adjusted endurance limit of this bar?

1. Determine fully adjusted endurance limit


Se’ = 100 ksi as Sut > 200 ksi
ka = 2.70(260)-0.265 = 0.62
kb = 1 (axial load)
kc = 0.85 (axial load)
kd = 0.90 (Reference Sut on ‘Effect of temperature on strength’
chart)
ke = 0.70 (reference chart for reliability of 99.99)

Se = (0.62)(1)(0.85)(0.9)(0.70)(100) = 33.22 ksi


Mechanical Design of Machine Elements

Quiz 3: Fully Reversed Loading in Fatigue

Suppose you have a 4340 steel plate in fully reversed axial loading, with an axial load varying from
15000 lbf to -15000 lbf. The plate is 1⁄4” thick, 2” high, and 5” long. A hole is in the center of the
plate, and is 1/4“ in diameter. The stress concentration factor chart is in the Quiz 3 References. The
fully adjusted endurance limit was found to be Se = 25 ksi.​

The fatigue strength fraction f is 0.76. The notch sensitivity is 0.95.

2) What is the life in cycles of this bar?

5.00“

+ F
2.00“

1.00“

0.25“ 2.50“

2) Step 1: Determine stress at critical location.

σnom = F/A = (15000lbf)/[(2 in - 0.25 in) * 0.25 in] = 34,286.71 psi

Step 2: add in stress concentration factor


Kt = 2.70 (from graph, d/H = (0.25/2) = 0.125)
Kf = 1+q(Kt-1) = 1+0.95(2.70-1) = 2.62

σmax = Kf*σnom = 89.66 ksi

Step 3: Compare to endurance limit


89.66 ksi > 25 ksi

Step 4: Calculate life


a = (f*Sut)2/Se = [(0.76*260)2]/25 = 1561.8 ksi
b = -(1/3)log[(f*Sut)2/Se ] = -0.30
N = (σnom/a)1/b =(89.66/1561.8)(1/-0.30) = 14002.0 cycles
Ductile to Brittle Transition Temperature 4340 Steel

Mil-HDBK-5J, Jan 2003

Theoretical Stress-Concentration Factor Kt

By Cdang [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons


https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AKt_plaque_percee_symetrique_traction.svg
MIl-HDBK-5J, Jan 2003

Size Factor kb Loading Factor kc


Torsion and bending Loading Type kc
Range kb = Bending 1
0.11 < d < 2.01 in 0.879d^(-0.107) Axial 0.85
2 < d < 10 in 0.91d^(-0.157) Torsion 0.59
Axial
kb = 1

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