G. Suguinoshita1, C. H. Silva1, M. A. Luersen1, *
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.117, No.1, pp. 59-71, 2018, DOI:10.31614/cmes.2018.01777
Abstract This paper describes a study of the effects of graphite nodule characteristics on a subsurface crack in austempered ductile iron (ADI). A representative specimen of ADI, subjected to sliding contact load, is modeled using finite elements aiming to obtain the shear stress intensity factor (KII). The parameters varied were (i) the nodule diameter (two different values were considered), (ii) the distance between the nodule and the tip of the crack and (iii) the position of the load relative to the tip of the crack. The results of the numerical simulations show that the smaller diameter nodule More >