On the use of the theory of critical distances with mesh control for fretting fatigue lifetime assessment

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2019-10-01

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Zabala A, Infante-García D, Giner E, et al., (2019) On the use of the theory of critical distances with mesh control for fretting fatigue lifetime assessment. Tribology International, Volume 142, February 2019, Article number 105985

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This work analyses the viability of the theory of critical distances (TCD) using mesh control for fretting fatigue lifetime assessment. More than seven hundred sets of simulations were performed by taking seventy different experimental tests reported previously in the literature. The outcome of the present study suggests that the TCD mesh control method can be extended to fretting fatigue problems by the reasonable assumption of setting the right element size proportional to critical distance. In this study, a significant computational time reduction of up to 97% was obtained. Thus, this study provides a simple method to design complex 3D industrial components subjected to fretting fatigue phenomena using finite element analysis efficiently without requiring complex remeshing techniques.

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Fretting fatigue, Theory of critical distances (TCD), Finite element analysis

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