Table 3 Fatigue life estimation for the shock-strut cylinder

a

K = DK

Da

da/dN***

Avg. da/dN

DN

Ntotal

m

MPa m1/2

m

m/cycle

m/cycle

cycles

cycles

3.35E-06*

0.75075**

2.54E-12

5.03E-04

9.1996

0.0005

5.08E-08

2.5401E-08

19684

19684

1.00E-03

12.9885

0.0005

2.03E-06

1.0414E-06

480

20164

1.50E-03

15.8987

0.0005

5.08E-07

0.00000127

394

20558

2.00E-03

18.3532

0.0005

2.03E-05

1.0414E-05

48

20606

2.50E-03

20.5160

0.0005

1.65E-05

1.8415E-05

27

20633

3.00E-03

22.4717

0.0005

1.27E-05

1.4605E-05

34

20667

3.50E-03

24.2702

0.0005

1.02E-05

0.00001143

44

20711

4.00E-03

25.9444

0.0005

2.54E-06

0.00000635

79

20790

4.32E-03

26.9614

0.00032

0.000216

0.00010922

3

20793

* The calculated pit-to-crack transition length based on Hoeppner's PCF model (considered as the initial crack length).

** The "short" crack stress intensity threshold (DKscth) for 7075-T6 from reference [50]

*** Determined from the plot of da/dN vs. DK for 7075-T73


Review of Pitting Corrosion Fatigue Models, D.W. Hoeppner, V. Chandrasekaran, and A.M.H. Taylor, University of Utah and FASIDE International Inc.