Micro-scale testing and micromechanical modelling for high cycle fatigue of CoCr stent material
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Author(s)
Sweeney, CA
O'Brien, B
Dunne, FPE
McHug, PE
Leen, SB
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
This paper presents a framework of experimental testing and crystal plasticity micromechanics for high cycle fatigue (HCF) of micro-scale L605 CoCr stent material. Micro-scale specimens, representative of stent struts, are manufactured via laser micro-machining and electro-polishing from biomedical grade CoCr alloy foil. Crystal plasticity models of the micro-specimens are developed using a length scale-dependent, strain-gradient constitutive model and a phenomenological (power-law) constitutive model, calibrated from monotonic and cyclic plasticity test data. Experimental microstructural characterisation of the grain morphology and precipitate distributions is used as input for the polycrystalline finite element (FE) morphologies. Two microstructure-sensitive fatigue indicator parameters are applied, using local and non-local (grain-averaged) implementations, for the phenomenological and length scale-dependent models, respectively, to predict fatigue crack initiation (FCI) in the HCF experiments.
Date Issued
2015-02-20
Date Acceptance
2015-02-15
Citation
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2015, 46, pp.244-260
ISSN
1751-6161
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
244
End Page
260
Journal / Book Title
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
Volume
46
Copyright Statement
© 2015, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Biomedical
Materials Science, Biomaterials
Engineering
Materials Science
High cycle fatigue
CoCr alloy
Crystal plasticity
Finite element
CRACK INITIATION
CRYSTAL PLASTICITY
STAINLESS-STEEL
FRACTURE
POLYCRYSTALS
NUCLEATION
DEFORMATION
PREDICTION
ENERGY
COMPONENTS
Alloys
Chromium
Cobalt
Finite Element Analysis
Materials Testing
Mechanical Processes
Stents
Stress, Mechanical
Biomedical Engineering
0903 Biomedical Engineering
0912 Materials Engineering
0913 Mechanical Engineering
Publication Status
Published