Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 1996, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (3): 223-226.

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FRACTURE MECHANICS ANALYSIS OF THERMAL STRAIN FATIGUE LIFE FOR THE SINTERING MACHINE PALLET

LI Zhenzi and LI Ming (Department of Architectnre Engineering, Central South University of Technology, Changsha 410083, China)LIAO Fuchang (Shenzhen School of Technology, Shenzhen 518029, China)Manuscript received 10 August 1995; in revised form 12 April 1996   

  • Received:1996-06-25 Revised:1996-06-25 Online:1996-06-25 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: In recent years elastic-plastic fracture mechanics has developed rapidly and is widely used to solve various engineering problems. The application of elastic-plastic fracture mechanics on the pallet of sintering machine is approached in detail for the first time in the present study. The theoretical results were compared with the actual data determined from sintering machine pallet. Results show that good agreement was achieved between the method suggested by the author and the actual data. The basis of determining design of the sintering machine pallet in iron and steel engineering has been provided and it will result in great economic benefits.

Key words: pallet, thermal strain, fatigue life, fracture mechanics