In order to carry out the damage tolerance design of wheel
the crack propagation characteristics were studied by fractographic restrostimation and crack propagation simulation analysis. The crack growth rate was determined according to the fatigue striation. Close to crack length of 2 mm
the crack growth rate increased significantly
acting as the transition region of the first and second loading stages; in the stable crack growth zone
crack length had a bilinear logarithmic relationship with the crack growth rate; the list gradient method and Paris formula method were used to reversely calculate the fatigue life
and the fatigue life was 163% higher than the cycles of the second loading stage. The simulated values of crack growth in the stable stage of crack propagation coincided with the values of fracture inversion
but the simulated values in the unstable stage were less than the values of fracture inversion
and the error was -215%. Based on the above research
a reasonable table for a centrifugal wheel was determined. The life of wheels in unstable stage accounted for 248%-357% of the life of internal crack surface growth stage
so accurate calculation was of great significance.