Prediction of cannon barrel life

Purpose: Calculation of the fatigue life based on attaining a critical defect size for fast fracture is very important. Cannon is one of the most used parts in military industries and analysis of this component is under consideration. Therefore, the prediction of its longevity to say, the number of cannon ball that can be fired till it is broken down should be under consideration. Design/methodology/approach: Obviously the number of the cracks and their sizes dictate the life of the cannon's barrel. Since the life of this component directly depends on the inner micro-cracks after numerous firing, the study of these cracks is very important. From this point of view, the stress analysis on crack tip is carried out via ANSYS software in this research. This research was to demonstrate the large changes in total fatigue life caused by the initial crack number and the residual stress at the cannon bore, the fatigue with several cracks is analyzed in the barrel according to the critical explosion pressure.The research is carried out with one, two, three, four and twenty five cracks. Findings: The methods of testing and analysis are believed to be generally applicable to problems in fatigue life evaluation. This analysis shows that the stress intensity on the tip of the crack is a function of its length and increases with the number of these cracks. Since the cannon barrel life is a convert function of the stress intensity of the cracks, multi-cracks condition passes the most fatigue cycling. The shape function of the cracks is also decreased with the number of the cracks. Originality/value: Characterization of the cracking at a cannon bore is a difficult problem. This analysis shows that the critical cycle life of the cannon barrel occurs at two numbers of the cracks.