Fatigue properties of friction stir welded butt joint and base metal of MB8 magnesium alloy

The fatigue properties of friction stir welded(FSW) butt joint and base metal of MB8 magnesium alloy were investigated.The comparative fatigue tests were carried out using EHF-EM200K2-070-1A fatigue testing machine for both FSW butt joint and base metal specimens.The fatigue fractures were observed and analyzed using a scanning electron microscope of JSM-6063 LA type.The experimental results show that the fatigue performance of the FSW butt joint of MB8 magnesium alloy is sharply decreased.The conditional fatigue limit(2 × 10~6) of base metal and welded butt joint is about77.44 MPa and 49.91 MPa,respectively.The conditional fatigue limit(2 × 10~6) of the welded butt joint is 64.45%of that of base metal.The main reasons are that the welding can lead to stress concentration in the flash area,tensile welding residual stress in the welded joint(The residual stress value was 30.5 MPa),as well as the grain size is not uniform in the heat-affected zone.The cleavage steps or quasi-cleavage patterns present on the fatigue fracture surface,the fracture type of the FSW butt joint belongs to a brittle fracture.     

Effect of dwell condition on fatigue behavior of a high-Nb TiAl alloy at 750 °C

The strain-controlled low cycle fatigue (LCF) and creep-fatigue interaction (CFI) tests of a newly developed Ti-45Al-8Nb-0.2W-0.2B-0.02Y (at.%) alloy were carried out at 750 °C in air. The hysteresis loop, cyclic stress response and life modeling as well as failure mechanism of the alloy were investigated in detail. It was revealed that the tensile and compressive mean stresses would generate when the dwell condition was introduced at minimum and maximum strain, respectively. In addition, the dwell condition, especially for the compressive dwell condition, would significantly decrease the fatigue life. The typical continuum damage accumulation(CDA) and modified CDA life models proposed in the present study were employed to predict both LCF and CFI life of the alloy, which showed that the modified CDA life model had a higher accuracy than the typical CDA life one. Moreover, only single crack initiation source was observed at 92% (i.e. 11/12) of LCF fracture while multiple crack initiation sources at 84% (i.e. 31/37) of CFI fracture. Apparently different from LCF specimen showing more transgranular appearance, CFI specimen shows more intergranular appearance.     

Study the Fatigue-Wear Behavior of a Plasma Electrolytic Nitrocarburized (PEN/C) 316L Stainless Steel

In the present study, a suitable machine was developed in the laboratory to investigate the fatigue-wear behavior of the untreated 316L austenitic stainless steel and samples treated by plasma electrolytic nitrocarburizing process under different combinations of cyclic loading and contact pressure. The fracture cycles as a function of bending stress were recorded while a constant contact pressure was applied simultaneously. As a result, the PEN/C treated specimens exhibited a higher resistance (about 40% for 15.6 N contact load and about 60% for 25 N contact load) under the application of simultaneous cyclic stress and contact pressure. Also it was shown that under a range of combined fatigue and wear stresses, the specimens exhibit a better life than the conditions of performing wear or fatigue tests separately and this effect was much more observable for PEN/C-treated samples. The gravimetrical weight loss values in the fatigue-wear test were also measured at intervals 5000 to 300,000 cycles (with the contact stress = 6.25 MPa and the bending stress = 87 MPa). The results showed a better wear resistance for the treated surface at the first stage of the process.     

Comparison of fatigue behavior of a bulk metallic glass and its composite

The X-ray diffraction results show that LM001 (Zr_41.2Ti_13.8Cu_12.5Ni₁₀Be_22.5) is a monolithic bulk-metallic glass (BMG) and LM002 (Zr_56.2Ti_13.8Nb_5.0Cu_6.9Ni_5.6Be_12.5) is a BMG containing crystalline phases. High-cycle-fatigue (HCF) studies were performed on these zirconium (Zr)-based BMGs. The HCF experiments were conducted, using an electrohydraulic machine at a frequency of 10 Hz with an R ratio of 0.1 and under tension–tension loading, where R=σ_min/σ_max, where σ_min and σ_max are the applied minimum and maximum stresses, respectively. The test environment was air at room temperature. The vein pattern and droplets with a melted appearance were observed in the apparent melting region. The fatigue-endurance limit (239 MPa) of LM002 was found to be significantly shorter than that (567 MPa) of LM001, which indicates that the presence of crystalline phase could reduce the resistances to fatigue. The tension–tension fatigue S (applied stress)–N (lifetime) curve of the present composite was found to be comparable with the four-point-bend result of the composite in the literature. However, the tension–tension fatigue lifetime of the present monolithic BMG was much greater than that of the four-point-bend fatigue of the monolithic BMG in the literature. The fracture morphology indicates that fatigue cracks initiate from porosities or inclusions. The whole fracture surface of LM001 is perpendicular to the loading direction. However, a part of the fracture surface of LM002 is not perpendicular to the loading direction. It demonstrates a ductile facture feature. A mechanistic understanding of the fatigue behavior of the Zr-based BMGs is suggested.     

Effect of Hydrogen on Mechanical Properties of 23Co14Ni12Cr3Mo Ultrahigh Strength Steel

In order to evaluate the effect of hydrogen on mechanical properties of 23Co14Ni12Cr3Mo ultrahigh strength steel, the specimens were electrochemically hydrogen charged for different times. The tensile property, fatigue fracture behavior, fatigue crack growth (FCG) behavior, and threshold stress intensity (ΔK _th) of the samples were studied. The fracture morphology was characterized by scanning electron microscopy. It was shown that tensile strength decreases from 2300 to 2000 MPa, critical fatigue stress from 577 to 482 MPa, and ΔK _th from 27.4 to 14.3 MPam^0.5 with the increasing hydrogen contents from 0.0001 to 0.0008 wt.%. Hydrogen enhances the FCG rate from 2.4 × 10^?3 to 3.6 × 10^?3 mm/cycle at ΔK = 80 MPam^0.5 in the hydrogen-charging range. Microscopic observation showed that the tensile fracture is a combination of overload microvoids and some intergranular regions for 0 h, and isolated areas of transgranular (TG) fracture are observed with brittle cleavage for 24-72 h. The fatigue fracture is ductile for the uncharged specimens, while the hydrogen-charged specimens show mainly brittle TG fracture. These results suggest that hydrogen degrades the fracture behavior of 23Co14Ni12Cr3Mo ultrahigh strength steel.     

残余应力对高速列车A7N01铝合金焊接接头疲劳行为的影响

研究了残余应力在疲劳加载过程中的应力松弛行为,采用预拉伸、表面喷丸等表面预制残余应力的方法预制了表面残余应力,并研究了焊接接头的疲劳性能. 结果表明,在经过1×105周次循环载荷后,各个部位残余应力发生较大松弛,在经过2×105周次后,应力松弛较1×105周次时松弛幅度降低. 在2×105周次后,应力松弛不再明显,最终残余应力分布在拉应力20～40 MPa之间. 当引入残余应力后,各种条件下的实际应力循环比发生了明显的变化,当应力比R≥0时,随着R的增大,平均应力增大,试样的疲劳周次显著下降. 残余压应力会使裂纹萌生的周期缩短,同时加快疲劳裂纹扩展速率.     

Fatigue behavior of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass under uniaxial tension–tension and three-point bending loading mode

The fatigue behavior of as-cast Zr_41.2Ti_13.8Cu_12.5Ni₁₀Be_22.5 bulk metallic glass was systematically investigated under uniaxial tension–tension and three-point bending loading modes. To obtain the fatigue stress-life (S–N) diagram, stress-controlled experiments were conducted using a computer-controlled material test system electrohydraulic testing machine at 25 Hz with a 0.1 R ratio in air at room temperature. The fatigue endurance limit (630 MPa) in stress range terms under cyclic tensile load was almost three times higher than that under the three-point bending condition (225 MPa). Both fatigue resistances were similar at higher stress level. The fatigue fracture morphologies associated with the S–N curve indicated that the defects have little to no influence on the crack initiation and the fatigue life in low cycle fatigue range. However, at lower stress level, the most detrimental factor was the number of defects that resulted in fatigue endurance limit discrepancy.     

Fatigue behavior of Zr–Ti–Ni–Cu–Be bulk-metallic glasses

The high-cycle fatigue (HCF) behavior of the Zr_41.2Ti_13.8Cu_12.5Ni₁₀Be_22.5 (in at.%) bulk-metallic glass (BMG) was studied. Two batches of samples that are from different lots (Batches 59 and 94) are employed in present experiments. The HCF experiments were conducted, using an electrohydraulic machine at a frequency of 10 Hz with a R ratio of 0.1 in air at room temperature and under tension-tension loading, where R=σ_min./σ_max.. (σ_min. and σ_max. are the applied minimum and maximum stresses, respectively). A high-speed and high-sensitivity thermographic-infrared (IR) imaging system was employed for the nondestructive evaluation of temperature evolutions during fatigue testing. No distinct sparking phenomenon was observed at the final fracture moment for this alloy. The fatigue lifetime of Batch 59 is longer than that of Batch 94 at high stress levels (maximum stresses >864 MPa). Moreover, the fatigue-endurance limit of Batch 59 (703 MPa) is somewhat greater than that of Batch 94 (615 MPa). The vein pattern and liquid droplets were observed in the apparent-melting region along the edge of the fractured surfaces. The fracture morphology suggests that fatigue cracks initiated from casting defects, such as porosities and inclusions, which have an important effect on the fatigue behavior of BMGs.     

High temperature high cycle fatigue behavior of new aluminum alloy strengthened by (Co,Ni)3Al4 particles

High cycle fatigue (HCF) behavior of a new heat-resistant aluminum alloy at elevated temperature was investigated. This alloy consists of an α-Al matrix, a small amount of precipitated Mg₂Si, and distributed (Co, Ni)₃Al₄ strengthening particles. HCF tests were conducted with a stress ratio of (R)=0 and a frequency of (F)=30 Hz at 130 °C. The fatigue limit (maximum stress) of this alloy was 120 MPa at 10⁷ cycles. This is a value superior to that of conventional heat-resistant aluminum alloys such as the A319 alloy. Furthermore, regardless of the stress conditions, the new heat-resistant Al alloy has an outstanding fatigue life at high temperatures. The results of fractography observation showed that second phases, especially (Co, Ni)₃Al₄ particles, were effective to the resistance of fatigue crack initiation and propagation. On the other hand, Mg₂Si particles were more easily fractured by the fatigue crack. This study also clarifies the micromechanism of fatigue deformation behavior at elevated temperature related to its microstructure.     

Fatigue Strength Evaluation of the Clinched Lap Joints of a Cold Rolled Mild Steel Sheet

Static tensile and fatigue tests were conducted using tensile-shear specimens to evaluate the fatigue strength of clinched lap joints of a cold rolled mild steel sheet. The maximum tensile force (= holding force) of the specimen produced at the optimal punching force was 70 kN. The fatigue endurance limit (= 760 N) approached 43% of the maximum tensile load (= 1750 N) at a load ratio of 0.1, suggesting that the fatigue limit is approximately half of the value of the maximum tensile force. The FEM analysis showed that at the fatigue endurance limit, the maximum von Mises stress of 373 MPa is very close to the ultimate tensile strength of the cold rolled mild steel sheet (= 382 MPa).     

超声频分量双周疲劳载荷作用下焊接接头疲劳行为

使用带超声频载荷分量的双周疲劳试验装置对Q345钢焊接接头分别进行纯低周、纯高周以及双周循环加载条件下的疲劳试验.应力比R为O.5,高周载荷频率约19 kHz.结果表明,叠加于大幅低周循环载荷上的小幅高周循环载荷及叠加于大幅高周循环载荷上的小幅低周循环载荷都能够对焊接接头造成严重的疲劳损伤.通过按外包络线表征双周疲劳强度,如果疲劳寿命使用低周载荷循环周次表征,低估了高周载荷分量对焊接接头造成的损伤;如果疲劳寿命使用高周载荷循环周次表征,又高估了低周载荷分量对焊接接头造成的损伤.     

LOW CYCLE FATIGUE AND DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR IN AN 8090 Al-Li ALLOY

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Investigation of fatigue crack initiation in Ti-6Al-4V during tensile-tensile fatigue

Fatigue crack initiation in Ti-6Al-4V has been investigated in high cycle fatigue (HCF) and low cycle fatigue (LCF) regimes at stress ratio R=0.1 using the replication technique. In all four tested α/β microstructures, the crack was initiated by fracture of equiaxed alpha grain. Fractured alpha grains are seen on the fracture surface as flat facets with features characteristics of cleavage fracture. In the regime of low stress amplitudes and in the absence of reverse loading, cleavage fracture contributes to crack initiation and early stages of crack growth in Ti-6Al-4V. This mechanism is discussed in relation to the anomalous mean stress fatigue behavior exhibited by this alloy.     

Magnetic Barkhausen emission technique for detecting the overstressing during bending fatigue in case-carburised En36 steel

The effect of bending fatigue at different maximum stress levels on the magnetic Barkhausen emission (MBE) has been studied in case-carburised En36 steel specimens. The low frequency MBE profile has been measured after unloading the specimen at different number of fatigue cycles. It has been found that, beyond 1000 MPa, the MBE peak height decreases just after few thousand cycles and the percentage reduction in the MBE peak increases with maximum bending stress level. The reduction in MBE peak at lower stresses (<1400 MPa) is attributed mainly to the effect of residual stresses becoming more compressive below the surface due to the application prior tensile stress. At higher stresses (1500 MPa), the variation in the MBE peak also indicates the effect of cyclic hardening and softening with progressive fatigue cycles. The MBE profiles measured after monotonic loading and unloading with different maximum stress levels also show similar reduction in the MBE peak with increase in pre-stress level. However, at higher stresses (>1400 MPa), the cyclic loading shows larger reduction in the MBE peak than the monotonic loading. This is attributed to the effect of cyclic microplasticity induced enhancement of dislocation density in addition to the residual stress modification. This study clearly shows the MBE technique can be used to detect the maximum stress level seen by the specimen beyond 1000 MPa. Any overstressing of this case-carburised steel beyond the fatigue limit of 1150 MPa can be easily detected from the percentage reduction in the MBE peak. Since the crack propagation stage is insignificant in these hard steels, the detection of any overstressing using the MBE technique would be very useful in assessing and preventing the impending catastrophic failure.     

Low cycle fatigue properties and cyclic deformation behavior of as-extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy

The low cycle fatigue(LCF)properties of as-extruded AZ31 Mg alloy were investigated under total strain amplitudes in the range of 0.4%-1.2%with strain rate of 1×10- 2s -1.Due to the twinning effect in compression during loading and the detwinning effect during unloading,the alloy showed an asymmetric hysteresis loop.The cyclic stress response exhibited cyclic hardening at high total strain amplitudes.The cyclic deformation behaviors were discussed using the Coffin-Manson plot,which divided the plastic strain amplitudes into the tension side and the compression side.Through the LCF tests that were started from either tension or compression under a total strain amplitude of 1.0%,the interaction between the twinning effect and dislocation was analyzed.The twinning effect during the LCF test and the variation of the dislocation density were investigated using optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy,respectively.     

Improved fatigue properties of ultrafine-grained copper under cyclic torsion loading

In this study, fatigue behaviors of pure copper with different grain sizes are investigated under cyclic tension–compression and torsion loadings. The fatigue responses of ultrafine-grained (UFG) Cu subjected to equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) are compared and contrasted with those of coarse-grained (CG) and cold-rolled (CR) Cu. It is found from the S–N curves under the two different loading modes that, in the high-cycle fatigue (HCF) range, the fatigue strength of Cu does not exhibit strong dependence on the grain size under cyclic tension–compression loading, whereas the fatigue strength of UFG Cu is greatly improved over those of CG and CR Cu under cyclic torsion loading. Under cyclic tension–compression loading, the fatigue strength exponent decreases with the refinement of grain size; however, under cyclic torsion loading, with decreasing grain size, its fatigue strength exponent shows the opposite trend and goes up. To explain the phenomena above, the relations between the fatigue strength exponent and fatigue strength coefficient are discussed. Based on the two main stages of fatigue failure (crack initiation and propagation stages), the influences of grain size on fatigue strength exponent and fatigue strength in the HCF range under the two fatigue modes are comprehensively analyzed.     

Influence of Microstructural Inhomogeneity and Residual Stress on Very High Cycle Fatigue Property of Clean Spring Steel

The present study investigated the very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) properties of a spring steel SUP7-T386 under the conditions of surface grinding and electro-polishing by performing the axial loading test at a stress ratio of ?1. The influence of the microstructural inhomogeneity (MI) generated in the process of heat treatment and the residual stress induced by surface grinding on the VHCF properties was discussed. This steel with surface grinding exhibits the continuously descending S-N characteristics, corresponding to the surface flaw-induced failure at high stress level and the interior flaw-induced failure at low stress level. Otherwise, with surface electro-polishing, it exhibits continuously descending S-N characteristics with lower fatigue strength, but only corresponding to the surface flaw-induced failure even at low stress level. Compared with the evaluated maximum inclusion size of about 11.5 μm, the larger MI size and the compressive residual stress play a key role in determining fatigue failure mechanism of this steel under axial loading in the VHCF regime. From the viewpoint of fracture mechanics, MI-induced crack growth behavior belongs to the category of small crack growth, and threshold stress intensity factors controlling surface and interior crack growth are evaluated to be 2.85 and 2.51 MPa m^1/2, respectively. The predicted maximum MI size of about 27.6 μm can be well used to evaluate surface and interior fatigue limit of this steel under axial loading in the VHCF regime, combined with the correction of residual stress.     

Mechanical Behavior of a Magnesium Alloy Nanocomposite Under Conditions of Static Tension and Dynamic Fatigue

In this paper, the intrinsic influence of nano-alumina particulate (Al₂O_3p) reinforcements on microstructure, microhardness, tensile properties, tensile fracture, cyclic stress-controlled fatigue, and final fracture behavior of a magnesium alloy is presented and discussed. The unreinforced magnesium alloy (AZ31) and the reinforced composite counterpart (AZ31/1.5 vol.% Al₂O₃) were manufactured by solidification processing followed by hot extrusion. The elastic modulus, yield strength, and tensile strength of the nanoparticle-reinforced magnesium alloy were noticeably higher than the unreinforced counterpart. The ductility, quantified by elongation-to-failure, of the composite was observably lower than the unreinforced monolithic counterpart (AZ31). The nanoparticle-reinforced composite revealed improved cyclic fatigue resistance over the entire range of maximum stress at both the tested load ratios. Under conditions of fully reversed loading (R = ?1) both materials showed observable degradation in behavior quantified in terms of cyclic fatigue life. The conjoint influence of reinforcement, processing, intrinsic microstructural features and loading condition on final fracture behavior is presented and discussed.     

Fatigue life improvements of the AISI 304 stainless steel ground surfaces by wire brushing

The surface and subsurface integrity of metallic ground components is usually characterized by an induced tensile residual stress, which has a detrimental effect on the fatigue life of these components. In particular, it tends to accelerate the initiation and growth of the fatigue cracks. In this investigation, to deliberately generate compressive residual stresses into the ground surfaces of the AISI 304 stainless steel (SS), wire brushing was applied. It was found that under the experimental conditions selected in this investigation, while the surface roughness was slightly improved by the brushing process, the surface residual stress shifted from a tensile stress (σ_‖=+450 MPa) to a compressive stress (σ_‖=−435 MPa). On the other hand, the work-hardened deformation layer was almost two times deeper after wire brushing. Concerning the fatigue life, an improvement of 26% in terms of endurance limit at 2×10⁶ cycles was realized. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations of the fatigue fracture location and size were carried out to explain the fatigue life improvement. It was found that the enhancement of the fatigue strength could be correlated with the distribution and location of the fatigue fracture nucleation sites. Concerning the ground surfaces, it was seen that the fatigue cracks initiated at the bottom of the grinding grooves and were particularly long (150–200 μm). However, the fatigue cracks at the brushed surfaces were shorter (20–40 μm) and appeared to initiate sideways to the plowed material caused by the wire brushing. The results of the wire-brushed surface characterization have shown that significant advantages can be realized regarding surface integrity by the application of this low-cost process compared to shot peening.     

Low cyclic fatigue behavior of electron-beam-welded Ti–6Al–4V titanium joint

The low cycle fatigue(LCF) tests were carried out using symmetrical cyclic loading under total strain amplitude control conditions.The present paper is devoted to investigating the cyclic deformation response of Ti–6Al–4V titanium and the electron-beam-welded(EBW) joint in the following aspects,i.e.,cyclic deformation behavior,fatigue life and fatigue fracture behavior.The results show that the softening of the joint is significant at larger strain ranges,while not obvious at smaller strain ranges.The joint shows shorter fatigue life at larger strain ranges and equivalent fatigue life at smaller strain ranges compared with Ti–6Al–4V base metal.A fatigue crack of the joint not only originates at the surface or subsurface,but also at defects in the fusion zone(FZ).The crack propagation zone of Ti–6Al–4V base metal shows ductile fracture mechanism,while the joint shows brittle fracture mechanism.In all the fatigue fracture zones many dimples appear,showing the typical ductile fracture.