Effects of shot-peening intensity on fretting fatigue crack-initiation behaviour of Ti–6Al–4V

The effects of shot‐peening intensity on fretting fatigue crack‐initiation behaviour of titanium alloy, Ti–6Al–4V, were investigated. Three intensities, 4A, 7A and 10A with 100% surface coverage, were employed. The contact geometry involved a cylinder‐on‐flat configuration. Residual stress and improvement in fretting fatigue life were directly related to shot‐peening intensity. The magnitude of compensatory tensile stress and its location away from the contact surface increased with increasing intensity. The relaxation of residual stress occurred during fretting fatigue which increased with increasing the number of cycles. An analysis using a critical plane‐based fatigue crack‐initiation model showed that stress relaxation during the fretting fatigue affects life and location of crack initiation. Greater relaxation of the residual stress caused greater reduction of fatigue life and shifted the location of crack initiation from inside towards the contact surface. Modified shear stress range (MSSR) parameter was able to predict fretting fatigue crack‐initiation location, which agreed with the experimental counterparts. Also, the computed parameter showed an appropriate trend with the experimental observations of the measured fretting fatigue life based on the shot‐peening intensity.     

Laser shock processing of aluminium alloys. Application to high cycle fatigue behaviour

Subjecting target metallic samples to a very short pulse (about 20 ns) of intense (GW cm⁻²) laser light generates, through a surface plasma, a high-pressure stress wave propagating to the first millimetre in depth, which is commonly called laser shock processing (LSP). The purpose of this work was to evaluate the role of this novel process on the cyclic properties of A356, Al12Si and 7075 aluminium alloys. Major contributors to the fatigue performance improvements were investigated in order to determine the optimum shock conditions. These were mainly compressive residual stress (RS) levels for which a large range of incident shock conditions was performed. We showed that stress levels were very sensitive to the laser fluence and the number of local impacts, and experimental RS measurements were found to be in good agreement with analytical modelling results. In comparison, a conventional shot peening (SP) treatment was found to lead to higher surface hardening and RS levels, but with a very detrimental roughening not observed after LSP. High cycle (10⁷) fatigue tests carried out on laser- processed, shot-peened and untreated notched samples illustrated the efficiency of LSP as a new, promising method to improve the fatigue limits σ_D of structures, especially in comparison with enhancements displayed by SP (+22% vs. +10%). According to crack detection electric measurements, fatigue performance improvements with LSP mainly occurred during the crack initiation stage.     

复合喷丸提高等轴状TC4钛合金的疲劳性能

首先对等轴状TC4钛合金疲劳试样表面进行了不同时间的高能喷丸,制备出一定深度的纳米表层,然后采用小尺寸弹丸进行表面损伤修复喷丸,提高纳米表层质量,最后对不同喷丸状态的试样进行了疲劳试验。结果表明:复合喷丸使等轴状TC4钛合金的疲劳强度相比未喷丸状态提高了34%,在单纯高能喷丸纳米化方法的基础上进一步提高了12%;高能喷丸在试样表面形成的损伤阻碍了表层纳米化提高疲劳强度的效果,通过修复喷丸可以修复部分高能喷丸损伤。     

电火花表面强化与喷丸复合处理对Ti811合金高温微动疲劳性能的影响

研究了Ti811钛合金表面电火花强化层的界面成分分布、耐磨和微动疲劳性能.研究结果表明:以0Cr18Ni9合金为电极材料在Ti811钛合金表面进行电火花处理可以形成合金层,显著提高了钛合金表面硬度和耐磨性能.但由于合金层硬度高,韧性较低,在微动疲劳(FF)过程中易萌生裂纹并快速扩展进入基体,致使高温下钛合金FF抗力降低.对电火花强化层进行喷丸强化(SP)后处理能够使钛合金FF抗力恢复到裸件的水平.     

A refined CLNA model in fretting fatigue using asymptotic characterization of the contact stress fields

Using the Atzori–Lazzarin criterion, the first author has recently proposed a unified model for fretting fatigue (FF), called the crack‐like notch analogue (CLNA) model. Two possible types of behaviour were suggested: either ‘crack‐like’ or ‘large blunt notch,’ and these are immediately studied in the typical condition of constant normal load and in phase oscillating tangential and bulk loads. The former condition (‘crack‐like’) was treated by approximating the geometry to the perfectly flat one of the crack analogue (CA), improved in some details, reducing all possible geometries to a single contact problem. The latter (‘large blunt notch’), with a simple peak stress condition i.e. a simple notch analogue model. In the present paper, the calculation of the ‘crack‐like’ behaviour is improved using the recent asymptotic characterisation developed by Dini, Hills and Sackfield, which extracts the asymptotic singular stress field of the fretting contact. A significant difference is found in the ‘equivalent’ geometric factor obtained for the Hertzian geometry, particularly near full sliding, where the new criterion is more conservative, but still not large enough to permit to find, for example in Nowell's FF experimental data, if the refinement is an improvement of predictive capabilities. In flatter geometries, the difference is expected to be even smaller than in the case of the Hertzian geometry, and in this case, the original CLNA model, for its simplicity, remains a very convenient simple closed form criterion.     

TC4钛合金选区激光熔化与层间激光冲击强化复合工艺

目的 改善激光选区熔化(Selective Laser Melting,SLM)工艺成形的TC4合金的内部缺陷,提高疲劳寿命。方法 选用TC4钛合金为研究对象,提出了SLM结合层间激光冲击(3D-Laser Shock Peening,3D-LSP)与热处理的强化工艺,对复合制造工艺下的微观组织、内部缺陷和力学性能演变进行了研究,并建立了复合强化工艺制造样品的疲劳寿命模型。结果 在激光冲击影响区域内形成了0.2 mm深度的高幅值残余压应力,并在1 mm深度范围内改善了应力场,且显微硬度得到了提升,内部缺陷数量减少了36%,疲劳寿命提升了40%以上。结论 实现了SLM增材制造TC4钛合金的缺陷在线闭合、微观组织改性和疲劳寿命的提升,揭示了层间激光冲击对内部缺陷的闭合机理,为金属SLM复合增材制造的研究与应用奠定了理论基础。     

Effects of Shot‐Peening on Fretting Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior in Ti‐6Al‐4V

Abstract: The effects of shot‐peening on fretting fatigue crack growth behaviour in titanium alloy, Ti‐6A1‐4V were investigated. Three shot‐peening intensities: 4A, 7A and 10A were considered. The analysis involved the fracture mechanics and finite element sub‐modelling technique to estimate crack propagation lives. These computations were supplemented with the experimentally measured total fretting fatigue lives of laboratory specimens to assess the crack initiation lives. Shot‐peening has significant effect on the initiation/propagation phases of fretting fatigue cracks; however this effect depends upon the shot‐peening intensity. The ratio of crack initiation and total life increased while the ratio of the crack propagation and total life decreased with an increase of shot‐peening intensity. Effects of residual compressive stress from shot‐peening on the crack growth behaviour were also investigated. The fretting fatigue crack propagation component of the total life with relaxation increased in comparison to its counterpart without relaxation in each shot‐peened intensity case while the initiation component decreased. Improvement in the fretting fatigue life from the shot‐peening and also with an increase in the shot‐peening intensity appears to be not always due to increase in the crack initiation resistance from shot‐peened induced residual compressive stress.     

On the estimation of fatigue failure under fretting conditions using notch methodologies

ABSTRACT According to experimental evidence, the early stages of fatigue crack propagation under fretting conditions are strongly influenced by the stress gradient generated in the material near the contact zone. This suggests that the crack growth process can be analysed using methodologies similar to those employed to predict the fatigue behaviour of notched elements. This paper assesses the applicability of a number of models originally developed for notched components to fretting fatigue problems. The ability of such models to predict fatigue failure is discussed and compared with experimental results for Al 7075‐T6 specimens that were subjected to fretting fatigue under spherical contact.     

The effect of contact pad hardness on the fretting fatigue behaviour of AZ61 magnesium alloy

In the present study, the effect of hardness of contact material on fretting fatigue strength was experimentally investigated as a function of stress ratio. AZ61 magnesium alloy used in defense and transportation industries was used as the material for both the specimen and the contact pad. Two levels of hardness of contact material, 55.3 Vickers Hardness (HV) and 83.3 HV, were prepared by heat treatments. According to the results, with increasing hardness, the fretting fatigue strength decreased. The relative slip amplitude increased with increasing hardness, while the tangential force amplitude was not influenced by the hardness. It was speculated that because the local tangential stress at the contact edge increases with increasing hardness, the fretting fatigue strength decreases with increasing hardness.     

The effect of laser power density on the fatigue life of laser-shock-peened 7050 aluminium alloy

Laser shock peening (LSP) is an innovative surface treatment method that can result in significant improvement in the fatigue life of many metallic components. The process produces very little or no surface profile modification while producing a considerably deeper compressive residual stress layer than traditional shot peening operations. The work discussed here was designed to: (a) quantify the fatigue life improvement achieved by LSP in a typical high strength aircraft aluminium alloy and (b) identify any technological risks associated with its use. It is shown that when LSP conditions are optimal for the material and specimen configuration, a —three to four times increase in fatigue life over the as-machined specimens could be achieved for a representative fighter aircraft loading spectrum when applied at a representative load level. However, if the process parameters are not optimal for the material investigated here, fatigue lives of LSP treated specimens may be reduced instead of increased due to the occurrence of internal cracking. This paper details the effect of laser power density on fatigue life of 7050-T7451 aluminium alloy by experimental and numerical analysis.     

On the application of laser shock peening for retardation of surface fatigue cracks in laser beam‐welded AA6056

The present study aims to investigate the extent to which the fatigue behaviour of laser beam‐welded AA6056‐T6 butt joints with an already existing crack can be improved through the application of laser shock peening. Ultrasonic testing was utilized for in situ (nondestructive) measurement of fatigue crack growth during the fatigue test. This procedure allowed the preparation of welded specimens with surface fatigue cracks with a depth of approximately 1.2 mm. The precracked specimens showed a 20% reduction in the fatigue limit compared with specimens without cracks in the as‐welded condition. Through the application of laser shock peening on the surfaces of the precracked specimens, it was possible to recover the fatigue life to the level of the specimens tested in the as‐welded condition. The results of this study show that laser shock peening is a very promising technique to recover the fatigue life of welded joints with surface cracks, which can be detected by nondestructive testing.     

激光冲击处理对AISI304钨极氩弧焊接接头残余应力的影响

利用激光冲击波对AISI304不锈钢氩弧焊接接头进行了表面强化处理,用X-350A型X射线应力仪测定了其激光冲击处理后残余应力,分析了残余应力的产生机理.结果表明,激光冲击处理后AISI304焊接接头残余应力为110MPa左右,其强化效果十分明显,显著地降低了焊接接头残余拉应力,并使残余应力分布趋向均匀.     

激光冲击处理后Ni基高温合金的性能

对Ni基高温合金进行了激光冲击强化处理,测量了处理后Ni基高温合金的残余应力、表面粗糙度分布规律和疲劳强度．结果表明,激光冲击处理后凹坑内残余压应力值为200—400MPa,其分布服从泊松正态分布规律;承载能力比未冲击试样提高大约150MPa;激光冲击区的粗糙度降低一个等级,凹坑内粗糙度数值分布也服从正态分布规律．激光冲击处理后表面出现了组织细化的硬化层,强化效果明显,残余压应力有极大的提高,有效地提高了抗疲劳寿命．     

Effects of laser peening on the fatigue strength and defect tolerance of aluminum alloy

The effects of laser peening (LP) on the bending fatigue strength of the 7075‐T651 aluminum alloy were investigated. Accordingly, the defect tolerance of the aluminum alloy subjected to LP is discussed on the basis of fracture mechanics. The results indicate that a deeper compressive residual stress was induced by LP compared with the case of shot peening (SP). The fatigue strengths increased when both peening types were used. Semicircular slits with depths less than 0.4 and 0.1 mm were rendered harmless on the basis of the applications of LP and SP, respectively. The apparent threshold stress intensity factor range ΔK_th,ap increased by approximately five and two times owing to LP and SP, respectively. The increase of the ΔK_th,ap was caused by the compressive residual stress induced by the peening. The Kitagawa‐Takahashi diagram of the laser‐peened specimens shows that the defect tolerance of the aluminum alloy was improved by LP.     

A method of assessing the strength of metal surface using film samples on titanium alloy Ti‐1023

The fatigue life of aerospace components depends greatly on the mechanical properties of the finished surface layer. However, no independent strength test of this layer has been reported because of the lack of suitable samples. Therefore, a direct method of assessing the surface tensile strength using film samples with thicknesses of approximately 40 μm is proposed in this paper. The immediate objective of this research is to demonstrate the fundamentals of surface strength testing and prove the feasibility of preparing films by tracking the evolution of the surface integrity. The test results show that layer‐by‐layer grinding and polishing is a feasible method for preparing film samples with sufficient area, controllable thickness, and well‐maintained surface integrity. During the preparation of the film samples, the roughness and micro‐hardness of the test side (the side kept unprepared for testing) are protected, and those of the processed side (the side that is ground and polished) are controlled. The residual stress on both sides is released to zero. The film specimens exhibit regular fracture behaviour in the tensile tests, and their stress–strain curves can be explained as weighted averages of the stress–strain functions of multiple layers.     

The strengthening mechanism of a nickel-based alloy after laser shock processing at high temperatures

Abstract

We investigated the strengthening mechanism of laser shock processing (LSP) at high temperatures in the K417 nickel-based alloy. Using a laser-induced shock wave, residual compressive stresses and nanocrystals with a length of 30–200 nm and a thickness of 1 μm are produced on the surface of the nickel-based alloy K417. When the K417 alloy is subjected to heat treatment at 900 °C after LSP, most of the residual compressive stress relaxes while the microhardness retains good thermal stability; the nanocrystalline surface has not obviously grown after the 900 °C per 10 h heat treatment, which shows a comparatively good thermal stability. There are several reasons for the good thermal stability of the nanocrystalline surface, such as the low value of cold hardening of LSP, extreme high-density defects and the grain boundary pinning of an impure element. The results of the vibration fatigue experiments show that the fatigue strength of K417 alloy is enhanced and improved from 110 to 285 MPa after LSP. After the 900 °C per 10 h heat treatment, the fatigue strength is 225 MPa; the heat treatment has not significantly reduced the reinforcement effect. The feature of the LSP strengthening mechanism of nickel-based alloy at a high temperature is the co-working effect of the nanocrystalline surface and the residual compressive stress after thermal relaxation.     

激光诱导等离子冲击波改善金属材料疲劳性能及强化机理的研究进展

激光冲击是一种利用等离子冲击波效应的表面强化技术,该技术能显著提高金属材料抗疲劳、磨损、腐蚀等性能。简要阐述了激光冲击强化技术原理、特点及激光诱导的等离子体特性。从激光冲击强化后金属的疲劳行为、强化机理及疲劳延寿机制3个方面总结了国内外激光冲击强化在金属零部件抗疲劳性能方面的研究进展。激光冲击强化机理由最初的残余压应力强化机制转变为目前普遍接受的残余压应力和表面纳米化复合强化机制。冲击后的金属零部件表层硬度显著提高,由表层向内部引入较大的残余压应力,表层晶粒碎化至纳米级,而表面粗糙度基本保持不变,尤其适合表面粗糙度要求较高的最终零部件的强化。在总结疲劳性能研究及强化机理的基础上,对目前激光冲击强化研究中存在的问题进行探讨,并指出下一步研究的关键问题。     

Simulation of elevated temperature fatigue damage evolution using the finite element method for near alpha titanium alloy

The numerical estimation of evolving damage under low cycle fatigue loading condition has been performed in the near‐α titanium alloy IMI‐834 at 823 K temperature. By using the experimentally determined parameters as input, numerical simulation of fatigue damage has been performed on round specimens using finite element analysis. Coupled deformation‐damage model has been established for this alloy for simulation of damage evolution in a three‐dimensional cylindrical low cycle fatigue test specimen. The fatigue damage estimates from numerical simulation are observed to be in close agreement with the experimental results.     

铝合金表面激光熔敷铜基复合材料涂层的工艺和组织

在ＺＬ１０４铝合金表面激光熔敷铜基混合粉末（ｗ（Ｂ）／％：２０Ｎｉ,８．０Ｃｏ５．０Ｆｅ,６．８Ｍｏ,１．５Ｃｒ,３．５Ｓｉ,０．２ＲＥ,其余为Ｃｕ）,制备了高硬度铜基复合材料涂层。研究发现,熔敷层稀释率随光宽度和扫描速度增大而减小,随激光束产大而显著增大;