Fretting Fatigue Behavior of Cavitation Shotless Peened Ti–6Al–4V

Fretting fatigue behavior of cavitation shotless peened (CSP) titanium alloy, Ti–6Al–4V was investigated. Constant amplitude fretting fatigue tests were conducted at several maximum stress levels, σ_max, ranging from 400 to 555 MPa with a stress ratio of 0.1. Test results showed that the fretting fatigue life was enhanced by CSP treatment as compared to the unpeened specimen, but the enhancement was not as large as that from the shot-peening treatment. Residual stress measurements by X-ray diffraction method before and after fretting test showed that residual compressive stress was relaxed during fretting fatigue. Before fretting, CSP specimen had higher compressive residual stress on the surface than the shot-peened specimen. However, greater residual stress relaxation occurred in CSP specimen such that the relaxed compressive residual stress profile near the contact surface of CSP specimen was lower than that of shot-peened specimen. This lower compressive residual stress from fretting fatigue was the reason for shorter fretting fatigue life of CSP specimen as compared to shot-peened specimen at the applied stress level.     

Mixed high low fretting fatigue of Ti6Al4V: Tests and modelling

In this paper fretting fatigue tests under a combined HCF/LCF loading regime are reported. This loading cycle is representative of operating conditions at the interface of the dovetail fixing between fan and blade in an aeroengine, although a classical geometry was considered, viz. the contact of cylinders against a ground flat tensile specimen. Both, specimen and pads were made of fan blade and disc alloy Ti6Al4V. The main objective of these experiments was to investigate the influence of such complex contact loads on the fretting damage and most importantly on fretting fatigue. A methodology to estimate total life is proposed and assessed against the experimental data. The results show that the main effect on fretting fatigue life is associated with the level of tangential force and that the predictive method was able to capture the effect of the experimental parameters on life, together with the influence of the residual stress field due to shot peening.     

Process characterization of vibrostrengthening and application to fatigue enhancement of aluminum aerospace components��part II: Process visualization and modeling

In a companion paper [1], vibrostrengthening was introduced as a fatigue life enhancement process that can be used as an alternative to shot peening. Vibrostrengthening is a modification of a typical vibratory finishing process; it maintains the workpiece fixed inside a vibrating tub filled with a granular (typically ceramic or metal) medium. The resulting interaction between granular medium and workpiece produces improved fatigue resistance. Experimental results indicate that the vibrostrengthening process produced significant improvement in fatigue resistance on baseline (as machined) samples and performance as well, if not better than shot peening. The enhanced fatigue life produced by vibrostrengthening is thought to be the result of the combined effects of the improved surface finish and the compressive residual stress field that the process produces on the workpiece??s surface. Curiously, compared to shot-peening, the velocities (and hence kinetic energy) of an individual particle impinging on the workpiece??s surface is much smaller. Yet, the levels of subsurface stresses are comparable to those seen in shot-peened specimens. This paper makes two contributions to the understanding of the vibrostrengthening process. Through an experimental study using high-speed video recordings of the granular medium and motion analysis to correlate the instantaneous dynamics of particles impinging on the workpiece, it provides evidence that a single impingement event transfers the momentum of a number of particles from the granular medium to the workpiece, thus providing a plausible explanation for the plastic deformation and the resulting compressive stress field observed after the process. It also gives estimates of the effective number of particles participating in such an event. The study of the motion of the particles relative to the workpiece also explains variations in the effectiveness of the process in producing a fatigue strength enhancement with changes in location of the workpiece within the media tub. The second contribution the paper makes is in the development of a model to predict the expected fatigue life of a workpiece, given the surface finish and the residual stress levels introduced by the vibrostrengthening process. In the companion paper [1], we concluded that the fatigue life enhancement is the result of vibrostrengthening improving the surface finish and introducing a compressive residual stress field near the surface. Therefore, we introduce a model that, if given measured values of the surface roughness and the residual stress field, can predict fatigue crack propagation and hence the life of the specimen.     

Fatigue resistance of SMA-martensite bars subjected to flexural bending

The fatigue resistance of Ni–Ti shape memory alloy (SMA)-martensite bars in bending subjected to large deformation cycles has been experimentally evaluated. Firstly, fatigue tests under constant displacement amplitude have been carried out, at two different frequencies of loading. Then, the cumulative fatigue damage and fatigue life prediction of specimens loaded under variable load conditions have been investigated. Finally, the effect of low-cycle-fatigue (LCF) and plastic deformations on subsequent high-cycle-fatigue (HCF) has been studied.The experimental results point out that the frequency of loading (i.e. temperature) significantly affects the fatigue life of the specimens. The damage accumulation process seems to follow the “Miner” linear damage theory for low-to-high (L–H) loading sequences, while the same does not hold for high-to-low (H–L) loading sequences. Surprisingly, a small fraction of LCF life consumption seems to enhance the subsequent HCF limits.     

Evaluation method of multiaxial low cycle fatigue life for cubic single crystal material

The coupling effect of normal stress and shear stress on orthotropic materials happens when applied loading deflects from the directions of the principal axes of the material coordinate system. By taking account of the coupling effects, formulas of equivalent stress and strain for cubic single crystal materials are cited. Using the equivalent strain and equivalent stress for such material and a variable k, which is introduced to express the effect of asymmetrical cyclic loading on fatigue life, a low cycle fatigue (LCF) life prediction model for such material in multiaxial stress starts is proposed. On the basis of the yield criterion and constitutive model of cubic single crystal materials, a subroutine to calculate the thermo elastic-plastic stress-strain of the material on an ANSYS platform was developed. The cyclic stress-strain of DD3 notched specimens under asymmetrical loading at 680°C was analyzed. Low cycle fatigue test data of the single crystal nickel-based superalloy are used to fit the different parameters of the power law with multiple linear regression analysis. The equivalent stress and strain for a cubic single crystal material as failure parameters have the largest correlation coefficient. A power law exists between k and the failure cycle. The model was validated with LCF test data of CMSX-2 and DD3 single crystal nickel-based superalloys. All the test data fall into the factor of 2.5 for CMSX-2 hollow cylinder specimens and 2.0 scatter band for DD3 notched specimens, respectively.     

Application of quenching to create highly triaxial residual stresses in type 316H stainless steels

It has been proposed that highly triaxial residual stress fields may be sufficient to promote creep damage in thermally aged components, even in the absence of in-service loads. To test this proposal, it is necessary to create test specimens containing highly triaxial residual stress fields over a significant volume of the specimen. This paper presents results from an experimental and numerical study on the generation of triaxial residual stresses in stainless steel test specimens. Spray water quenching was used to generate residual stress fields in solid cylinders and spheres made from type 316H stainless steel. A series of finite element simulations and measurements were carried out to determine how process conditions and specimen dimensions influenced the resulting residual stress distributions. The results showed that highly compressive residual stresses occurred around the surfaces of the cylinders and spheres and tensile residual stresses occurred near the centre. Surface residual stresses were measured using the incremental centre hole-drilling technique, while internal residual stresses were measured using neutron diffraction. Overall there was good agreement between the predicted and measured residual stresses. The level of triaxiality was found to be very sensitive to the heat transfer coefficient, and could be controlled by adjusting the cooling conditions and changing the dimensions of the steel samples. This differed from other processes, such as welding and shot-peening, where the magnitudes and distributions of residual stresses are ill-defined and the volume of material subjected to a triaxial residual stress state is relatively small.     

A Comparative Study of Residual Stress Distribution Induced by Hard Machining Versus Grinding

This study investigates the residual stress distribution induced by hard machining and grinding and compares its impact on fatigue parameters. The residual stress distribution below hard turned and ground surfaces is investigated after a thermally damaged layer is removed. Fatigue parameters are computed based on the residual stress distribution to compare the impact of the residual stress distribution on the fatigue performance. Rolling contact fatigue tests are then performed to substantiate the computations. The effect of residual stresses on crack initiation depth is shown to be significant for the ground specimen. The maximum shear stress at crack initiation depth of the hard turned specimen is smaller than that of the ground specimen. Due to a significant increase in crack initiation life, the predicted rolling contact fatigue life of the hard turned specimen is longer than that of the ground specimen. The overall average in the ratios of predicted life to experimental life for the hard turned specimen is closer to 1 than that for the ground specimen. The results demonstrate that the hard turned specimen shows better rolling contact fatigue performance and better accuracy in the fatigue life prediction.     

喷丸强化残余应力对疲劳性能和变形控制影响研究进展

作为机械表面强化技术之一,喷丸强化使工件表层发生形变硬化,引入较高的残余压应力,减少了疲劳应力作用下微裂纹的萌生并抑制其扩展,从而显著提高零件的抗疲劳断裂和抗应力腐蚀开裂的能力。基于喷丸残余应力解析计算模型,从余弦函数模型、接触应力模型和球腔膨胀模型三个方面介绍喷丸强化残余应力的产生,进而对喷丸残余应力的仿真预测及影响规律进行论述。为了提高试件疲劳强度而引入的残余压应力会带来影响形位精度的变形,基于此阐述了喷丸残余应力对疲劳性能的影响及其在疲劳过程中的演化,同时论述了喷丸残余应力变形预测及控制的研究现状,最后对喷丸残余应力未来的研究内容与发展方向进行展望。     

Analysis of Fretting Fatigue of Cavitation Shotless Peened Ti–6Al–4V

Fretting fatigue behavior of cavitation shotless peened titanium alloy, Ti–6Al–4V coupons was investigated using finite element method and a critical plane-based multi-axial fatigue parameter. Cavitation shotless peening (CSP)-induced compressive residual stress, which was larger at the contact surface than its counterpart from the shot peening (SP). However, compressive residual stress decreased more sharply with distance from the contact surface in CSP than in SP. Analysis using a critical plane-based multi-axial fatigue parameter demonstrated that the crack initiation would occur inside the cavitation shotless peened specimen which matched with the experimental observations. On the other hand, crack initiation would occur on the contact surface in the shot peened specimen which again was in agreement with experiments. The analysis also showed that the crack propagation part of the total fretting fatigue life was longer in the shot peened specimen than in the cavitation shotless peened specimen while the crack initiation part was almost equal from both peening methods. Therefore, CSP could not improve the fretting fatigue life/strength as much as the SP did but it improved relative to the un-peened specimen.     

Life estimation of Ti-6Al-4V specimens subjected to fretting fatigue and effect of surface treatments

Suitability of different multi-axial parameters in predicting fretting fatigue life of Ti-6Al-4V specimens has been investigated. Ameliorating effect of surface treatments on fretting fatigue has been studied. In simple uni-axial/multi-axial fatigue tests, nucleation as well as propagation of cracks occur under the influence of identical stresses. Hence nucleation accounts for most of the total life. Fretting fatigue crack nucleation occurs due to very large contact stresses, effect of which is felt only close to the surface (due to steep gradients). Propagation mostly occurs due to lower stresses in the bulk of the material (negligible influence of contact tractions) and forms a significant portion of total life. Total life has to be taken as sum of initiation life calculated from different multi-axial fatigue parameters and propagation life from conventional fracture mechanics approach. Steep stress gradients necessitate the adoption of a statistics based approach to predict the crack initiation life, based on an assumed distribution of flaws. The quality of comparison between predicted and experimentally observed failure lives provides confidence in the notion that conventional fatigue life prediction tools can be used to assess fretting fatigue failure. Effect of surface treatments like shot-peening with or without additional surface coatings on total life of the specimen and on friction coefficient has been studied.     

基于最弱环理论的缺口件概率疲劳寿命预测方法

基于最弱环理论和光滑试样疲劳寿命的Weibull分布,建立了一种缺口件概率疲劳寿命预测方法。该方法首先基于最弱环理论和光滑试样的疲劳强度分布,通过定义缺口件的Weibull有效应力,建立了缺口件在给定循环载荷下的疲劳失效概率计算公式。基于Weibull有效应力和光滑试样的疲劳应力-特征寿命方程,可计算得到给定循环载荷时缺口件的特征疲劳寿命,进一步根据光滑试样的Weibull疲劳寿命分布可最终获得缺口件在给定循环载荷下的疲劳寿命分布。采用上述方法对TC4缺口试样进行了概率疲劳寿命预测,并与局部应力应变法预测结果进行了对比。结果表明:局部应力应变法预测结果过于保守,本文方法预测精度较高,50%失效概率时的疲劳寿命预测结果与缺口试样试验均值寿命吻合很好,10%和90%失效概率时的疲劳寿命预测结果基本分布在试验均值寿命的两倍分散带之内。     

研磨加工层对高碳铬轴承钢超长寿命疲劳行为的影响

为了阐明磨石研磨加工层对高碳铬轴承钢JIS SUJ2超长寿命疲劳行为的影响,分别使用经砂纸研磨和电解研磨的砂漏形试样,在室温空气环境下进行旋转弯曲疲劳试验.砂纸研磨试样被除去部分磨石研磨层,电解研磨试样被除去了全部的磨石研磨层.结果表明,两种试样的S-N曲线由位于短寿命区的表面破坏模式和位于长寿命区的内部破坏模式的两条组成,表面破坏模式的S-N曲线受表面粗糙度和表面压缩残余应力的影响.内部破坏模式的S-N曲线不受表面条件的影响,是材料固有的特性.砂纸研磨试样表面破坏模式的疲劳极限最高,是电解研磨试样1.11倍和磨石研磨的1.20倍.表面压缩残余应力对表面破坏模式疲劳极限的影响可以用修正Goodman图表示.还讨论裂纹的萌生和扩展条件,推定超长寿命的疲劳极限.     

Effect of notch geometry on the fatigue strength and critical distance of TC4 titanium alloy

Studying the effect of different geometric features of machined notch on the fatigue strength and critical distance has an important guiding role to understand the critical distance size effect and to predict the HCF strength of turbine engine fan blades after FOD. Systematically experimental investigations of geometrical characteristic effects on the 10⁶ cycle fatigue strength and critical distance for TC4 machined notched plates at stress ratios of R = 0.1 have been conducted. 123 specimens, including unnotched plates and three different types of notched plates (V-notches, U-notches and C-notches) with various notch root radii, depths and angles have been considered. The results indicate that the notch with small radius can significantly lead to high stress concentration and greatly reduce the HCF strength, while the notch angle and notch depth can affect the HCF strength to a certain extent. The K _t related model does not apply to describe the critical distance size effect perfectly. The critical distance has linear relationship with the notch root radius but no significant correction with the notch depth or notch angle. The findings of this study are beneficial for the size effect modeling and later fatigue strength evaluating of TC4 notched components.     

基于微结构的多轴低周疲劳寿命预测方法

采用TEM分析了单轴、比例及非比例低周疲劳载荷下钛合金BT9的位错及其亚结构。结果表明,在同一等效应变强度下,位错密度随载荷非比例程度增大而增大。给出了基于疲劳位错密度均值的非比例参量和具有明确微观物理意义的疲劳损伤参量。建立了新的低周疲劳寿命预测模型,且寿命预测精度进一步提高。     

一种多轴非比例载荷低周疲劳寿命预测方法

利用Itoh等人提出的非比例参数 ,提出一种非比例载荷下多轴低周疲劳寿命预测方法 ,提出几种不同非比例参数 ,并研究这些非比例参数对低周疲劳寿命预测的精度及适用性     

Fatigue life analysis of shot-peened bearing steel

Shot-peening effects on the fatigue life behavior of bearing steel (JIS SUJ2) have been investigated. Hourglass-shaped test specimens were heat-treated and then surface-treated using a shot-peening machine. Results of a rotary bending fatigue test showed that shotpeening suppressed not only much of the surface-originated fracture but also the scattering error of the probabilistic stress-life data, and improved the fatigue life by about 6 times through the load levels of the cyclic tests. Such large increase in fatigue life was driven by the following reasons: The increase of hardness in the skin caused the predicted fatigue limit stress to increase by 15%; fracture-initiating inclusions were distributed at deeper locations, experiencing low nominal stresses; and the increase in the fish-eye fracture size by an average of 180%.     

压缩载荷对冷胀孔残余应力的影响

用考虑组合强化、增量理论的有限元法计算了２１２４－Ｔ８５１ 板件开缝衬套冷胀孔的残余应力场及其在压缩载荷作用下的变化情况。结果表明冷胀之后的压载循环将引起冷胀残余应力的衰减。一个足够大的压缩载荷能够使冷胀工艺给疲劳寿命带来的增益完全丧失。文中说明压缩载荷对冷胀的作用可以和超载后半周压载对裂纹的作用相比拟,建议在确定合理胀孔量时应当把它对所承受的载荷谱中压缩载荷的敏感性考虑在内,应当加强有关的疲劳对比试验研究及残余应力场测量研究。     

Effects of compressive stresses on torsional fatigue

Rolling contact fatigue (RCF) is the dominant failure mode in properly installed and maintained ball and roller element bearings. Lundberg and Palmgren in their seminal publication indicated that this failure is due to the alternating component of shear stress. Thus, torsional fatigue experiments have been used to predict the RCF behavior of bearing materials. In non-conformal contacts, due to Hertzian pressure the contact experiences large compressive stresses. Hence, it is critical to take into account the effect of these large compressive stresses in torsional fatigue to better simulate RCF conditions. This paper presents an investigation of torsional fatigue of bearing steels, while the effects of combined compressive stress and its relevance to material behavior in rolling contact fatigue is examined. An MTS test rig was used to investigate the fatigue life of several bearing steels and their failure mechanisms were evaluated through fractography. Then the effects of compressive stresses on torsional fatigue were investigated. A set of custom designed clamp fixtures were designed, developed and used to apply Hertzian pressures of up to 2.5 GPa on the torsion specimens. The experimental results indicate that at high cycle fatigue, a combination of shear and biaxial compression, by application of Hertzian contact, is more detrimental to fatigue life than shear alone; however, as expected it has little to negligible effects in the low cycle fatigue regime. Also the failure mode changes such that fracture planes form a cup and cone pair with multiple internal cracks as opposed to helical planes observed in pure torsion which are formed by a single crack. A 3D finite element model (using ABAQUS) was developed to investigate the fatigue damage accumulation, crack initiation, and propagation in the material. The topology of steel microstructure is modeled employing a randomly generated Voronoi tessellation wherein each Voronoi cell represents a material grain and the boundaries between the cells are assumed to represent the weak plane in the steel matrix. Continuum damage mechanics (CDM) was used to model material degradation during the fatigue process. A comprehensive damage evolution equation is developed to account for the effect of mean stress on fatigue. The model predicts the fatigue lives and crack patterns successfully both in presence and absence of compressive stresses.     

FEM of residual stress and surface displacement of a single shot in high repetition laser shock peening on biodegradable magnesium implant

Laser shock peening (LSP) is one of the prominent surface processing techniques to improve the mechanical characteristics by inducing compressive residual stress on the specimen surface. Generally, LSP is performed using high energy, low repetition pulsed laser. Recently, High repetition laser shock peening (HRLSP) on biodegradable magnesium alloys has been reported. Increased speed and reduced operating costs are the key highlights of HRLSP. This work is aimed towards understanding of the residual stress profile beneath the specimen surface, where a Finite element method (FEM) has been proposed to show the ability of a tightly focussed nanosecond laser pulse for peening magnesium. The depth of maximum compressive residual stress of 48 MPa at 28 mm beneath surface was the result of the simulation. Also the Von Misses stress was analytically found to be 31.5 MPa, which is similar to the value from FEM at 30 MPa. Furthermore, the plastic displacement of FEM at 4.02 µm compares reasonably well with the experimental result at 3.698 µm, thereby validating the Finite element model. If increase in CRS can be created by single shot of laser pulse, it can be concluded that the same can be done beneath the entire magnesium surface using appropriate scanning protocols.

     

Prediction of multiaxial fatigue life for notched specimens of titanium alloy TC4

Both the proportional and nonproportional multiaxial fatigue tests were conducted on two kinds of notched specimens of titanium alloy TC4. The multiaxial fatigue critical area of notched specimen is considered as the location experiencing the maximum damage. It is unsatisfactory to predict the multiaxial fatigue life with the local stress and strain in the fatigue critical area. The critical distance concepts are employed in the multiaxial life prediction method for notched specimens. The proposed method was checked by the test data of TC4 notched specimens. The prediction results are almost within a factor of three scatter band of the test results.