60Si2CrVA高强度弹簧钢的超高周疲劳破坏行为

进行超声波疲劳和疲劳裂纹扩展速率实验,研究了3种60Si2CrVA弹簧钢的超高周疲劳破坏行为. 结果表明,60Si2CrVA弹簧钢的超高周疲劳性能主要与其中夹杂物的尺寸有关,即随着夹杂物尺寸的减小,钢的疲劳寿命和疲劳强度均逐渐提高.对于内部夹杂物引起的疲劳破坏,在低应力幅、高循环周次(约大于10°cyc)条件下,在夹杂物周围的鱼眼处往往存在粗糙的粒状区域(GBF).对于A-60钢,随着疲劳源夹杂物处应力场强度因子幅的减小,疲劳寿命增加;而GBF处的应力场强度因子幅并不随疲劳寿命变化而变化,基本为一常数(平均值为4.6 Mpa·m1/2),与疲劳裂纹扩展门槛值(4.3 Mpa·m1/2)接近.     

热障涂层对K417G合金高温低周疲劳行为的影响

研究了涂覆热障涂层的K417G合金800℃下由应变控制的高温低周疲劳行为,并对其循环应力-应变数据和应变-疲劳寿命数据进行了分析,给出了涂覆热障涂层K417G合金的高温应变疲劳参数。结果表明:K417G合金无涂层和涂覆热障涂层状态下的低周疲劳均属于应力疲劳,以弹性损伤为主;总应变幅较大时,涂覆热障涂层的K417G合金低周疲劳寿命稍优于无涂层的K417G合金。疲劳试样断口的微观分析表明:热障涂层对K417G合金低周疲劳裂纹萌生方式无明显影响;疲劳裂纹通常萌生于疲劳试样的表面或近表面,表现为穿晶扩展。     

7075-T651铝合金薄壁管件多轴低周疲劳行为及寿命预测

针对航空铝合金多轴疲劳失效问题,对7075-T651铝合金薄壁管件进行不同加载条件下的拉扭复合疲劳实验。结果表明:随等效应力幅的降低,多轴疲劳寿命增加;等效应力恒定时,寿命随应力幅比的升高而增加;拉扭相位差对寿命影响较小。高应力幅下材料在轴向和扭向以软化为主,低应力幅下硬化和软化交替出现。宏观断口平台区随应力幅比的增加而逐渐减小,微观断口呈现管壁外侧的多裂纹源特征,扩展区可以观察到疲劳条带和二次裂纹,瞬断区出现混合型韧窝。提出基于Basquin准则的改进模型,得到较好的寿命预测效果,寿命预测值均位于两倍分散带内。     

S135钻杆钢的拉扭复合加载疲劳行为

采用疲劳实验和回归分析相结合的方法,研究了S135钻杆钢在拉扭复合加载条件下的疲劳行为,并对疲劳断口进行了微观分析。结果表明:当τa/σeq=0.7时,由拉扭应力幅对应的当量应力表示的疲劳寿命公式可很好地描述S135钻杆钢的拉扭疲劳寿命规律;疲劳断口由疲劳源区、疲劳裂纹稳定扩展区和快速瞬断区组成,疲劳裂纹从试样表面萌生,并向试样内部扩展,且常为多疲劳源,不同疲劳源断口的连接和复合加载形成所谓的"屋脊"状特征;拉扭疲劳断裂试样裂纹源区的微观断口特征为明显的河流花样,裂纹扩展区的微观断口特征为疲劳条带与涟波状花样。     

涂覆热障涂层构件的热梯度机械疲劳行为研究

研究了应变幅、预氧化及高温保载时间对涂覆热障涂层高温合金样品的热梯度机械疲劳性能的影响。结果表明,随应变幅增大,样品疲劳寿命降低。随着预氧化及高温保载时间的增加,样品的氧化损伤增大,疲劳寿命也不断降低。试验过程中,粘结层氧化形成的热生长氧化物层(TGO层)破裂而萌生裂纹,裂纹沿粘结层/TGO层界面扩展而形成分层裂纹,分层裂纹与陶瓷层内贯穿裂纹连接导致陶瓷层剥落而失效。考虑到热障涂层内最大应力及氧化损伤,建立了一个涂覆热障涂层高温合金样品的热梯度机械疲劳寿命预测模型。     

60Si_2Mn钢的低周拉扭复合微动疲劳特性

测量60Si_2Mn钢在拉扭复合载荷作用下的低周微动疲劳特性,研究了不同轴向循环拉伸应力幅值对微动疲劳寿命、循环软化特性以及摩擦磨损表面和断口形貌的影响.结果表明,随着循环拉伸应力幅值的提高,60Si_2Mn钢的微动疲劳寿命降低幅度不同,发生循环软化的时期不断提前,完成循环软化的疲劳周期也不断缩短。同时,微动摩擦副产生的氧化物磨屑对微动磨损性能有重要影响,在疲劳前期加剧摩擦磨损,在疲劳后期减轻摩擦磨损。微动疲劳裂纹源形成于试样发生微动摩擦磨损的表面,并出现疲劳台阶。在扭矩产生的切向剪切应力作用下,疲劳裂纹沿着与轴向45°角的方向扩展,最终在断口上留下显著的舌状凸起,拉应力的幅值越大舌状凸起越明显。     

42CrMo钢疲劳裂纹扩展剩余寿命评估

以高频三点弯曲疲劳试验机为平台,进行42CrMo钢疲劳裂纹扩展试验研究,通过建立裂纹扩展剩余寿命评估模型,实现对存在裂纹的工程机械零部件剩余寿命的评估。采用显微成像测试系统实时采集并测量疲劳扩展裂纹,使用声发射系统监测整个疲劳裂纹扩展过程。结果表明:声发射幅值、能量等特征参数可以实时反应疲劳裂纹萌生、稳定扩展和失稳扩展等各个损伤阶段,并在疲劳断裂时产生急剧的突变;裂纹扩展速率的对数值与应力强度因子幅的对数值具有较高的线性相关性,建立了不同应力工况条件下裂纹扩展剩余寿命评估模型,以双排链轮轴为例进行裂纹扩展剩余寿命评估;随着疲劳应力的增加,裂纹扩展剩余寿命减小。     

拉-压循环加载下铝合金疲劳裂纹扩展的压载荷效应研究

应用弹塑性有限元方法与增量塑性损伤理论指出疲劳裂纹扩展的压载荷效应是裂纹尖端塑性损伤的结果, 建立了在拉-压循环加载下铝合金疲劳裂纹扩展速率的双参数预报模型, 对LY12-M 高强铝合金MT 试件在应力比R=0、-0.5、-1、-2 进行了疲劳裂纹扩展实验。结果表明:当最大应力强度因子K_max相同时, 恒幅拉压加载(应力比R<0)的疲劳裂纹扩展速率明显高于恒幅拉拉加载(应力比R=0)的情况, 拉-压循环载荷的压载荷部分对疲劳裂纹扩展速率具有促进作用。该文得出的LY12-M 铝合金在拉-压循环加载下的疲劳裂纹扩展速率预报模型与实验结果符合较好。     

发动机用灰铸铁的低周疲劳行为

研究了发动机缸体用灰铸铁材料在室温、150℃和250℃下的低周疲劳行为。根据对拉伸应力-应变、循环应力-应变和应变-疲劳寿命数据的分析,给出了疲劳参数。结果表明:在高温下灰铸铁的弹性模量、强度降低,延伸率增大;循环应力响应表明,在较小的应变幅下经历初期循环硬化、循环软化、断裂,而在高温和较大应变幅下几乎没有硬化阶段,循环软化至断裂;其室温疲劳寿命最长,150℃最短,250℃居中。微观分析结果表明:疲劳裂纹萌生于片状石墨尖端、夹杂物及孔洞处,沿石墨扩展,夹杂物导致分支裂纹及裂纹偏转,延缓裂纹的扩展;灰铸铁的疲劳断裂方式为沿晶和准解理断裂的复合机制,存在扇形解理面和二次裂纹,解理台阶上观察到疲劳条带和韧窝。     

Very High Cycle Fatigue Fracture Behavior of High Strength Spring Steel

进行超声波疲劳和疲劳裂纹扩展速率实验, 研究了3种60Si2CrVA弹簧钢的超高周疲劳破坏行为.结果表明, 60Si2CrVA弹簧钢的超高周疲劳性能主要与其中夹杂物的尺寸有关,即随着夹杂物尺寸的减小, 钢的疲劳寿命和疲劳强度均逐渐提高.对于内部夹杂物引起的疲劳破坏, 在低应力幅、高循环周次(约大于106 cyc)条件下,在夹杂物周围的鱼眼处往往存在粗糙的粒状区域(GBF). 对于A-60钢,随着疲劳源夹杂物处应力场强度因子幅的减小, 疲劳寿命增加;而GBF处的应力场强度因子幅并不随疲劳寿命变化而变化,基本为一常数(平均值为4.6 MPa×m1/2),与疲劳裂纹扩展门槛值(4.3 MPa×m1/2)接近.     

Using ESPI system to measure high temperature fatigue deformation of ceramics thermally sprayed SUS304 steel

The strains in an Al₂O₃/NiCr coating, which was thermally sprayed on SUS304 steel, were analyzed using an electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI) system during fatigue testing (R = 0, _max = 173 MPa) at high temperature of 873 K. The strain changes with the crack initiation in the coatings and the delamination at the coating/substrate interface are accordingly discussed.Surface cracks originated from the top coating of Al₂O₃ and stopped at the bond coating of NiCr after 2 cycles test at 873 K. Many surface cracks and delamination along the NiCr/substrate interface were confirmed after 1 × 10⁵ cycles test. The strain values of un-sprayed specimens obtained from the ESPI system agreed with those measured by the strain gauge when tensile stresses were applied at room temperature. The deformation by thermal expansion and stress application at high temperatures can also be easily measured using this method. The strain on sprayed specimens was almost the same with that on un-sprayed specimens at 873 K, indicating the deformation in the coatings are always associated with that of the substrate surfaces at high temperature. By comparing and analyzing the strain distribution on the coating surface, the presence of cracks in the coatings and delamination at the coating/substrate interface can be in-situ and nondestructively detected.     

Influence of effective stress intensity factor range on mixed mode fatigue crack propagation

ABSTRACT The behaviour of fatigue crack propagation of rectangular spheroidal graphite cast iron plates, each consisting of an inclined semi‐elliptical crack, subjected to axial loading was investigated both experimentally and theoretically. The inclined angle of the crack with respect to the axis of loading varied between 0° and 90°. In the present investigation, the growth of the fatigue crack was monitored using the AC potential drop technique, and a series of modification factors, which allow accurate sizing of such defects, is recommended. The rate of fatigue crack propagation db/dN is postulated to be a function of the effective strain energy density factor range, ΔS_eff. Subsequently, this concept is applied to predict crack growth due to fatigue loads. The mixed mode crack growth criterion is discussed by comparing the experimental results with those obtained using the maximum stress and minimum strain energy density criteria. The threshold condition for nongrowth of the initial crack is established based on the experimental data.     

The influence of protective coatings on thermal fatigue resistance of Udimet 710

A study was made to determine the influence of surface protective coatings on the thermal fatigue resistance of the nickel-base alloy Udimet⁷ 710 (U-710). Single- edge wedge-type specimens were thermally cycled between 80 and 1915°F in fluidized beds with an immersion time of 4 min in each bed. Thermal fatigue resistance was measured by determining the number of thermal cycles required for crack initiation. Crack propagation rates were also determined wherever possible. All the coatings employed in this study improved the thermal fatigue lifetime of U- 710. In terms of crack initiation resistance, plasma-sprayed CoCrAlY-type coatings were ranked the best and pack aluminide coatings the least effective. An inverse correlation was observed between the hardness of the coatings and the thermal fatigue lifetime. The pack aluminide coatings were not found to be beneficial from the point of view of crack propagation: although they delay crack initiation by eliminating substrate grain boundary crack initiation sites, once a crack starts it grows rapidly. In addition to oxidation resistance, the coating microstructure plays a crucial role in crack initiation and propagation. Voids aligned between columnar grains in a coating were found to be more detrimental than those uniformly distributed in the microstructure.     

Micro- and macro-approach to the fatigue crack growth in progressively drawn pearlitic steels at different R-ratios

This paper deals with the role of microstructure on the fatigue behaviour of pearlitic steels with different degrees of cold drawing. The analysis is focussed on the region II (Paris) of the fatigue behaviour, measuring the constants (C and m) for the different degrees of drawing. From the engineering point of view, the manufacturing process by cold drawing improves the fatigue behaviour of the steels, since the fatigue crack growth rate decreases as the strain hardening level in the material increases. In particular, the coefficient m (slope of the Paris laws) remains almost constant and independent of the drawing degree, whereas the constant C decreases as the drawing degree rises. The paper focuses on the relationship between the pearlitic microstructure of the steels (progressively oriented as a consequence of the manufacturing process by cold drawing) and the macroscopic fatigue behaviour. To this end, a detailed metallographic analysis was performed on the fatigue crack propagation path after cutting and polishing on a plane perpendicular to the crack front (fracto-metallographic analysis). It is seen that the fatigue crack growth path presents certain roughness at the microscopic level, such a roughness being related to the pearlitic colony boundaries more than to the ferrite/cementite lamellae interfaces. Fatigue cracks are transcollonial and exhibit a preference for fracturing pearlitic lamellae, with non-uniform crack opening displacement values, micro-discontinuities, branchings, bifurcations and frequent local deflections that create microstructural roughness. The net fatigue surface increases with cold drawing due to the higher angle of crack deflections. With regard to the influence of the R-ratio, an increase of such a stress ratio produces microcracking with a higher number of branchings for the same stress intensity range.     

A study of fatigue crack growth from artificial corrosion pits at welded joints under complex stress fields

The paper studies the effects of artificial corrosion pits and complex stress fields on the fatigue crack growth of full penetration load‐carrying fillet cruciform welded joints with 45° inclined angle. Parameters of fatigue crack growth rate of welded joints are obtained from S‐N curves under different levels of corrosion. A numerical method is used to simulate fatigue crack growth using different mixed mode fatigue crack growth criteria. Using polynomial regression, the crack shape correction factor of welded joints is fitted as a function of crack depth ratios. Because the maximum circumferential stress criterion is simple and easy to use in practice, fatigue crack growth rate is modified using this criterion. The relationship of effective stress intensity factor, crack growth angle and crack depth is studied under different corrosion levels. The simulated crack growth path obtained from the numerical method is compared with the actual crack growth path observed by fatigue tests. The results show that fatigue cracks do not initiate at the edge or bottom of pits but at the weld toes where the maximum stress occurs. The artificial corrosion pits have little effect on the effective stress intensity factor ranges and crack growth angle. The fatigue crack growth rates of welded joints with pits 1 and 2 are 1.15 times and 1.40 times larger than that of the welded joint with no pit, respectively. The simulated crack growth path agrees well with the actual one. The fatigue life prediction accuracy using the modified formulation is improved by about 18%. The crack shape correction factor obtained using the maximum circumferential stress criterion is recommended being used to calculate fatigue life.     

Damage mechanisms of coated systems under thermomechanical fatigue

Abstract

The damage mechanisms of several kinds of coatings on a single crystal nickel base superalloy under thermomechanical fatigue (TMF) are described. The systems investigated were diffusion platinum aluminide coatings, Co–Ni–Cr–Al–Y overlay coatings, and thermal barrier coatings (TBCs). The TMF experiments were carried out on hollow specimens over a temperature range from 300 to 1050°C, at strain ranges Δ? = 0·5 and 0·7%, and at a strain ratio R = -∞. No coating cracking was found for the platinum aluminide coating. Instead, specimens failed owing to oxidation induced crack initiation from the uncoated inner surface of the hollow testpieces, although coating surface roughening caused by non-homogeneous oxidation was observed. For the overlay coating, roughening in terms of coating rumpling and coating cracking occurred, resulting in reduced TMF life. For TBC specimens with a thin ceramic coating processed by electron beam–physical vapour deposition (EB–PVD), TMF life was comparable with that of specimens with the overlay coating. Failure once again occurred owing to Co–Ni–Cr–Al–Y bond coat cracking and propagation into the substrate. In this system, some bond coat cracks penetrated through the top ceramic coat although others did not. In contrast with specimens coated with the overlay alone, no significant rumpling on the bond coat surface was observed and the crack density was low.     

Nondestructive Measurement of Fatigue Damage of Thermally Sprayed Al2O3/NiCr Using ESPI Method Under High Temperature

High-temperature fatigue (R = 0) damage and deformation behaviors of SUS304 steel thermally sprayed with an Al₂O₃/NiCr coating were investigated using a servopulse fatigue-testing machine, SEM, and an electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI) method. The relation between crack/delamination and strain variation is discussed. Surface cracks occurred at the outer Al₂O₃ coating but stopped at the inner NiCr coating after one fatigue cycle when the tensile stress was 202 MPa at 873 K. They propagated into the NiCr coating but stopped at the substrate, and local delamination occurred along the NiCr/substrate interface after 1 × 10⁵ cycles test in condition (_max = 202 MPa, T = 873 K). Cracks and delamination largely decreased when _max = 115 MPa or T = 573 K. No influence of cycle frequencies (6.7 or 14 Hz) was detected. The strain value measured by ESPI method was confirmed to be almost the same as that obtained with strain gauges at 293 K. Strain values along cracks measured with the ESPI method were much larger than other areas as a result of crack opening under the tensile load, referred to as the strain concentration zone in this work. Positions of strain concentration zones on strain distribution figures by the ESPI method corresponded well to positions of cracks on sprayed coatings. Moreover, strain values largely decreased where local delamination occurred.     

Mechanical fatigue of Sn-rich Pb-free solder alloys

Recent fatigue studies of Sn-rich Pb-free solder alloys are reviewed to provide an overview of the current understanding of cyclic deformation, cyclic softening, fatigue crack initiation, fatigue crack growth, and fatigue life behavior in these alloys. Because of their low melting temperatures, these alloys demonstrated extensive cyclic creep deformation at room temperature. Limited amount of data have shown that the cyclic creep rate is strongly dependent on stress amplitude, peak stress, stress ratio and cyclic frequency. At constant cyclic strain amplitudes, most Sn-rich alloys exhibit cycle-dependent and cyclic softening. The softening is more pronounced at larger strain amplitudes and higher temperatures, and in fine grain structures. Characteristic of these alloys, fatigue cracks tend to initiate at grain and phase boundaries very early in the fatigue life, involving considerable amount of grain boundary cavitation and sliding. The growth of fatigue cracks in these alloys may follow both transgranular and intergranular paths, depending on the stress ratio and frequency of the cyclic loading. At low stress ratios and high frequencies, fatigue crack growth rate correlates well with the range of stress intensities or J-integrals but the time-dependent C* integral provides a better correlation with the crack velocity at high stress ratios and low frequencies. The fatigue life of the alloys is a strong function of the strain amplitude, cyclic frequency, temperature, and microstructure. While a few sets of fatigue life data are available, these data, when analyzed in terms of the Coffin–Mason equation, showed large variations, with the fatigue ductility exponent ranging from −0.43 to −1.14 and the fatigue ductility from 0.04 to 20.9. Several approaches have been suggested to explain the differences in the fatigue life behavior, including revision of the Coffin–Mason analysis and use of alternative fatigue life models.     

Multiaxial small fatigue crack growth in metals

Observations related to the formation and growth of small cracks ranging from subgrain dimension up to the order of 1 mm are summarized for amplitudes ranging from low cycle fatigue (LCF) to high cycle fatigue (HCF) conditions for polycrystalline metals. Further efforts to improve the accuracy of life estimation which address LCF, HCF and LCF–HCF interactions must consider various factors that are not presently addressed by conventional elastic–plastic fracture mechanics (EPFM) or linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) approaches based on long, self-similar cracks in homogeneous, isotropic materials, nor by conventional HCF design tools such as the ε–N curve, the S–N curve, modified Goodman diagram and fatigue limit.Development of microstructure-sensitive fatigue crack propagation relations relies on deeper understanding of small crack behavior, including (a) interactions with microstructure and lack of constraint for microstructurally small cracks, (b) heterogeneity and anisotropy of cyclic slip processes associated with the orientation distribution of grains, and (c) local mode mixity effects on small crack growth. The basic technology is not yet sufficiently advanced in these areas to implement robust damage tolerant design for HCF. This paper introduces an engineering model which approximates the results of slip transfer calculations related to crack blockage by microstructure barriers; the model is consistent with critical plane concepts for Stage I growth of small cracks, standard cyclic stress–strain and strain–life equations above threshold, and the Kitagawa diagram for HCF threshold behaviors. It is able to correlate the most relevant trends of small crack growth behavior, including crack arrest at the fatigue limit, load sequence effects, and stress state effects.