TC21合金315℃高周疲劳光滑和缺口试样断口分析

开展了TC21研究合金光滑和缺口试样的315℃高周疲劳实验,并对疲劳断口进行详细观察,研究了缺口对TC21合金疲劳寿命的影响.结果表明,光滑和缺口试样的疲劳强度比值随循环寿命降低而降低;光滑试样的失稳疲劳裂纹长度随循环应力升高而降低;瞬断区所承受的断裂应力随循环应力升高而降低;这说明裂纹失稳决定试样的断裂,缺口试样断口有多个裂纹源,以缺口试样名义应力乘以应力集中因子与光滑试样的应力相等作为比较时,缺口试样主裂纹长度大于光滑试样的裂纹长度,缺口试样的裂纹扩展寿命更长.     

缺口对7A85铝合金拉伸性能和疲劳性能的影响

在光滑试样表面预制深度为0.1 mm和0.2 mm的环状缺口，研究了不同缺口尺寸对7A85铝合金拉伸性能和疲劳性能的影响，并分析了7A85铝合金含缺口试样的疲劳断裂机理。结果表明，随着缺口深度由0 mm增加至0.2 mm, 7A85铝合金试样的抗拉强度、断后伸长率和疲劳强度分别下降了6%、47.5%、44.4%。缺口对7A85铝合金塑性的影响远大于拉伸强度，且其抗拉强度与疲劳强度呈线性关系。试样疲劳缺口系数随着缺口尺寸和循环次数的增加而增大。7A85铝合金试样的疲劳裂纹源通常是富铁的第二相颗粒，环状缺口根部应力集中促进了多疲劳裂纹源萌生，多个裂纹源同时扩展使得试样有效承载面积快速减少，导致疲劳寿命急剧缩短。     

Stellite12钴基合金的疲劳性能及其断裂机理研究

采用三点弯曲疲劳法测得光滑试样和直缺口试样的S-N曲线以研究Stellite12钴基合金的疲劳性能,并通过断口形貌观察进一步探究该钴基合金的断裂过程。结果表明:光滑试样的疲劳极限为545 MPa,约为原始抗弯强度1552 MPa的25.4%;直缺口试样的疲劳极限约为101MPa,约为静态抗弯强度517.6MPa的19.1%。对于疲劳敏感性,光滑试样与直缺口试样的疲劳敏感性分别为397和31。此外发现疲劳裂纹多萌生于近表层聚集的碳化物处,同时表面缺陷也可诱发疲劳裂纹的萌生。疲劳裂纹的扩展主要表现为碳化物的穿晶断裂,钴基体在应力比R=0.1的疲劳加载条件下虽表现出一定的韧性且呈现出较多的撕裂脊,但也呈现出一定的脆性断裂模式,因此疲劳裂纹扩展模式为真疲劳与静态疲劳的混合模式。     

石油钻杆材料G105在不同条件下的疲劳断裂

采用国产PQ-6型旋转弯曲疲劳试验机研究钻杆管体材料G105的弯曲疲劳性能以及H_2S腐蚀和缺口对试样弯曲疲劳性能的影响,利用金相显微镜和扫描电子显微镜对光滑试样断口、缺口试样断口以及H_2S腐蚀后试样断口进行微观形貌分析。结果表明:在光滑试样的疲劳极限载荷作用下,经过H_2S腐蚀后的光滑试样的疲劳寿命和缺口试样的疲劳寿命相当,材料的疲劳寿命都从106降低至104;缺口试样在缺口的高应力集中效应下,加快疲劳裂纹形核过程。H_2S腐蚀对钻杆疲劳性能影响的主要作用在于氢原子在材料内缺陷处聚集引起材料疲劳性能降低,缺口和H_2S腐蚀都会加快疲劳裂纹的扩展。材料疲劳断裂主要是因为试样在交变应力的作用下上产生滑移最后致使位错塞积而导致的。     

外物损伤对S38C车轴钢疲劳性能的影响

采用空气炮发射钨钢球弹体以不同角度撞击S38C车轴钢试样表面预制弹坑缺陷;利用四点弯曲疲劳试验法获得缺陷试样的疲劳强度;使用超景深光学显微镜表征弹坑的几何形态和截面组织;借助扫描电子显微镜观察弹坑和疲劳断口形貌.结果表明:在200 m/s冲击下,30°冲击对缺陷试样疲劳强度的影响较小,其余角度(45°、60°、75°和90°)冲击试样的疲劳强度随着冲击角度的增大而下降,其中90°冲击试样的疲劳强度较光滑试样下降约40％.弹坑底部会形成绝热剪切带(ASBs)以及由剪切带开裂形成的裂纹,倾斜冲击试样疲劳裂纹源主要位于弹坑出射区边缘材料失效处,垂直冲击试样疲劳裂纹从弹坑两侧扩展.损伤试样的疲劳强度随缺陷深度d和缺陷截面积平方根的增大有相似的下降趋势.     

C—Mn钢焊接接头的解理断裂应力的研究

测定了Ｃ－Ｍｎ钢焊接接头不同焊缝百分含量ｗ％的光滑试样,缺口试样和裂纹试样的解理断裂应力,发现不同试样有两个解理断裂应力表征了解理断裂起裂于母材、焊颖两区。而且发现裂纹试验解理断裂应力比缺口试样高,缺口试样解理断裂应力比光滑试样高,其原因是因为裂纹试样解理断裂临界事件最小,光滑试样最大。     

Ti—15—3钛合金的疲劳断裂行为研究

研究了Ｔｉ－１５－３合金板材光滑和缺口疲劳及疲劳裂纹萌和方式，发现光滑疲劳试样裂纹多起源于板材原始表面，形成面源；面具有中心孔和边缺口试样的疲劳裂纹多起源于缺口处的机加工端面，形成角源的线源。而且５２０℃时效后所获得的板材的拉伸强度是比５４０℃时效的高７３ＭＰａ，但疲劳极限差别不大。     

镍基单晶合金中温疲劳性能应力集中敏感性

疲劳是涡轮叶片的一种主要失效模式.本文开展了DD11单晶合金在650℃中温条件下2种应力集中系数(K_t=1(光滑状态)、K_t=3(缺口状态))的旋转弯曲疲劳性能研究,对比了2种应力集中系数下的疲劳强度,并开展了相关断口分析.结果表明:应力集中系数由K_t=1增大到K_t=3时,疲劳极限由446 MPa降低为311 MPa,说明DD11单晶合金疲劳性能存在应力集中敏感性;疲劳寿命由10~5提高到10~7时,光滑状态由600 MPa降低为420 MPa,疲劳强度降低幅度为180 MPa,而缺口状态由370 MPa降低为290 MPa,降低幅度为80 MPa,说明应力集中条件下DD11单晶合金的疲劳寿命对于外载变化较敏感.断口分析表明,光滑试样断口(应力500 MPa/疲劳寿命9.7×10~5)由几个相交的光滑晶体学平面组成,疲劳源萌生在距表面100μm左右的铸造孔洞;缺口试样断口(应力340 MPa/疲劳寿命8.1×10~5试样)呈平面状,与应力轴垂直,为多源疲劳模式,疲劳源观察到小刻面,在加工刀痕不连续位置萌生.     

汽轮机末级叶片断裂原因分析

某机组低压末级叶片在运行过程中发生断裂。采用化学成分分析、力学性能检测和显微组织检验及用X射线法分析叶片的残余应力等方法对断裂叶片进行了分析。结果表明：疲劳裂纹起源于一个机械缺口,裂纹源在交变应力和残余应力的共同作用下不断扩展,导致叶片疲劳断裂。     

LC9CGS3铝合金光滑与缺口疲劳试样在不同载荷条件下的断裂行为

用ＳＥＭ电镜观察分析了ＬＣ９ＣＧＳ３铝合金在不同载荷下光滑与缺口疲劳试样的断裂行为。结果表明：两种试样的疲劳裂纹均为两阶段扩方式，而且疲劳裂纹Ⅰ阶段扩民菜区面积随应降低而增大。     

Fatigue of casting flaws at a notch root under an SAE service load history

Smooth and notched specimens of a 319 cast aluminium alloy were fatigue tested under a Society of Automotive Engineers service load history in the as-cast and hipped conditions. The hipping process, which includes subjecting the cast material to a high pressure at high temperature and then slowly cooling down to eliminate internal flaws, decreased the flaw size and improved the fatigue life of cast Al 319 smooth specimens. A 0.6-mm-diameter hole was drilled at the notch root of notched specimens to simulate a natural flaw at the notch root. Specimens with two different notch sizes were tested. Circular edge notches reduced the fatigue strength and a 0.6-mm-diameter drilled hole at the notch root resulted in a further reduction.
The fatigue lives of smooth specimens, notched specimens and notched specimens with a flaw at the notch root subjected to the service load history were predicted using the strain-life approach, an effective strain-life approach and a strain-based intensity factor crack growth model. In crack growth modelling of the fatigue life of smooth cast aluminium specimens the flaw was modelled as a circular edge notch having the same diameter as the flaw. However, in the case of a flaw at a notch root the flaw was modelled as a three-dimensional cavity subjected to the notch stress field and the crack length was predicted in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the specimen cross-section. The strain-life approach was unconservative for all specimen geometries studied. The effective strain-life approach gave good predictions for smooth and blunt notched specimens but gave very conservative predictions for the specimens with flaws in the notch roots. The crack growth calculations gave accurate predictions for all the specimen geometries.     

FATIGUE STRENGTH OF A ROTOR STEEL SUBJECTED TO TORSIONAL LOADING SIMULATING THAT OCCURRING DUE TO CIRCUIT BREAKER RECLOSING IN AN ELECTRIC POWER PLANT

Abstract— The fatigue strength of notched specimens of a rotor steel was examined under variable torsional loading which simulates turbine-generator oscillations resulting from the high speed reclosing of transmission-line circuit breakers. The local stress-strain response at a notch root was analysed using Neuber's rule and the resulting complex strain sequences applied to smooth specimens. Using the rain flow analysis and the linear summation rule, fatigue lives of the smooth specimens were successfully predicted from constant amplitude fatigue life data in association with the cyclic stress-strain curve obtained by the incremental step method. Experimental crack initiation lives for notched specimens subjected to variable torsional loading were in excellent agreement with the theoretical curves derived from results on smooth specimens. According to the view that fatigue damage is equated to crack length, the propagation life of a mode II crack along the notch root was predicted to be actually coincident with the life to crack initiation at the notch root denned in this study, i.e. the life at the stage of finding a continuous circumferential crack.     

Crack initiation and propagation in torsional fatigue of circumferentially notched steel bars

Circumferentially notched bars of austenitic stainless steel, SUS316L, and carbon steel, SGV410, with three different notch-tip radii were fatigued under cyclic torsion without and with static tension. The torsional fatigue life of SUS316L was found to increase with increasing stress concentration under the same nominal shear stress amplitude. Electrical potential monitoring revealed that the crack initiation life decreased with increasing stress concentration, while the crack propagation life increased. This anomalous notch-strengthening effect was ascribed to the larger retardation of fatigue crack propagation by sliding contacts of fracture surfaces. The superposition of static tension on cyclic torsion causes notch weakening. The notch-strengthening effect in torsional fatigue was not found in carbon steels, SGV410. The difference in the crack path of small cracks near notch root between stainless steel and carbon steel gives rise to the difference in the notch effect in torsional fatigue. The factory-roof shape observed on fracture surfaces of SUS316L became finer with higher stress amplitude and for sharper notches. The superposition of static tension makes the factory-roof shape less evident. Under higher stresses, the fracture surface was smeared to be flat. The fracture surfaces of SGV410 became smoother with increasing stress amplitude and notch acuity. The three-dimensional feature of fracture surfaces clearly showed the difference of the topography of fracture surfaces. The topographic feature was closely related to the amount of retardation of crack propagation due to the sliding contact of fracture surfaces.     

Hydrogen-enhanced cracking of 2205 duplex stainless steel

Tensile and fatigue crack growth tests of 2205 duplex stainless steel (DSS) were performed in laboratory air, gaseous hydrogen at 0.2 MPa and saturated H₂S solution. The longitudinal specimen showed a lesser degradation of tensile properties than the transverse ones in saturated H₂S solution. The orientation of specimens with respect to rolling direction had little influence on the fatigue crack growth rate (FCGR) of the alloy in air. Furthermore, 2205 duplex stainless steel was susceptible to hydrogen‐enhanced fatigue crack growth. Transmission electron micrographs, in addition to X‐ray diffraction, revealed that the strain‐induced austenite to martensite transformation occurred near the crack surface within a rather narrow depth. Fatigue fractography of the specimens tested in air showed mainly transgranular fatigue fracture with a small amount of flat facet fracture. Furthermore, extensive quasi‐cleavage fracture of 2205 duplex stainless steel was associated with the hydrogen‐enhanced crack growth.     

Fatigue life prediction of small notched Ti-6Al-4V specimens using critical distance

This study investigated the method of estimating the fatigue strength of small notched Ti-6Al-4V specimen using the theory of critical distance that employs the stress distribution in the vicinity of the notch root. Circumferential-notched round-bar fatigue tests were conducted to quantify the effects of notch radius and notch depth on fatigue strength. The fatigue tests show that the larger notch radius increases the fatigue strength and the greater notch depth decreases the fatigue strength. The theory of critical distance assumes that fatigue damage can be correctly estimated only if the entire stress field damaging the fatigue fracture process zone is taken into account. Critical distance stress is defined as the average stress within the critical distance from notch root. The region from the notch root to the critical distance corresponds to the fatigue fracture process zone for crack initiation. It has been found that a good correlation exists between the critical distance stress and crack initiation life of small notched specimens if the critical distance is calibrated by the two notched fatigue failure curves of different notch root radii. The calibrated critical distances did not vary clearly over a wide range of fatigue failure cycles from medium-cycle low-cycle fatigue regime to high-cycle fatigue regime and have an almost constant value. This critical distance corresponds to the size of crystallographic facet at the fatigue crack initiation site for the wide range of fatigue cycles.     

Tensile and fatigue behaviour of wrought magnesium alloys AZ31 and AZ61

The mechanical behaviour of two hot rolled magnesium alloys, namely the AZ31 and AZ61, has been evaluated experimentally under both monotonic and cyclic loading. Both longitudinal (L) and long transverse (LT) directions were evaluated. The tensile behaviour of the L and LT directions is similar and differs only in the offset 0.2% yield strength for both materials. This difference is attributed to the angular spread of basal poles toward the rolling direction and is more pronounced for the case of AZ31. A distinct hardening response is obvious in both directions. Twinning formation was observed; it is more pronounced in the longitudinal direction while the fracture mode is intergranular and equiaxed facets are present in the fracture surfaces of the specimens. The S–N curves exhibit a smooth transition from the low to high cycle fatigue regime. AZ61 exhibits an overall better fatigue behaviour compared to AZ31. A transgranular crack initiation mode is observed in all tested specimens while the propagation of the cracks is characterized as intergranular.     

Non‐destructive evaluation of fatigue damage and fatigue crack initiation in type 316 stainless steel by positron annihilation line‐shape and lifetime analyses

Rotating bending fatigue tests were conducted using type 316 stainless steel. The fatigue tests were periodically terminated, and fatigue damage and fatigue crack initiation were non‐destructively and sequentially evaluated by positron annihilation line‐shape and lifetime analyses. The counter‐jig and anticoincidence methods were used for positron annihilation line‐shape and lifetime analyses, respectively, to enhance the analytical precision. The fatigue crack lengths were monitored by a plastic replication technique, and related to the parameters in both analyses. S‐parameter obtained in the line‐shape analysis increased with increasing fatigue damage, while it was difficult to detect fatigue crack initiation and subsequent small fatigue crack growth. That was because the precision of line‐shape analysis was limited. On the other hand, both fatigue damage and fatigue crack initiation were successfully detected by lifetime analysis. Positron annihilation lifetime also increased with increasing fatigue damage, and lifetime was longer at the notch root with fatigue crack than at the smooth section without crack. It was considered that the precision of lifetime analysis was high enough to detect high dislocation density areas at the fatigue crack tips.     

Fatigue life prediction for stainless steel welded plate CCT geometry based on Lawrence''s local-stress approach

In the present study, the effect of welding process and procedure on fatigue crack initiation from notches and fatigue crack propagation in AISI 304L stainless steel welds was experimentally investigated. Full penetration, double-vee butt welds have been fabricated and CCT type specimens were used. Lawrence's local-stress approach (a two-stage model) is used to predict the fatigue life. The notch-root stress method was applied to calculate the fatigue crack initiation life, while the fatigue crack propagation life was estimated using fracture mechanics concepts. The fatigue notch factor is calculated using Lawrence's approach. Constant amplitude fatigue tests with stress ratio, R=0 were carried out using 100 kN servo-hydraulic DARTEC universal testing machine with a frequency of 30 Hz. The predicted lives were compared with the experimental values. A good agreement has been reached. It is found that the weld procedure has a stronger effect on lives to initiation than on propagation lives.     

The relationship between crack tip opening displacement,local strain and specimen geometry

A method is described whereby values of crack tip opening displacement (COD) can be measured at any section of a pre-cracked or slotted specimen. The relationship between COD and the degree of transverse strain at the notch root of a Charpy specimen has been investigated. A specimen will show some portion in plane strain up to a COD of about one twenty-fifth of the thickness. Transverse contraction results in smaller COD values, for a particular clip gauge displacement, at the outside than at the specimen midsection. An equation is presented relating COD to longitudinal notch root strain for Charpy specimens with root radius 0.002 in. COD and notch root strain are found to be not directly proportional. This finding is discussed in relation to the concept of a “miniature tensile specimen” at the notch root. The effect of specimen geometry on the value of COD at fracture initiation, (COD)_c, has been investigated. Neither a change in specimen thickness nor a change from a fatigue pre-crack to a 0.002 in. root radius notch has been found to significantly affect (COD)_c. The material used in this research was, for the most part, a low alloy pressure vessel steel, A533B.     

NOTCHED FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR OF TWO COLD ROLLED STEELS

Abstract— A SAE1010 plain carbon steel and a SAE945X HSLA steel were cold rolled to various thickness reductions. Centre notched specimens were tested under stress control at a stress ratio of—1. The effect of loading direction on the fatigue strength was examined. The notched specimen fatigue strength was only slightly increased by cold rolling, since two opposing factors: the smooth specimen fatigue strength and the notch sensitivity, were increased by cold rolling. The notched specimen fatigue strength in the transverse direction was approximately the same as that in the longitudinal direction. An empirical equation and equations derived from fracture mechanics and Neuber's rule were applied to predict the fatigue notch factor for the sharp and blunt notch geometries examined. A reasonable agreement between the predictions and the experimental results was observed for the sharp notches. For the blunt notches, the predicted fatigue notch factors were conservative.