Jiafeng LEP,Yuyin LIU,Shaoxuan GUAN,Qingjiang WANG,Zhongguang WANG,Dong LI and Zhuangqi HU(State Key Lab. for Fatigue and Fracture of Materials,Institute of Metal Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shenyan,China)
Abstract:
The characteristics of fatigue crack initiation in Ti-5AI-4Sn-2Zr1Mo-O.7Nd-O.25Si alloy wereStudied. Two modes Of fatigue crack initiation were found. The Nd-rich phase particles displaybetter resistance to fatigue crack initiation than the matrix at lower stress.