scholarly journals Near-Threshold Fatigue Crack Propagation in Ultra-High Strength Steel: Influence of Load Ratio and Cyclic Strength

1977 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. O. Ritchie
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Threshold Stress ◽  
Load Ratio ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Threshold Stress Intensity ◽  
Ultra High Strength Steel ◽  
Near Threshold

Fatigue crack propagation behavior of an ultra-high strength steel (300-M) has been investigated in humid air over a very wide spectrum of growth rates from 10−8 to 10−1 mm/cycle. Particular emphasis has been devoted to the influence of mean stress (or load ratio R = Kmin/Kmax) and microstructure on fatigue crack growth near the threshold stress intensity for crack propagation, ΔK0. Increasing the load ratio from R = 0.05 to 0.70 was found to lead to increased near-threshold growth rates, and a decrease in the threshold stress intensity. Similarly, increasing material strength, by varying the microstructure through quench and tempering and isothermal transformation, resulted in higher near-threshold growth rates, and a marked reduction of ΔK0. These effects are contrasted with behavior at higher growth rates. The influence of strength on ΔK0 is rationalized in terms of the cyclic hardening or softening response of the material, and hence it is shown that cyclic softening can be beneficial to fatigue crack propagation resistance at very low growth rates. The results are discussed in the light of crack closure and environmental contributions to fatigue crack growth at low stress intensities.

scholarly journals Effects of Crack Size, Stress Ratio and Hydrogen on the Near Threshold Fatigue Crack Propagation of High Strength Steel

2005 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 1237-1243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazutoshi YANAGIHARA ◽  
Satoshi OHYANAGI ◽  
Masanobu KUBOTA ◽  
Chu SAKAE ◽  
Yoshiyuki KONDO
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
High Strength Steel ◽  
Stress Ratio ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Crack Size ◽  
Near Threshold

The Effect of Sheet Thickness on Near-Threshold Fatigue Crack Propagation and Oxide and Roughness-Induced Crack Closure

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Tokaji ◽  
Z. Ando ◽  
K. Nagae
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
Crack Closure ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Sheet Thickness ◽  
Specimen Thickness ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Near Threshold

Characteristics of fatigue crack propagation have been investigated in a low carbon steel and a high tensile strength steel to evaluate the effect of sheet thickness. Crack propagation data are generated over a wide range of growth rates, from 10−8 to 10−3 mm/cycle, for load ratios of 0.05 and 0.70 at room temperature in laboratory air. Particular emphasis is placed on behavior at near-threshold growth rates. Near-threshold fatigue crack propagation behavior is found to show a marked sensitivity to sheet thickness, and near-threshold growth rates decrease and threshold values increase with increasing sheet thickness. Oxide and roughness-induced crack closure models are proposed as a mechanism for the effect of sheet thickness on near-threshold fatigue crack propagation. It is also shown that the requirement for specimen thickness recommended by ASTM, W/20≤B≤W/4, is not always valid for near-threshold fatigue crack propagation.

scholarly journals Effect of TiB Orientation on Near-Threshold Fatigue Crack Propagation in TiB-Reinforced Ti-3Al-2.5V Matrix Composites Treated with Heat Extrusion

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 3685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shoichi Kikuchi ◽  
Shunsuke Tamai ◽  
Takao Kawai ◽  
Yoshikazu Nakai ◽  
Hiroki Kurita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Fatigue Crack Propagation ◽  
Threshold Stress ◽  
Matrix Composites ◽  
Threshold Stress Intensity ◽  
Stress Intensity Range ◽  
Intensity Range

TiB-reinforced Ti-3Al-2.5V matrix composites, in which TiB whiskers are oriented parallel to the direction of heat extrusion, were fabricated via mechanical alloying and hot isostatic pressing (HIP). To investigate the near-threshold fatigue crack propagation in TiB-reinforced Ti-3Al-2.5V matrix composites, stress intensity factor K-decreasing tests were conducted for disk-shaped compact specimens having two different orientations of TiB whiskers at force ratios from 0.1 to 0.8 under ambient conditions. The crack growth rates, da/dN, for the composites incorporating TiB whiskers oriented perpendicular to the direction of crack growth were constantly lower than those obtained in the case where the orientation was parallel at the same stress intensity range ΔK, while the threshold stress intensity range, ΔKth, was higher. This effect can be explained by the increase in the degree of roughness-induced crack closure resulting from the perpendicular TiB, because fatigue cracks preferentially propagated across the boundaries between the matrix and the TiB in certain regions. In contrast, the effective threshold stress intensity range, ΔKeff,th, for composites was unaffected by the TiB orientation at low force ratios.

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