The Processing and Fatigue Characterization of TiNi and Ti-6Al-4V Porous Materials

2011 ◽  
Vol 493-494 ◽  
pp. 930-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emin Erkan Aşik ◽  
Gül Ipek Nakaş ◽  
Şakir Bor
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Alloys ◽  
Endurance Limit ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Porous Titanium ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Limit Values ◽  
Porous Ti ◽  
Structural Applications

Porous titanium alloys have been extensively studied in biomedical applications due to their elastic moduli similar to that of bone compared to other implant materials. Accordingly, TiNi and Ti-6Al-4V foams have been widely characterized in terms of their various mechanical properties; however, their fatigue properties have not been well studied, even though, it has a vital importance in structural applications such as medical implants. In this study, porous titanium alloys were processed via sintering at 1200 °C for 2 hours employing Mg space holder technique. TiNi and Ti-6Al-4V alloys with a porosity of 49 and 51 vol.%, respectively, were mechanically characterized by monotonic and cyclic compression tests. The compressive strength was determined to be 148 MPa for TiNi foams whereas 172 MPa for Ti-6Al-4V foams with homogenously distributed pores having diameters in the range of 250-600 µm. Endurance limit values were determined relative to the yield strength of each porous alloy in order to enable the comparison of fatigue behavior. The fatigue tests applied with a frequency of 5 Hz and a constant stress ratio (σmin/σmax) of 0.1 have revealed that porous TiNi alloys have an endurance limit of approximately 0.6 σy whereas porous Ti-6Al-4V alloys have an endurance limit of approximately 0.75 σy. The differences and similarities in the microstructure and their effect on mechanical behavior of the two alloys were also studied by employing scanning electron microscope (SEM).

Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of Porous TiNi Alloys

2014 ◽  
Vol 783-786 ◽  
pp. 591-596
Author(s):  
G. Ipek Nakaş ◽  
Emin Erkan Aşik ◽  
Bensu Tunca ◽  
Şakir Bor
Keyword(s):  
Endurance Limit ◽  
Fatigue Testing ◽  
Bone Ingrowth ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Micro Cracks ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Structural Applications ◽  
Application Fields

While the wide range of applications of TiNi alloys make them highly appealing due to their shape memory and superelasticity properties, production of TiNi in the porous form further enlarges their application fields. Porous TiNi alloys have been studied extensively for biomedical applications due to their elastic modulus similar to that of bone. Accordingly, TiNi foams have been widely characterized in terms of their various mechanical properties; however, their fatigue properties have not been well studied, even though, it has a vital importance in structural applications such as medical implants. In the scope of this study, fatigue behavior of TiNi foams, which were produced from prealloyed powders by Mg space holder technique, was examined via load controlled cyclic compression-compression tests. The endurance limit of the tested foams was taken as the stress level at which the specimens sustain their integrity without showing any sign of failure beyond 106cycles. TiNi foams with porosity contents in the range of 39-64 vol%, which is suitable for bone ingrowth, were determined to have an endurance limit ranging in between 26-89 MPa. On the other hand, fractography studies on the failed foams after fatigue testing revealed that the failure occurs by the coalescence of micro-cracks initiated from pore walls leading to macro-crack formation aligned at 45owith respect to the loading axis.

Fatigue Behavior of 51 Vol.% Porous Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

2014 ◽  
Vol 783-786 ◽  
pp. 1221-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emin Erkan Aşik ◽  
Bensu Tunca ◽  
Gül Ipek Nakaş ◽  
Şakir Bor
Keyword(s):  
Stress Ratio ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Compressive Loading ◽  
Porous Titanium ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Medical Implants ◽  
Implant Materials ◽  
Porous Ti ◽  
Scanning Electron

Porous titanium alloys are widely used as implant materials due to their mechanical behavior similar to that of bone. In addition, fatigue properties of implant materials are especially important since medical implants mostly exposed to cyclic compressive loading conditions. In this study, porous Ti-6Al-4V alloy has been produced via sintering at 12000C for 2 hours employing magnesium space holder technique. Porosity of the produced foams were measured according to Archimedes’ principle and calculated to be in the range of 51 ± 1 vol.%. Mechanical properties of the foams were characterized by monotonic compressive and compression-compression mode fatigue tests. The compressive strength and elastic modulus of the foams were determined to be 167 ± 18 MPa and 12 ± 1 GPa respectively. Fatigue tests conducted with a frequency of 5 Hz and a constant stress ratio (σmin/σmax) of 0.1 revealed that porous Ti-6Al-4V alloys have a fatigue limit of approximately 135 MPa. Furthermore fracture surfaces of the foams were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM).

scholarly journals Evaluation of Estimation Methods for Shear Fatigue Properties and Correlations with Uniaxial Fatigue Properties for Steels and Titanium Alloys

2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 16012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahriar Sharifimehr ◽  
Ali Fatemi
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Alloys ◽  
Inconel 718 ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Modified Method ◽  
Shear Fatigue ◽  
Von Mises

The goal of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of different methods in correlating uniaxial fatigue properties to shear fatigue properties, as well as finding a reliable estimation method which is able to predict the shear fatigue behavior of steels and titanium alloys from their monotonic properties. In order to do so, axial monotonic as well as axial and torsion fatigue tests were performed on two types of steel and a Ti-6Al-4V alloy. The results of these tests along with test results of 23 types of carbon steel, Inconel 718, and three types of titanium alloys commonly used in the industry were analyzed. It was found that von Mises and maximum principal strain criteria were able to effectively correlate uniaxial fatigue properties to shear fatigue properties for ductile and brittle behaving materials, respectively. Also, it was observed that for steels and Inconel 718 obtaining shear fatigue properties from uniaxial fatigue properties which are in turn calculated from Roessle-Fatemi estimation method resulted in reasonable estimations when compared to experimentally obtained uniaxial fatigue properties. Furthermore, a modification was made to the Roessle-Fatemi hardness method in order to adjust it to fatigue behavior of titanium alloys. The modified method, which was derived from uniaxial fatigue properties of titanium alloys with Brinell hardness between 240 and 353 proved to be accurate in predicting the shear fatigue behaviors.

scholarly journals Changing in Fatigue Life of 300 M Bainitic Steel After Laser Carburizing and Plasma Nitriding

2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 21002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio J. Abdalla ◽  
Douglas Santos ◽  
Getúlio Vasconcelos ◽  
Vladimir H. Baggio-Scheid ◽  
Deivid F. Silva
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Plasma Nitriding ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Steel Sample ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
300M Steel ◽  
Structural Applications

In this work 300M steel samples is used. This high-strength steel is used in aeronautic and aerospace industry and other structural applications. Initially the 300 M steel sample was submitted to a heat treatment to obtain a bainític structure. It was heated at 850 °C for 30 minutes and after that, cooled at 300 °C for 60 minutes. Afterwards two types of surface treatments have been employed: (a) using low-power laser CO2 (125 W) for introducing carbon into the surface and (b) plasma nitriding at a temperature of 500° C for 3 hours. After surface treatment, the metallographic preparation was carried out and the observations with optical and electronic microscopy have been made. The analysis of the coating showed an increase in the hardness of layer formed on the surface, mainly, among the nitriding layers. The mechanical properties were analyzed using tensile and fatigue tests. The results showed that the mechanical properties in tensile tests were strongly affected by the bainitic microstructure. The steel that received the nitriding surface by plasma treatment showed better fatigue behavior. The results are very promising because the layer formed on steel surface, in addition to improving the fatigue life, still improves protection against corrosion and wear.

Effect of Plasma Nitriding on Ultra-High Cycle Fatigue Behaviors of Ti-6Al-4V

2011 ◽  
Vol 295-297 ◽  
pp. 2386-2389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ren Hui Tian ◽  
Qiao Lin Ouyang ◽  
Qing Yuan Wang
Keyword(s):  
High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Plasma Nitriding ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Fatigue Crack Initiation ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Ultrasonic Fatigue ◽  
Ultra High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Stress Ratios

In order to investigate the effect of plasma nitriding treatment on fatigue behavior of titanium alloys, very high cycle fatigue tests were carried out for Ti-6Al-4V alloy using an ultrasonic fatigue machine under load control conditions for stress ratios of R=-1 at frequency of ƒ=20KHz. Experiment results showed that plasma nitriding treatment played the principal role in the internal fatigue crack initiation. More importantly, plasma nitriding treatment had a detrimental effect on fatigue properties of the investigated Ti-6Al-4V alloy, and the fatigue strength of material after plasma nitriding treatment appeared to be significantly reduced about 17% over the untreated material.

scholarly journals Development in mechanical and fatigue properties of AA6061/AL2O3 nanocomposites under stirring temperature (ST)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (12(112)) ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
Raad Mohammed Abed ◽  
Ali Yousuf Khenyab ◽  
Hussain Jasim M. Alalkawi
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Core Material ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Uniform Distributions ◽  
Al2o3 Composite ◽  
Structural Applications ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
High Fatigue

Aluminum is expected to remain the core material for many critical applications such as aircraft and automobiles. This is due to the high resistance to different environmental conditions, desired and manageable mechanical properties, as well as high fatigue resistance. Aluminum nanocomposites such as AA6061/Al2O3 can be made in many ways using a liquid metallurgy method. The main challenges for this method in the production of nanocomposites are the difficulties of achieving a uniform distribution of reinforcing materials and possible chemical reactions between the reinforcing material and the matrix. For structural applications exclusive to aerospace sectors. The growing cost-effective nanocomposites mass production technology with essential operational and geometric flexibility is a big challenge all the time. Each method of preparing AA6061/Al2O3 nanocomposites can provide different mechanical properties. In the present study, nine nanocomposites were prepared at three stirring temperatures (800, 850, and 900 °C) with the level of Al2O3 addition of 0, 5, 7, and 9 wt %. The results of tensile, hardness and fatigue tests revealed that the composite including 9 wt % Al2O3 with 850 °C stirring temperatures has the best properties. It was also revealed that the 850 °C stirring temperature (ST) with 9 wt % Al2O3 composite provide an increase in tensile strength, VHN and reduction in ductility by 20 %, 16 % and 36.8 % respectively, compared to zero-nano. Also, the fatigue life at the 90 MPa stress level increased by 17.4 % in comparison with 9 wt % nanocomposite at 800 °C (ST). Uniform distributions were observed for all nine microstructure compositions.

scholarly journals Effects of thermomechanical history and environment on the fatigue behavior of (β)-Ti-Nb implant alloys

2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 06001 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Reck ◽  
Stefan Pilz ◽  
Ulrich Thormann ◽  
Volker Alt ◽  
Annett Gebert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Strength ◽  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Grain Structure ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Β Phase ◽  
Α Phase ◽  
Nb Content ◽  
Implant Alloys

This study examined the fatigue properties of a newly developed cast and thermomechanical processed (β)-Ti-40Nb alloy for a possible application as biomedical alloy due to exceptional low Young’s modulus (64-73 GPa), high corrosion resistance and ductility (20-26%). Focusing on the influence of two microstructural states with fully recrystallized β-grain structure as well as an aged condition with nanometer-sized ω-precipitates, tension-compression fatigue tests (R=-1) were carried out under lab-air and showed significant differences depending on the β-phase stability under cyclic loading. Present ω- precipitates stabilized the β-phase against martensitic α’’ phase transformations leading to an increased fatigue limit of 288 MPa compared to the recrystallized state (225 MPa), where mechanical polishing and subsequent cyclic loading led to formation of α’’-phase due to the metastability of the β-phase. Additional studied commercially available (β)-Ti-45Nb alloy revealed slightly higher fatigue strength (300 MPa) and suggest a change in the dominating cyclic deformation mechanisms according to the sensitive dependence on the Nb-content. Further tests in simulated body fluid (SBF) at 37°C showed no decrease in fatigue strength due to the effect of corrosion and prove the excellent corrosion fatigue resistance of this alloy type under given test conditions.

scholarly journals Comparison of High-Temperature Compression and Compression-Compression Fatigue Behavior of Magnesium Alloys DieMag422 and AE42

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirko Teschke ◽  
Alexander Koch ◽  
Frank Walther
Keyword(s):  
Magnesium Alloys ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Fracture Mechanisms ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Computed Tomographic ◽  
Tensile Fatigue

Due to their high strength-to-weight-ratio, magnesium alloys are very attractive for use in automotive engineering. For application at elevated temperatures, the alloys must be creep-resistant. Therefore, the influence of the operating temperature on the material properties under quasistatic and cyclic load has to be understood. A previous study investigated tensile-tensile fatigue behavior of the magnesium alloys DieMag422 and AE42 at room temperature (RT). The aim of this study was the comparison of both alloys regarding compression, tensile, and compression-compression fatigue behavior. The quasistatic behavior was determined by means of tensile and compression tests, and the tensile-compression asymmetry was analyzed. In temperature increase fatigue tests (TIFT) and constant amplitude tests (CAT), the temperature influence on the cyclic creeping (ratcheting) behavior was investigated, and mechanisms-relevant test temperatures were determined. Furthermore, characteristic fracture mechanisms were evaluated with investigations of the microstructure and the fracture surfaces. The initial material was analyzed in computed tomographic scans and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analyses.

scholarly journals Effect of UV Ageing on the fatigue life of bulk polyethylene

2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 08002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamza Lamnii ◽  
Moussa Nait-Abdelaziz ◽  
Georges Ayoub ◽  
Jean-Michel Gloaguen ◽  
Ulrich Maschke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Uv Irradiation ◽  
Chemical Structure ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Crystalline Polymer ◽  
Fatigue Loading ◽  
Chain Scission ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Irradiation Effect

Polymers operating in various weathering conditions must be assessed for lifetime performance. Particularly, ultraviolet (UV) radiations alters the chemical structure and therefore affect the mechanical and fatigue properties. The UV irradiation alters the polymer chemical structure, which results into a degradation of the mechanical and fatigue behavior of the polymer. The polymer properties degradation due to UV irradiation is the result of a competitive process of chain scission versus post-crosslinking. Although few studied investigated the effect of UV irradiation on the mechanical behaviour of thermoplastics, fewer examined the UV irradiation effect on the fatigue life of polymers. This study focuses on investigating the effect of UV irradiation on the fatigue properties of bulk semi-crystalline polymer; the low density Polyethylene (LDPE). Tensile specimens were exposed to different dose values of UV irradiation then subjected to fatigue loading. The fatigue tests were achieved under constant stress amplitude at a frequency of 1Hz. The results show an important decrease of the fatigue limit with increasing absorbed UV irradiation dose.

Effect of Fiber Volume Fraction on Low Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Al2O3f/Al-Si Composites

2012 ◽  
Vol 268-270 ◽  
pp. 87-91
Author(s):  
Jian Jun Cui ◽  
Bing Chao Li ◽  
Guo Hua Zhang ◽  
Jian Xin Zhang ◽  
Zuo Shan Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Fatigue Cracks ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Short Fibers ◽  
Fiber Volume ◽  
Large Size

The tensile and low cycle fatigue tests were carried out on alumina short fibers reinforced Al-Si piston alloy composites (Al-Si MMCs). Three Al-Si MMCs reinforced with 10, 17 and 25 vol.% of alumina short fibers were prepared to investigate the effects of volume fraction on tensile and low cycle fatigue properties at room temperature (RT) and 350°C. The results showed that the tensile strength decreased with the increasing of volume fraction of fibers at RT and was slight different at 350°C. Among the three MMCs, the 17%-MMCs showed highest stress level under the low cycle fatigue tests. The fatigue cracks were usually initiated from the clustered and large size fibers near the surface of specimen, propagated along the fiber/matrix interface at RT and grew rapidly by means of broken the fibers at 350°C.

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