Fatigue Performance of Low Rigidity Titanium Alloy for Biomedical Applications

2004 ◽  
Vol 449-452 ◽  
pp. 1265-1268
Author(s):  
Toshikazu Akahori ◽  
Mitsuo Niinomi ◽  
Hisao Fukui ◽  
Akihiro Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Strength ◽  
Fatigue Limit ◽  
High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Tangential Force ◽  
Solution Treatment ◽  
Beta Phase ◽  
Fretting Fatigue ◽  
Cycle Fatigue

Microstructures of Ti-29Nb-13Ta-4.6Zr (TNTZ) aged at temperatures between 573 and 723 K after solution treatment at 1063 K have super fine omega phase, or􀀂 both super fine alpha and omega phases, respectively in beta phase with an average grain diameter of 20 µm. Plain fatigue strength of TNTZ aged after solution treatment is much greater than that of as-solutionized TNTZ in both low cycle fatigue and high cycle fatigue life regions. This is due to the improvement of the balance of strength and ductility by the precipitation of alpha phase. Fretting fatigue strength of TNTZ conducted with various heat treatments decreases dramatically as compared with their plain fatigue strength in both low cycle fatigue and high cycle fatigue life regions. In this case, the decreasing ratio of fretting fatigue life increases with increasing the small crack propagation area where both the tangential force and frictional force at the contact plane of pad exist. In fretting fatigue in air, the ratio of fretting damage (Pf/Ff), where Pf and Ff stand for plain fatigue limit and fretting fatigue limit, respectively, increases with increasing elastic modulus. In fretting fatigue in Ringer’s solution, the passive film on specimen surface is broken by fretting action in TNTZ, which have excellent corrosion resistance, and, as a result, corrosion pits that lead to decreasing fretting fatigue strength especially in high cycle fatigue life region, are formed on its surface.

scholarly journals The Effect of Baking Heat Treatment on the Fatigue Strength and Life of Shot Peened 4340M Landing Gear Steel

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 5711
Author(s):  
Seok-Hwan Ahn ◽  
Jongman Heo ◽  
Jungsik Kim ◽  
Hyeongseob Hwang ◽  
In-Sik Cho
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Strength ◽  
Fatigue Limit ◽  
Shot Peening ◽  
High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Landing Gear ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Ultrasonic Fatigue

In this study, the effect of baking heat treatment on fatigue strength and fatigue life was evaluated by performing baking heat treatment after shot peening treatment on 4340M steel for landing gear. An ultrasonic fatigue test was performed to obtain the S–N curve, and the fatigue strength and fatigue life were compared. The micro hardness of shot peening showed a maximum at a hardened depth of about 50 μm and was almost uniform when it arrived at the hardened depth of about 400 μm. The overall average tensile strength after the baking heat treatment was lowered by about 80–111 MPa, but the yield strength was improved by about 206–262 MPa. The five cases of specimens showed similar fatigue strength and fatigue life in high cycle fatigue (HCF) regime. However, the fatigue limit of the baking heat treated specimens showed an increasing tendency rather than that of shot peening specimens when the fatigue life was extended to the very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) regime. The effect of baking heat treatment was identified from improved fatigue limit when baking heat was used to treat the specimen treated by shot peening containing inclusions. The optimum temperature range for the better baking heat treatment effect could be constrained not to exceed maximum 246 °C.

Effects of Contact Pressure on Fretting Fatigue Characteristics of Ti-4.5Al-3V-2Mo-2Fe with Acicular Alpha Structure

2005 ◽  
Vol 475-479 ◽  
pp. 585-588
Author(s):  
Junji Takeda ◽  
Mitsuo Niinomi ◽  
Toshikazu Akahori
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Strength ◽  
Contact Pressure ◽  
High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fretting Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
High Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Characteristics ◽  
Contact Pressures

The effects of microstructure and contact pressure on fretting fatigue characteristics of Ti-4.5Al-3V-2Mo-2Fe conducted with annealing at 1123 K and 1223 K were investigated in this study. Fretting fatigue tests in low and high cycle fatigue life regions of the alloys with equiaxed α and acicular α structures were carried out at each contact pressure of 10, 15, 30, 45, 75, 105 and 153 MPa. In the alloy with equiaxed α structure, fretting fatigue strength tends to be very low at contact pressures of 10 MPa and 15 MPa in low and high cycle fatigue life regions, respectively. Furthermore, fretting fatigue strength tends to be nearly constant at the contact pressure over 45 MPa in each fatigue life region. On the other hand, in the alloy with acicular α structure, fretting fatigue strength tends to be very low at contact pressures of 15 MPa and 30 MPa in low and high cycle fatigue life regions, respectively. Furthermore, fretting fatigue strength tends to be nearly constant at contact pressures of 45 MPa and over 30 MPa in low and high fatigue life regions, respectively.

scholarly journals Fatigue life time modelling of Cu and Au fine wires

2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 06002
Author(s):  
Golta Khatibi ◽  
Ali Mazloum-Nejadari ◽  
Martin Lederer ◽  
Mitra Delshadmanesh ◽  
Bernhard Czerny
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Testing ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Load Ratio ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Rate Dependency

In this study, the influence of microstructure on the cyclic behaviour and lifetime of Cu and Au wires with diameters of 25μm in the low and high cycle fatigue regimes was investigated. Low cycle fatigue (LCF) tests were conducted with a load ratio of 0.1 and a strain rate of ~2e-4. An ultrasonic resonance fatigue testing system working at 20 kHz was used to obtain lifetime curves under symmetrical loading conditions up to very high cycle regime (VHCF). In order to obtain a total fatigue life model covering the low to high cycle regime of the thin wires by considering the effects of mean stress, a four parameter lifetime model is proposed. The effect of testing frequency on high cycle fatigue data of Cu is discussed based on analysis of strain rate dependency of the tensile properties with the help of the material model proposed by Johnson and Cook.

Transition From Low Cycle to High Cycle in Uniaxial Fatigue

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed E. M. El-Sayed
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Behavior ◽  
Uniaxial Stress ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Elastic Behavior ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Life Assessment ◽  
Component Development

Fatigue is the most critical failure mode of many mechanical component. Therefore, fatigue life assessment under fluctuating loads during component development is essential. The most important requirement for any fatigue life assessment is knowledge of the relationships between stresses, strains, and fatigue life for the material under consideration. These relationships, for any given material, are mostly unique and dependent on its fatigue behavior. Since the work of Wöhler in the 1850’s, the uniaxial stress versus cycles to fatigue failure, which is known as the S-N curve, is typically utilized for high-cycle fatigue. In general, high cycle fatigue implies linear elastic behavior and causes failure after more than 104 or 105 cycles. However. the transition from low cycle fatigue to high cycle fatigue, which is unique for each material based on its properties, has not been well examined. In this paper, this transition is studied and a material dependent number of cycles for the transition is derived based on the material properties. Some implications of this derivation, on assessing and approximating the crack initiation fatigue life, are also discussed.

The Effects of Specimen Size on the Very High Cycle Fatigue Properties of FV520B-I

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Zhang ◽  
Weiqiang Wang ◽  
Aiju Li
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Strength ◽  
High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Specimen Size ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Very High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Heat Effects ◽  
Very High

The authors researched the effects of specimen size on the very high cycle fatigue properties of FV520B-I through ultrasonic fatigue testing. The test results showed that the very high cycle fatigue mechanism was not changed and the fatigue properties declined as the specimen size increased. The S-N curve moved downward and the fatigue life decreased under the same stress level maybe due to the heat effects of large specimens in tests. The fatigue strength and the fatigue life were predicted by relevant models. The prediction of fatigue strength was close to test result, and the prediction of fatigue life was less effective compared with the previous prediction of small size specimen test results.

Effects of Pre-Damage on HCF Behaviors of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (08n09) ◽  
pp. 1994-2000
Author(s):  
Taewon Park ◽  
Shankar Mall ◽  
Thedore Nicholas
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Strength ◽  
High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Loading Test ◽  
Progressive Change ◽  
Loading Method ◽  
Step Loading ◽  
Damage Condition

The effects of pre-damage on the fatigue strength of Ti-6Al-4V were investigated by applying the low cycle fatigue(LCF) as a pre-damage prior to high cycle fatigue(HCF) test. The fatigue strengths were obtained by means of step-loading method. The pre-damage condition was decided as 900MPa, 0.5R, 50,000 cycles through LCF test, and was introduced before step-loading test. The fatigue strength of Ti-6Al-4V alloy derived from step-loading test without pre-damage was about 639MPa. The introduction of pre-damage deteriorates the fatigue strength about 6%. Progressive change in elongation with increasing cycles was observed. The strain accumulated by pre-damage varies the displacement in the next loading step, but afterward this doesn't change the displacement any more. The strain formed by pre-damage is thought to result in earlier failure and lower fatigue strength.

High-Cycle Fatigue Life of AZ31 and AZ61 Magnesium Alloys

2013 ◽  
Vol 211 ◽  
pp. 83-88
Author(s):  
Marek Cieśla
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Strength ◽  
Magnesium Alloys ◽  
High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Test Material ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Structural Components ◽  
Asymmetry Coefficient ◽  
Fatigue Fractography

Usefulness of the magnesium alloys for construction of structural components is determined, apart from their low density, by a number of favourable mechanical properties and in the case of their use for components of transport means additionally by good fatigue strength. In this study, 12 mm diameter extruded rods of AZ31 and AZ61 magnesium alloys were used as test material. After extrusion the rods were annealed at a temperature of 400°C, with a 60 min soaking period and subsequent cooling in air. Cylindrical specimens with a diameter of d0 = 8 mm were made for the fatigue test under high-cycle rotary bending conditions with the cycle asymmetry coefficient R = -1. The tests were carried out for a limited fatigue strength range. Examination of microstructure of tested alloys and fatigue fractography were also performed. During the high-cycle fatigue tests it was found that the AZ61 alloy has a longer fatigue life. Based on the obtained results, fatigue life characteristics of the tested materials were drawn up.

scholarly journals Effect of Carburizing and Nitriding on Fatigue Properties of 18Cr2Ni4WA Steel in Very High Cycle Fatigue Regime

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-215
Author(s):  
Zhenduo Sun ◽  
Dongbo Hou ◽  
Wei Li
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Fatigue Strength ◽  
High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Internal Defect ◽  
Surface Fatigue ◽  
Very High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Very High

The work aims to study the influence of carburizing and nitriding on fatigue properties of 18Cr2Ni4WA high strength steel in very high cycle fatigue regime. Very high cycle fatigue tests were carried out on 18Cr2Ni4WA Steel after carburizing and nitriding respectively. The micro morphology of fatigue fracture was observed by scanning electron microscope, the failure mode and failure mechanism were discussed. The relationship between fatigue life and defect size, FGA size, fish eye size of fracture was analyzed. The characteristic size of defects is evaluated by Gumbel, Weibull and GEV distribution functions, and a modified Akiniwa fatigue life prediction model considering the relationship between FGA size and inclusion size was established. The results showed that, nitriding and carburizing treatment improve the surface fatigue limit of the steel. The fatigue life decreases with the increase of internal defect size and FGA size. After carburizing and nitriding treatment, the internal fatigue strength of the specimen decreases slightly. When the failure probability is 99%, the internal defect sizes of nitrided specimens calculated by Weibull, Gumbel and GEV distributions are 141.5 μm, 148.4 μm and 211.7 μm respectively. The calculated internal defect sizes of carburized specimens are 47 μm, 67.8 μm and 40 μm respectively. Compared with the experimental data, the fatigue strength predicted by GEV is the most appropriate. carburizing and nitriding treatment can improve the surface fatigue strength of 18Cr2Ni4WA steel, but slightly reduce the internal fatigue strength. The prediction result of the new model is conservative when the failure probability is 99%, which is suitable for engineering application.

Analysis on Torsional Fatigue Life of Turbo-Generator Shafts

2011 ◽  
Vol 467-469 ◽  
pp. 1858-1863 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Jiong Gu ◽  
Tie Zheng Jin
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Circuit Simulation ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Torsional Fatigue ◽  
Turbo Generator ◽  
The Impact

Both low-cycle fatigue and high-cycle fatigue exist during torsional vibrations, but the impact of high-cycle fatigue has rarely been considered. In this paper, a torsional fatigue life analyzing method used for torsional vibration of turbo-generator shafts has been developed based on Manson-Coffin equation and high-cycle fatigue theory. The method has been used to estimate the torsional fatigue life in the most dangerous section of the shafts in a power plant. The cumulative torsional fatigue damage under two-phase short circuit simulation has been predicted.

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