Fatigue life assessment of a high strength steel 300 M in the gigacycle regime

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2012-03-13
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Thefatiguebehaviorofahighstrengthsteel300Minthegigacycleregimewasinvestigated.Fullyreversedtension-compressionfatiguetestsatambienttemperaturewereperformedusinganultrasonicfatiguesystemoperatingat20kHz.Thestaircasetestmethodwasemployedtoobtainaccuratevaluesofthemeanfatiguestrengthcorrespondingtofixednumbersofcyclesupto10~9.Theseresultswerecomparedtothecurvewhichisestimatedbythedatatestedinthemid-longliferegimeonconventionalservohydraulictestmachineat20Hz.Resultsindicatethatthefatiguestrengthdeterminedfromultrasonicfatiguetestingislightlyhigherthanconventionaltestingintherangeof10~6-10~7cycles.Itisobviousthatnucleationsoffracturestendtooccurbelowthesurface,iffractureshappenaftermorethan10~7cycles.AllthefracturedspecimensfailsfrominternalSiO_2inclusionsorsmallercarbidesandcarbideclusters.