{"title":"The Effects of Load Ratio, Interstitial Content, and Grain Size on Low-Stress Fatigue-Crack Propagation in α-Titanium","authors":"J. Robinson, C. Beevers","doi":"10.1179/030634573790445550","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"AbstractLow-stress fatigue-crack-propagation tests have been carried out on three commercially pure α-titaniumalloys. It was found that decreasing load ratio (R), increasing grain size, and increasing interstitial alloying content could all produce significant reductions in growth rate over the ∆K range studied (4–20 MN/m2). The conclusion was reached that the fatigue-fracture process comprised two stages: (1) the formation of relatively planar facets (primarily ∆K-controlled) and (2) their interconnection by a mechanism involving plastic tearing (primarily K max-controlled). Scanning electron microscope examination of the fatigue-fracture surfaces revealed that the orientations of individual grains exerted a considerable influence on fracture-surface morphology. This effect occurred when the scale of reversed plasticity at the crack tip was of the order of, or less than, the grain size. A transition in fracturesurface appearance occurred in all specimens at an approximately constant value of growth rate ...","PeriodicalId":103313,"journal":{"name":"Metal Science Journal","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"93","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Metal Science Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1179/030634573790445550","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
AbstractLow-stress fatigue-crack-propagation tests have been carried out on three commercially pure α-titaniumalloys. It was found that decreasing load ratio (R), increasing grain size, and increasing interstitial alloying content could all produce significant reductions in growth rate over the ∆K range studied (4–20 MN/m2). The conclusion was reached that the fatigue-fracture process comprised two stages: (1) the formation of relatively planar facets (primarily ∆K-controlled) and (2) their interconnection by a mechanism involving plastic tearing (primarily K max-controlled). Scanning electron microscope examination of the fatigue-fracture surfaces revealed that the orientations of individual grains exerted a considerable influence on fracture-surface morphology. This effect occurred when the scale of reversed plasticity at the crack tip was of the order of, or less than, the grain size. A transition in fracturesurface appearance occurred in all specimens at an approximately constant value of growth rate ...