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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 165, 2018
12th International Fatigue Congress (FATIGUE 2018)
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Article Number | 04014 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Crack Initiation Process and First Stages of Crack Propagation | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201816504014 | |
Published online | 25 May 2018 |
Comparison of fatigue crack initiation behavior in different microstructures of TC21 titanium alloy
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State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710049, P.R. China
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Northwest Research Institute of Nonferrous Metals, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710016, P.R. China
* Corresponding author. Tel.: +86 29 82668614; fax: +86 29 82663453.
E-mail address: qysun@mail.xjtu.edu.cn (Qiaoyan Sun).
Cyclic heterogeneous deformation, slip characteristics and crack nucleation with different microstructures, such as bimodal microstructure (BM) and fine lamellar microstructure (FLM) in TC21 alloy (Ti-6Al-2Sn-2Zr-3Mo-1Cr-2Nb-0.1Si), were systematically investigated and analyzed during high cycle fatigue at room temperature. The results demonstrated that the FLM microstructure possesses higher high-cycle fatigue strength than those of the BM one. For BM, the heterogeneous plastic deformation existed within the different large primary α phase, such as equiaxed primary α and primary α lath. The cracks at interfaces and slip bands easily coalesce with each other to form large cracks in BM. However, the α laths with similar morphology and size (nanosize) distributed uniformly in FLM and could relatively deform homogeneously in micro-region, which delayed the initiation of the fatigue crack. Based on the electron-backscattered diffraction (EBSD) analysis, it found that the strain was nonuniformly distributed in BM, however, it is relatively homogeneous in FLM. Moreover, lots of straight cracks are parallel and along single intrusions within the β grain which delays the coalescence of cracks.
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