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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 165, 2018
12th International Fatigue Congress (FATIGUE 2018)
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Article Number | 11002 | |
Number of page(s) | 8 | |
Section | Fretting and Contact Fatigue | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201816511002 | |
Published online | 25 May 2018 |
Observation of Flaking Process in Rolling Contact Fatigue by Laminography Using Ultra-bright Synchrotron Radiation
1
Kobe University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1-1, Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
2
Shizuoka University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 3-5-1, Johoku, Naka, Hamamatsu 432-8561, Japan
3
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Research & Development, 1-8, Fuso, Amagasaki 660-0891, Japan
* Corresponding author: nakai@mech.kobe-u.ac.jp
The flaking failure in rolling contact fatigue (RCF) results from crack initiation and propagation has been believed to originate from non-metallic inclusions located beneath the surface. With conventional microscopies, however, damage process in the internal region of materials could not be observed, then RCF crack initiation and propagation behaviours were observed by using synchrotron radiation computed laminography (SRCL) in the brightest synchrotron facility in Japan, and the effect of the inclusion orientation on the RCF property was examined. In our previous studies, crack initiation and propagation behaviours caused by extended MnS inclusions distributed in depth or transverse (width) direction was observed by the SRCL. In the present study, the fracture mechanism under RCF was discussed on specimens with MnS inclusions distributed in the rolling direction. As a result, vertical cracks were initiated on the surface, parallel to the ball-rolling direction in specimens. The crack propagation direction was then changed perpendicular to the rolling direction. Thereafter, similar with our previous studies, vertical cracks caused the horizontal cracks beneath the surface, when the vertical cracks reached to a critical length. The ratio of the vertical crack initiation life to the flaking life was higher than specimens with other inclusion orientation.
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