Review on Surface Failure Mode of Metallic Materials in Very High Cycle Fatigue Regime

Abstract:

With higher cleanness upgraded steadily, surface failure of metallic materials in very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) regime beyond 107 cycles has been reported one after another. The occurrence of surface crack initiation to failure in VHCF regime is closely related to the following factors: (i) surface finishing condition of specimen, i.e. whether some grinding scratches, grooves and cavities with a relatively larger size than the subsurface defect exist at the surface of specimen; (ii) type, size, location, distribution and density of metallurgical defects such as inclusion contained in the subsurface of material; (iii) degree of persistent slip band (PSB) deformation induced by surface roughening of specimen, mainly corresponding to the some ductile single-phase metallic materials. Furthermore, the effect of environment such as humidity also accelerates surface crack initiation and propagation in VHCF regime. In the present paper, the authors briefly reviewed surface failure modes of metallic materials in VHCF regime beyond 107 cycles, and analyzed the surface crack initiation and propagation mechanisms from the viewpoints of the fracture mechanics and statistics.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 652-654)
• Pages: 1295-1300
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.652-654.1295
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Dong Ming Wang, Wei Li, Ping Wang, Wei Xian Chu
• Keywords: Defect, Defect Statistics, Persistent Slip Band (PSB), Surface Crack Initiation, Very High Cycle Fatigue (VHCF)

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