Influence of Frequency and Testing Technique on the Fatigue Behaviour of Quenched and Tempered Steel in the VHCF-Regime

Abstract:

Today in many cases ultrasonic testing machines with a frequency of f ≈ 20 kHz are used for investigations of the fatigue behaviour up to the very high cycle regime (VHCF-regime). A question that arises is if the results of these high frequency fatigue tests are comparable to conventional fatigue tests. This paper compares the fatigue behaviour of a quenched and tempered steel 50CrMo4 in two different tempered conditions investigated at low frequencies (f ≤ 400 Hz) on a servohydraulic testing machine and at a high frequency (f ≈ 20 kHz) on an ultrasonic fatigue testing machine. Effects which can occur because of the different testing techniques and testing frequencies are investigated. A concept is derived to describe the frequency effect caused by the strain rate. The estimations are compared with results of the fatigue tests.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 891-892)
• Pages: 1430-1435
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.891-892.1430
• Online since: March 2014
• Authors: Norbert Schneider*, Brita Pyttel, Christina Berger, Matthias Oechsner
• Keywords: 50CrMo4, Frequency Effect, Servohydraulic Testing Machines, S-N Curve, Ultrasonic Fatigue, VHCF

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