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Effect of load ratio and corrosion on fatigue behavior of AerMet100 ultrahigh strength steel

  • Song Mei Li*
  • , Ling Fei Wu
  • , Jian Hua Liu
  • , Mei Yu
  • , Chen Wen
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The effects of load ratio and environment on the fatigue crack growth (FCG) behaviors of AerMet 100 steel was studied. Different crack growth zones were focused. The fracture morphologies were observed by scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results show that raising the load ratio reduces the threshold stress intensity (ΔKth), below 10-5 mm/cycle. Further more, ΔKth became a constant at R≥0.5. However, the effect of load ratio on FCG rate is slight above 10-5 mm/cycle. It tended to be converge in the range. And the corrosion environments accelerate the FCG above 10-5 mm/cycle. When the rate below 10-5 mm/cycle, the situation is changed. The aggressive environment reduces the FCG rate, and the threshold-value of FCG is larger due to the crack closure of corrosion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)74-80
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Aeronautical Materials
Volume34
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2014

Keywords

  • Corrosion fatigue
  • Crack closure
  • Load ratio
  • Threshold value
  • Ultrahigh strength steel

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