Influence of Microstructure Homogeneity on High-Cycle Fatigue Crack Initiation of Ti-55531 Alloy with Lamellar Microstructure

Chaowen Huang, Yongqing Zhao, Shewei Xin, Wei Zhou, Qian Li, Weidong Zeng

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Abstract

The influence of microstructure homogeneity on crack initiation behavior under high-cycle fatigue (HCF) test at room temperature was studied in Ti-55531 alloy with lamellar microstructure by TEM and SEM. The results show that the HCF strength of Ti-55531 alloy could be as high as 639 MPa. However, a small amount of grain boundary (GB) α and a large number of inhomogeneous regions in microstructure significantly affect the HCF behavior of lamellar Ti-55531 alloy. Fatigue microcracks mainly initiate at interfaces between αs and βr phases owing to their different structures and properties. Moreover, a small amount of microcracks initiate at GB α and αs phases during fatigue.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)663-668
Number of pages6
JournalXiyou Jinshu Cailiao Yu Gongcheng/Rare Metal Materials and Engineering
Volume46
Issue number3
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2017

Keywords

  • Crack initiation
  • High-cycle fatigue
  • Microstructure homogeneity
  • Ti-55531 titanium alloy

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