Influence of notch root radius on high cycle fatigue properties and fatigue crack initiation behavior of Ti-55531 alloy with a multilevel lamellar microstructure

Zhong Zhang, Chaowen Huang, Zilu Xu, Jiang Yang, Shaolei Long, Changsheng Tan, Mingpan Wan, Dan Liu, Shengli Ji, Weidong Zeng

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Abstract

Notch high cycle fatigue (HCF) properties and microcrack initiation behavior of Ti-55531 alloy with a multilevel lamellar microstructure under various notch radii were systematically investigated. Results indicate that the reduction of notch root radius significantly promotes fatigue microcrack initiation, and then dramatically reduces the HCF life and strength of the alloy. Cyclic deformation of the alloy is mainly controlled by the slipping and deformation twinning in α plates. The primary fatigue crack initiation micro-mechanism is α/β interface cracking induced by slipping and twinning at all notch HCF specimens. Moreover, the volume fraction of twinning would increase with decreasing of the notch root radius. Interestingly, when the notch root radius is the smallest (R = 0.14 mm) and the stress concentration factor is the largest (Kt = 4), in addition to slipping and twinning, basal stacking faults promoting the cracking of α/β interface could be another crucial HCF microcrack initiation mechanism of the alloy. Furthermore, with decreasing of notch root radius and increasing of stress concentration factor, the size of cycle plastic deformation zone at notch root gradually reduces to the size of α colony and even the α plate. Therefore, the order of influential degree of three different levels microstructure on the crack initiation mechanism of notched HCF can be arranged as α plate > α colony > β GB.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6293-6311
Number of pages19
JournalJournal of Materials Research and Technology
Volume24
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2023

Keywords

  • Fatigue crack initiation
  • Multilevel lamellar microstructure
  • Notch high cycle fatigue
  • Ti-55531 alloy

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