Studies on surface integrity and fatigue performance of Ti-17 alloy induced by ultrasonic surface rolling process

Liang Tan, Wenhao Tang, Manqi Wang, Yufei Zhang, Changfeng Yao

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Abstract

The surface integrity and fatigue performance of Ti-17 titanium alloy under different ultrasonic surface rolling (USR) process are investigated, the fatigue fracture morphologies are compared and analyzed. The results show that USR process enhances the surface integrity characteristics of the Ti-17 titanium alloy specimen. The surface roughness Ra values of the USR treated specimens are <0.3 μm, and the surface stress concentration coefficients are within the range of 1.009 to 1.028. USR process induces a compressive residual stress affected layer of 100 to 500 μm, a work-hardened layer of 100 to 300 μm, and a gradient microstructure. The average fatigue life of the U01# treated specimen with better surface integrity characteristics is approximately 9.7 times higher than that of U06# treated specimen. Observing the fatigue fractures, the fatigue crack initiation positions of the USR treated specimen are located on the subsurface at a distance of 200 to 500 μm from the surface. The fatigue crack initiation is linked to the stress concentration resulting from internal material defects and the uneven distribution of residual stress. The fatigue crack growth rate is relatively stable for the USR treated specimens with longer fatigue life. The crack initiation life of the USR treated specimens exceeds 90 % of their total fatigue life due to the improved surface integrity characteristics. The improvement of USR process on the rotating bending fatigue performance of Ti-17 titanium alloy is mainly reflected in the prevention of crack initiation and delay of crack propagation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number132336
JournalSurface and Coatings Technology
Volume512
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Sep 2025

Keywords

  • Fatigue fracture morphology
  • Fatigue life
  • Surface integrity
  • Ti-17 titanium alloy
  • Ultrasonic surface rolling process

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