• Title of article

    Very high cycle fatigue mechanism of carbide-free bainite/martensite steel micro-alloyed with Nb

  • Author/Authors

    Yu، نويسنده , , Y. and Gu، نويسنده , , J.L. and Bai، نويسنده , , B.Z. and Liu، نويسنده , , Y.B. and Li، نويسنده , , S.X.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    212
  • To page
    217
  • Abstract
    In this study, the carbide-free bainite/martensite (CFB/M) steel was micro-alloyed with Nb (CFB/M-Nb). The very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) behaviors of this CFB/M-Nb steel were investigated by ultrasonic fatigue test. Especially, different microstructures of the CFB/M-Nb steel were deliberately designed to disclose the VHCF failure mechanism. In addition, the effect of hydrogen in the formation of the optical dark area (ODA) was analyzed, which was thought to control the formation of ODA by concentrating around interior inclusions. Results show the hydrogen cannot be considered to dominate the formation of ODA. Mostly important, “soft or coarsely soft structure induced fatigue crack” should be responsible for the primary VHCF failure mechanism of CFB/M-Nb steel.
  • Keywords
    Carbide-free bainite/martensite , S–N curve , very high cycle fatigue , high strength steel , Mechanism
  • Journal title
    MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: A
  • Serial Year
    2009
  • Journal title
    MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: A
  • Record number

    2161581