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Crack initiation and near-threshold surface fatigue crack propagation behavior of the iron-base superalloy A-286

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The fatigue behavior of the iron-base superalloy A-286 was studied at room temperature in air for three aging conditions: underaged, peak aged, and overaged. A fatigue strength at 107 cycles of about 200 MPa, independent of aging condition, was measured for an applied load ratio ofR =0.1. Surface crack initiation and propagation were measured using hourglass specimens. Surface cracks were invariably initiated in slip bands orientated between 45 and 55 deg to the load axis, and an average ratio of crack depth to crack length of about 0.45 for these semi-elliptical cracks was measured. These earliest observable short surface cracks grew at an accelerated propagation rate in the near-threshold regime but were retarded in a transition stage, resulting in a minimum in crack growth rate. This behavior was correlated to the interaction of the crack with specific microstructure features. Following this minimum, the crack growth accelerated again with increasing ΔK and appeared to converge with the crack growth behavior expected for long through cracks. The crack propagation rate at fixed ΔK was lowest in underaged, compared to peak aged and overaged microstructures. The minimum and trends in crack growth rate appeared to depend on the development of roughness-induced closure.

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  1. MTU-Munich, Postfach 500640, 8000, München 50, West Germany

    M. A. Daeubler

  2. Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 15213, Pittsburgh, PA

    A. W. Thompson (Professor)

  3. Illinois Institute of Technology, 60616, Chicago, IL

    I. M. Bernstein (Provost)

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Daeubler, M.A., Thompson, A.W. & Bernstein, I.M. Crack initiation and near-threshold surface fatigue crack propagation behavior of the iron-base superalloy A-286. Metall Trans A 19, 301–308 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02652539

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