The behaviour of short fatigue cracks in a beta-processed titanium alloy
An investigation has been made into the behaviour of short fatigue cracks in the β-processed titanium alloy, Ti6Ss. The effect on the material of a number of different variables was studied, particularly microstructure, as well as stress level, specimen design and specimen size. Initiation o...
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| description | An investigation has been made into the behaviour of short fatigue cracks in the β-processed titanium alloy, Ti6Ss.
The effect on the material of a number of different variables was studied, particularly microstructure, as well as stress level, specimen design and specimen size.
Initiation of cracks was found to occur at similar microstructural features in smooth specimens, regardless of a-platelet morphology. Cracks initiated from slip bands across small bundles of α-platelets, despite the presence of longer, more intense slip bands across α-colonies. α-platelet morphology was found to have a significant effect on short crack propagation rates when crack length was of the order of, or less than, the α-colony size - the more aligned the α-platelets, the greater the short crack propagation rates at equivalent ΔKs. Increasing the prior β-grain size (and hence the a-colony size) led to higher short crack propagation rates at equivalent ΔKs.
Specimen design appeared to have an effect on short crack growth rates a uniaxial tension specimen design gave slightly higher growth rates than a four point bend specimen design. Variation in specimen size had no effect on short crack growth rates for the same microstructural condition, but a larger specimen size was found to reduce the scatter in specimen lives observed in smaller specimens. Short crack growth rates were apparently insensitive to stress level when compared at the same nominal ΔK values. Crack shape was found to vary considerably at crack depths below approximately 0.75mm. At crack depths greater than this value, cracks took an approximately semi-circular form.
In keeping with many recent studies of short crack behaviour, short cracks were found to grow faster than long cracks at the same nominal ΔKs and at ΔKs below the long crack threshold value, ΔKth·
A case study was carried out to determine the behaviour of short cracks in a cheese forged from an ingot slice of IMI685. Crack growth behaviour was found to be the same as that of Ti65s, but initiation behaviour was affected by the presence of pores in the IMI68S, leading to a significant reduction in fatigue life. |
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| spelling | nottingham-284582025-02-28T11:33:43Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28458/ The behaviour of short fatigue cracks in a beta-processed titanium alloy Hastings, Philip John An investigation has been made into the behaviour of short fatigue cracks in the β-processed titanium alloy, Ti6Ss. The effect on the material of a number of different variables was studied, particularly microstructure, as well as stress level, specimen design and specimen size. Initiation of cracks was found to occur at similar microstructural features in smooth specimens, regardless of a-platelet morphology. Cracks initiated from slip bands across small bundles of α-platelets, despite the presence of longer, more intense slip bands across α-colonies. α-platelet morphology was found to have a significant effect on short crack propagation rates when crack length was of the order of, or less than, the α-colony size - the more aligned the α-platelets, the greater the short crack propagation rates at equivalent ΔKs. Increasing the prior β-grain size (and hence the a-colony size) led to higher short crack propagation rates at equivalent ΔKs. Specimen design appeared to have an effect on short crack growth rates a uniaxial tension specimen design gave slightly higher growth rates than a four point bend specimen design. Variation in specimen size had no effect on short crack growth rates for the same microstructural condition, but a larger specimen size was found to reduce the scatter in specimen lives observed in smaller specimens. Short crack growth rates were apparently insensitive to stress level when compared at the same nominal ΔK values. Crack shape was found to vary considerably at crack depths below approximately 0.75mm. At crack depths greater than this value, cracks took an approximately semi-circular form. In keeping with many recent studies of short crack behaviour, short cracks were found to grow faster than long cracks at the same nominal ΔKs and at ΔKs below the long crack threshold value, ΔKth· A case study was carried out to determine the behaviour of short cracks in a cheese forged from an ingot slice of IMI685. Crack growth behaviour was found to be the same as that of Ti65s, but initiation behaviour was affected by the presence of pores in the IMI68S, leading to a significant reduction in fatigue life. 1989 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28458/1/352955.pdf Hastings, Philip John (1989) The behaviour of short fatigue cracks in a beta-processed titanium alloy. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Ti65s Fatigue cracking Crack propagation Crack behaviour Titanium |
| spellingShingle | Ti65s Fatigue cracking Crack propagation Crack behaviour Titanium Hastings, Philip John The behaviour of short fatigue cracks in a beta-processed titanium alloy |
| title | The behaviour of short fatigue cracks in a beta-processed titanium alloy |
| title_full | The behaviour of short fatigue cracks in a beta-processed titanium alloy |
| title_fullStr | The behaviour of short fatigue cracks in a beta-processed titanium alloy |
| title_full_unstemmed | The behaviour of short fatigue cracks in a beta-processed titanium alloy |
| title_short | The behaviour of short fatigue cracks in a beta-processed titanium alloy |
| title_sort | behaviour of short fatigue cracks in a beta-processed titanium alloy |
| topic | Ti65s Fatigue cracking Crack propagation Crack behaviour Titanium |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28458/ |