Size-effect in Very High Cycle Fatigue: A review

Effect of Low Cycle Fatigue Predamage on Very High Cycle Fatigue Behavior of TC21 Titanium Alloy

The effect of low cycle fatigue (LCF) predamage on the subsequent very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) behavior is investigated in TC21 titanium alloy. LCF predamage is applied under 1.8% strain amplitude up to various fractions of the expected life and subsequent VHCF properties are determined using ultrasonic fatigue tests. Results show that 5% of predamage insignificantly affects the VHCF limit du...

The effect of microstructure on very high cycle fatigue properties in Ti-6Al-4V

Very High Cycle Fatigue Behavior of a Directionally Solidified Ni-Base Superalloy DZ4

The effect of casting pores on the very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) behavior of a directionally solidified (DS) Ni-base superalloy DZ4 is investigated. Casting and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) specimens were subjected to very high cycle fatigue loading in an ambient atmosphere. The results demonstrated that the continuously descending S-N curves were exhibited for both the casting and HIP specime...

Fatigue Fracture of High-Strength Concrete and Size Effect

Results of an cxperimelllal srudy ,,(fatiguefmelllre of geometrical/y similar high·strength concrete specimens of ven different si~es are reported and anal\'~ed. Three·poilll bend notched hean1.1 1.5. 4.24. and J:! in. deep were subjected 10 eselic loading H'ith a "m'er load limit of O.07Pc and an upper limiT het1l'een 0.73 and O.1!4 Pc. where Pc = maximum load ill monOlonic loading. The number...

Fatigue behaviour and fractography of extruded AZ80 magnesium alloys in very high cycle regime

In order to investigate the fatigue properties of extruded magnesium alloy in very high-cycle regime, rotary bending fatigue test was performed in ambient atmosphere at room temperature using the hourglass shaped specimens of AZ80 alloys extruded (Fspecimen) and treated by an artificial aging after extrusion (T5-specimen). From the experimental results, both specimens show a clear step-wise S-N...