Abstract
Powder metallurgy (P/M) steels will encounter fatigue loading in service. A fundamental understanding of porosity and steel matrix microstructure on fatigue behavior is important. In this paper, the fatigue crack growth behavior of hybrid and prealloy Ni-Mo P/M steels was investigated. The density of P/M steels was varied from 7.0 to 7.6 g/cm3. The relationship between microstructure and fatigue crack growth was investigated in detail. The density, matrix microstructure, and the degree of pore clustering had a significant effect on the crack growth behavior. The crack closure and two parameters (static: Kmax and cyclic: ΔK) were employed to describe and explain the fatigue behavior of the steels.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 28-38 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Materials Science and Engineering A |
Volume | 491 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 15 2008 |
Keywords
- Fatigue crack growth
- Powder metallurgy
- Steel
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering