Effect of inclusion on high cycle fatigue response of a powder metallurgy tool steel  

作　　者：姚君 曲选辉 Rafi-ud-din 何新波 章林 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials(University of Science and Technology Beijing) [2]School of Materials Science and Engineering,University of Science and Technology Beijing

出　　处：《Journal of Central South University》2012年第7期1773-1779,共7页中南大学学报（英文版）

基　　金：Project(2007BAE51B05)supported by the National Key Technologies Research and Development Program of China

摘　　要：The high cycle fatigue response of a high V-alloyed powder metallurgy tool steel （AISI 11） with different inclusion sizes was studied. Two materials of this grade at a similar hardness of about HRC 60 were subjected to axial loading fatigue tests, tensile tests and fracture toughness measurements to investigate their mechanical properties. Large inclusion above 70 ~rn is indicated to be responsible for the tensile fracture which happens before yielding. The fatigue strength obtained up to 107 cycles is found to decrease from approximately 1 538 MPa to 1000 MPa with the inclusion size increasing above 30 Izm. The internally induced crack initiation is mainly attributed to the surface compressive residual stress of 300-450 MPa. Fractographic evaluation demonstrates that the crack initiation and propagation controlling factors of the two materials are almost the same, indicating that the two factors would be insignificantly affected by the inclusion size level. Paris sizes of the two materials both show a tendency to decrease as the ratio of stress intensity factor of crack origin to factor of fish-eye increases. The investigation into the relationship between stress intensity factors and fatigue life of the two materials further indicates that the high cycle fatigue behavior of AISI 11 is controlled by crack propagation.The high cycle fatigue response of a high V-alloyed powder metallurgy tool steel (AISI 11) with different inclusion sizes was studied. Two materials of this grade at a similar hardness of about HRC 60 were subjected to axial loading fatigue tests,tensile tests and fracture toughness measurements to investigate their mechanical properties. Large inclusion above 70 μm is indicated to be responsible for the tensile fracture which happens before yielding. The fatigue strength obtained up to 107 cycles is found to decrease from approximately 1 538 MPa to 1000 MPa with the inclusion size increasing above 30 μm. The internally induced crack initiation is mainly attributed to the surface compressive residual stress of 300?450 MPa. Fractographic evaluation demonstrates that the crack initiation and propagation controlling factors of the two materials are almost the same,indicating that the two factors would be insignificantly affected by the inclusion size level. Paris sizes of the two materials both show a tendency to decrease as the ratio of stress intensity factor of crack origin to factor of fish-eye increases. The investigation into the relationship between stress intensity factors and fatigue life of the two materials further indicates that the high cycle fatigue behavior of AISI 11 is controlled by crack propagation.

关 键 词：powder metallurgy tool steel high cycle fatigue FRACTOGRAPHY FISH-EYE INCLUSION 

分 类 号：TF125.12[冶金工程—粉末冶金]