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Fatigue crack growth rate in ferrite-martensite dual-phase steel

Published Date
Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
November 1991, Vol.16(2):109122, doi:10.1016/0167-8442(91)90028-I

  • Author 
  • R.Y. Deng
  • Z.J. Ye
    • Institute of Mechanics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, People's Republic of China
    Abstract
    An empirical study is made on the fatigue crack growth rate in ferrite-martensite dual-phase (FMDP) steel. Particular attention is given to the effect of ferrite content in the range of 24.2% to 41.5% where good fatigue resistance was found at 33.8%. Variations in ferrite content did not affect the crack growth rate   when plotted against the effective stress intensity factor range   which was assumed to follow a linear relation with the crack tip stress intensity factor range  . A high  corresponds to uniformly distributed small size ferrite and martensite. No other appreciable correlation could be ralated to the microstructure morphology of the FMDP steel. The closure stress intensity factor  , however, is affected by the ferrite content with   reaching a maximum value of 0.7. In general, crack growth followed the interphase between the martensite and ferrite.
    Dividing the fatigue crack growth process into Stage I and II where the former would be highly sensitive to changes in   and the latter would increase with  depending on the   ratio. The same data when correlated with the strain energy density factor range   showed negligible dependence on mean stress or   ratio for Stage I crack growth. A parameter α involving the ratio of ultimate stress to yield stress, percent reduction of area and   is introduced for Stage II crack growth so that the   data for different   would collapse onto a single curve with a narrow scatter band when plotted against  .
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    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/016784429190028I

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