A fretting fatigue crack detection feasibility study using shear wave non-destructive inspection

A study was conducted to assess the viability of using ultrasonic shear wave non-destructive inspection (NDI) methods to detect fatigue cracks nucleating in the vicinity of a contact regionin situ. Use of this method is hampered by the presence of electronic and acoustic noise in the laboratory environment and by the contact in the experimental configuration. A previously established fretting fatigue test fixture was selected, in which nominally flat pads are held in contact against a thin, flat specimen and gross sliding between the pad and specimen is eliminated. Experiments were performed with Ti-6Al-4V at 300 Hz andR=0.5 for average clamping stresses of 200 and 620 MPa, and applied fatigue stresses of 330 and 250 MPa. The shear wave response was monitored during each test, and the test was interrupted when changes in the waveform were thought to indicate a crack. Also, the effect of the contact load and the sensitivity of the technique under the contact conditions were assessed. For the lower clamping stress, a sizeable portion of life was spent nucleating cracks, and the propagation life was too short to allow interruption of the tests. At the higher clamping stress, cracks with surface lengths of ∼2.5 mm were detected on, 10 mm wide specimens in tests conducted using the shear wave NDI technique. While the presence of the contact produced changes in the ultrasonic waveform, additional changes occurred as the crack propagated that permitted crack detection. A simple waveform correlation was used post-test to quantify the waveform changes, and thereby validate the viability of this NDI method for use in contact regions. In the configuration used for this study, the shear wave NDI technique was insensitive to small cracks. Some refinements that could dramatically improve crack detection capability are discussed. The original color figures found in this article can be seen in the online verson of this article, or can be obtained from A. Hutson.     

Simulated microstructure-sensitive extreme value probabilities for high cycle fatigue of duplex Ti-6Al-4V

A newly developed microstructure-sensitive extreme value probabilistic framework to characterize the performance/variability for damage evolution processes is exercised to compare the driving forces for fatigue crack formation (nucleation and early growth) at room temperature for four different microstructure variants of a duplex Ti-6Al-4V alloy. The aforementioned probabilistic framework links certain extreme value fatigue response parameters with microstructure attributes at fatigue critical sites through the use of marked correlation functions. By applying this framework to study the driving forces for fatigue crack formation in these microstructure variants of Ti-6Al-4V, these microstructures can be ranked in terms of relative high cycle fatigue (HCF) performance and the correlated microstructure attributes that have the most influence on the predicted fatigue response can be identified. Nonlocal fatigue indicator parameters (FIPs) based on the cyclic plastic strain averaged over domains on the length scale of the microstructure attributes (e.g., grains, phases) are used to estimate the driving force(s) for fatigue crack formation at the grain scale. By simulating multiple statistical volume elements (SVEs) using crystal plasticity constitutive relations, extreme value distributions of the predicted driving forces for fatigue crack formation are estimated using these FIPs. This strategy of using multiple SVEs contrasts with simulation based on a single representative volume element (RVE), which is often untenably large when considering extreme value responses. The simulations demonstrate that microstructures with smaller relative primary α grain sizes and lower volume fractions of the primary α grains tend to exhibit less variability and smaller magnitudes of the driving forces for fatigue crack formation. The extreme value FIPs are predicted to most likely occur at clusters of primary α grains oriented for easy basal slip. Additionally, surrounding grains/phases with soft orientation shed load to less favorably oriented primary α grains, producing extreme value FIPs.     

Ti-6Al-4V微弧氧化陶瓷膜的微观结构及摩擦磨损性能研究

在NaAlO2和Na3PO4混合电解液中,利用微弧氧化技术在Ti-6Al-4V表面制备了氧化物陶瓷膜.用扫描电子显微镜、X射线衍射仪及显微硬度仪分别对微弧氧化膜的微观结构、相组成及其断面硬度进行分析,并对氧化膜致密层的摩擦磨损性能进行研究.结果表明:氧化膜表面呈现出多孔结构,氧化膜疏松层与致密层无明显界限,氧化膜与基底以犬牙交错形式结合;氧化膜主要由TiAl2O5和TiO2相组成,还含有少量AlPO4相和Al2O3相,氧化膜疏松层中TiAl2O5相的含量明显高于致密层;氧化膜内距Ti-6Al-4V基底约21 μm处的硬度存在最大值,两侧硬度降低;微弧氧化膜与Si3N4球对摩时具有较高的摩擦系数,磨损率比Ti-6Al-4V降低2个数量级,说明氧化膜致密层具有良好的耐磨性能,其磨损机制为微区脆性断裂.     

Fatigue Loading and Life Prediction in Three Fretting Fatigue Fixtures

Three fixtures for conducting laboratory fretting fatigue tests are described and their respective testing methods and the results of the analysis are compared. Each of these fixtures has been used to investigate the effects of various parameters of interest in fretting fatigue. These fixtures include a unique apparatus in which all load applied to the specimen is transferred to the fretting pads, an apparatus similar to many found in the literature where partial load transfer occurs across the pads, and a simplified dovetail fixture in which the clamping load, P, and the shear load, Q, are varied in phase. Select test conditions from prior experiments performed on identical material and resulting in similar lives ranging from one to ten million cycles from these fixtures are identified. The various testing conditions were used to compute the unique stress field for each case. The resulting contact stresses were used to calculate crack initiation based criteria, and to calculate stress intensity factors. The three fixtures were shown to be able to accommodate a range of loads, fretting pad contours, and specimen geometries that produced a variety of stress fields. A crack-initiation-based criterion was shown to predict the failure lives of thinner specimens accurately. The stress intensity factor calculations showed the possibility of a crack arresting for a stress field that decays rapidly and the possibility of a local minimum for K as a function of depth. The fixtures are shown to be complementary in generating data for development of robust fretting fatigue models that use these criteria.     

Fatigue and fretting fatigue of ion-nitrided 34CrNiMo6 steel

This work is concerned with the surface treatment (ion nitriding) of fretting fatigue and fatigue resistance of 34CrNiMo6. Tests are made on a servo-hydraulic machine under tension for both treated and non-treated specimens. The test parameters involve the applied displacements δ±80–±170 μm; fretting pressure σ_n=1000–1400 MPa; fatigue stress amplitude σ_a=380–680 MPa and stress ratio R=−1. The ion nitriding process improves both fatigue and fretting fatigue lives. Subsurface crack initiation from internal discontinuities was found for ion-nitrided specimens.     

高速干铣削钛合金时涂层硬质合金刀具磨损机理研究

采用CVD涂层硬质合金可转位立铣刀对钛合金(Ti-6Al-4V)进行了高速干铣削试验,采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观察刀具的磨损形貌,通过能谱分析(EDS)分析失效刀具表面的元素分布,并对刀具的主要磨损机理进行了分析.研究结果表明:使用涂层硬质合金刀具高速干铣削Ti-6Al-4V时,刀具的失效机理主要为磨粒磨损、粘结磨损、氧化磨损、扩散磨损和热-机械疲劳磨损的综合作用.刀具刚参与切削时,刀具后刀面会产生粘结和由于摩擦引起的擦伤,粘结层在断续冲击作用下的脱落过程还会造成后刀面涂层的剥落;随着刀具进一步的磨损,涂层剥落、粘结磨损及磨粒磨损伴随整个刀具失效过程,且还会出现氧化磨损、扩散磨损和疲劳裂纹等.切削速度越高,新产生的钛合金切屑就越容易燃烧,使刀具粘结、氧化和扩散以及热-机械疲劳等磨损加剧.     

TC4钛合金自然破片的引燃机理分析

对两种热处理条件不同的ＴＣ４钛合金圆筒在内部爆轰加载下的自然破片形成过程作了研究，并对破片的宏观断裂特征和细观断裂机理进行了分析。研究结果表明，一些引燃战斗部采用钛合金壳体的根本原因在于利用壳体破裂时形成的高温绝热剪切带和钛元素本身在高温下的剧烈氧化性。     

On the use of digital image correlation for slip measurement during coupon scale fretting fatigue experiments

Digital image correlation (DIC) is a full field three dimensional measurement technique that can quantify displacements and strains of a surface. In this paper, digital image correlation is used as a slip measurement technique during coupon scale fretting fatigue experiments. Slip measured with the novel DIC technique is compared to conventional slip measurement techniques as clip gauges and modified clip gauge measurements proposed by Wittkowsky et al. Slip measurements with the DIC system show lower slip values and higher tangential contact stiffness’s compared to (modified) clip gauge measurements. Slip measured with DIC is obtained closer to the contact compared to clip gauges, eliminating the influence of elastic deformations or fitting parameters. During the fretting fatigue experiments are two equal contacts simultaneously tested. However, the slip of both contacts is not identical with outliers of more than 10% difference in slip amplitude.     

网纹型表面微结构对Ti-6Al-4V水润滑摩擦学特性的影响

研究了Ti-6Al-4V合金表面网纹型微结构与Si3N4小球对摩时的水润滑摩擦学性能.利用电火花加工技术在Ti-6Al-4V合金表面加工出不同尺寸的网纹结构,运用正交试验设计方法分析了网纹宽度、深度、间宽比和网纹角度对Ti-6Al-4V合金水润滑摩擦学性能的影响.结果表明:具有合适几何参数的网纹结构能够降低摩擦副在水润滑条件下的摩擦系数和磨损量.当网纹角度在45°时,摩擦副的摩擦系数和磨损量能同时降低.网纹宽度对稳态摩擦系数的影响最大,而网纹深度和夹角对摩擦副材料的磨损影响最大.     

Fatigue life predictions by integrating EVICD fatigue damage model and an advanced cyclic plasticity theory

An event independent cumulative damage (EVICD) fatigue prediction model was previously developed for the fatigue damage prediction under general multiaxial stress state and loading conditions. The model takes the plastic strain energy as the major contributor to the fatigue damage. The application of the EVICD model does not require a cycle counting method for general random loading. In the current effort, derivations were made to explicitly and directly relate the material constants in the fatigue model to the parameters in the Manson–Coffin equations and the cyclic stress–strain curve of the material. In addition, an advanced cyclic plasticity theory was implemented for the determination of the detailed stress–strain response that was required as the input for the EVICD fatigue model. Three metallic materials were used to demonstrate the capability of the modified fatigue model for the predictions of fatigue lives under different loading conditions. The results show that the fatigue model can provide fatigue life predictions in close agreement with the experimental observations.     

A NOVEL APPROACH TO TESTING THE DYNAMIC SHEAR RESPONSE OF Ti-6Al-4V

Modifications were made on the traditional split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) system to conduct dynamic shear tests. The shear response of Ti-6Al-4V was acquired at a shear strain rate of 10 4 s 1 by using this modified apparatus. The geometry as well as the clamping mode of the double-notch specimen was optimized by commercial FEM software ABAQUS, and the feasibility of the experiment set-up was validated. A shear stress calibration coefficient of τ = 1.03 and a shear strain calibration coefficient of Γ = 0.50 were obtained.We have employed high-speed photography to record the deformation process, especially the initiation and propagation of adiabatic shear band (ASB), during the dynamic shear test. The frames show that the time duration from ASB initiation to its completion is less than 2 μs, from which we can estimate that the propagation speed of ASB within Ti-6Al-4V is more than 1250 m/s under such loading conditions. The temperature rise within ASB is also estimated to be T 2 ≈ 1460℃ based on energy balance. Such high temperature has led to softening of the material within the ASBs, and has intensified the shear localization and finally resulted in fracture of the material.     

Experimental and computational studies of low cycle fatigue crack nucleation in a polycrystal

Low cycle fatigue tests were carried out on a model ‘two-dimensional’ polycrystalline nickel-base alloy; that is, a directionally solidified material with near prismatic grains. Grain morphology and orientation were determined using electron back scatter diffraction (EBSD), and polycrystal plasticity analyses carried out for the characterised microstructure with, in principle, identical conditions to the experiment tests.     

Effects of measurement techniques on the experimental characterization of crack tip opening angle-Δ<Emphasis Type="Italic">a</Emphasis> resistance curves

One of the most promising approaches to characterizing the stable tearing process for lower constraint configurations in metallic materials has been indicated to be the crack tip opening angle (CTOA) criterion. In this paper we examine the effect of measurement distance selection and the impact of measurement procedures/analysis on the experimental CTOA-Δa resistance curve behavior of a Ti-6Al-4V and an Al5083 alloy. A new, systematic procedure for carrying out the experimental, surface CTOA measurement process has been used, which has uncovered artifacts of measurement distance selection that have not been presented prior to this study. By studying the CTOA-Δa behavior using a rigidly defined and consistent method, it is apparent that the measurement distance behind the crack tip at which angles are measured has a direct impact on the shape of the early transitional behavior of the CTOA-Δa behavior as well as the critical, experimental CTOA values produced.     

摩擦系数对钛合金等通道转角挤压影响的有限元分析

以Ti-6Al-4V钛合金高温变形行为研究为基础,建立了等通道转角挤压（ECAE）的三维模型,运用DEFORM-3D有限元分析软件模拟了600 ℃等温条件下不同摩擦系数对Ti-6Al-4V合金ECAE过程中的温度场,等效应力,等效应变以及等效应变率的影响。结果表明：核心高温区以及核心应力区主要集中于转角处;随着摩擦系数增大,核心高温区面积增大,转角入口区的应力也有所增加;点迹跟踪结果表明各点应变均在经过转角处达到最大值,内角点及外角点处的变形较不稳定。     

An asymptotic approach to crack initiation in fretting fatigue of complete contacts

The stress state near the corner of a complete contact subject to fretting action is studied using an asymptotic analysis. The spatial distribution of stress, together with the generalised stress intensity factor defining the severity of the stress state are found, and the implications for experimental determination of crack initiation conditions discussed.     

激光选区熔化Ti-6Al-4V合金的动态力学性能及其本构关系

为了开展激光选区熔化（SLM）增材制造钛合金的动态力学性能研究,分别采用热模拟材料试验机、分离式霍普金森压杆装置对激光选区熔化钛合金在不同温度下进行了准静态和动态压缩实验,并基于实验结果拟合Johnson-Cook本构模型,同时对钛合金在高温、高应变率下的力学行为进行了有限元模拟。结果表明,相对于铸造或锻造钛合金,激光选区熔化钛合金具有更细小、均匀的组织,使其屈服强度有明显的提升,且表现出明显的应变率强化效应和热软化效应。有限元模拟结果与实验有着较高的重合度,进一步验证了本构参数的有效性,为扩大激光选区熔化技术及其产品的应用提供了理论基础。

     

Dwell fatigue crack nucleation model based on crystal plasticity finite element simulations of polycrystalline titanium alloys

In this paper a crystal plasticity-based crack nucleation model is developed for polycrystalline microstructures undergoing cyclic dwell loading. The fatigue crack nucleation model is developed for dual-phase titanium alloys admitting room temperature creep phenomenon. It is a non-local model that accounts for the cumulative effect of slip on multiple slip systems, and involves evolving mixed-mode stresses in the grain along with dislocation pileups in contiguous grains. Rate dependent, highly anisotropic behavior causes significant localized stress concentration that increases with loading cycles. The crystal plasticity finite element (CPFE) model uses rate and size-dependent anisotropic elasto-crystal plasticity constitutive model to account for these effects. Stress rise in the hard grain is a consequence of time-dependent load shedding in adjacent soft grains, and is the main cause of crack nucleation in the polycrystalline titanium microstructure. CPFE simulation results are post-processed to provide inputs to the crack nucleation model. The nucleation model is calibrated and satisfactorily validated using data available from acoustic microscopy experiments for monitoring crack evolution in dwell fatigue experiments.     

Fatigue crack growth discrepancies with stress ratio

This paper examines cracking in D6ac and 4340 steel along with Mil Annealed and STOA Ti-6Al-4V and finds that the data implies that in the Paris Region (Region II) of the crack growth curve there is only a minimal R ratio dependency. Presented is a theoretical basis for explaining this behaviour and suggest alternative ways for characterising crack growth prediction through the use of the Generalised Frost-Dugdale crack growth law. The Fatigue Damage Map method is then used to explain the physics behind this behaviour.     

TiSiN/Ag纳米多层涂层的抗菌及摩擦学性能研究

采用多弧离子镀技术,在Ti-6Al-4V合金表面沉积TiSiN/Ag纳米多层涂层和TiSiN涂层,研究沉积涂层的结构、抗菌及摩擦学性能.利用X射线衍射仪(XRD),X射线光电子能谱仪(XPS)和透射电子显微镜(TEM)表征涂层的成分和结构,用纳米压痕仪测试涂层的硬度.采用Rtec往复式摩擦磨损试验机对涂层在海水环境中的摩擦学性能进行研究,评价了涂层对大肠埃希氏菌和枯草芽孢杆菌的抗菌性能.结果表明:与TiSiN涂层相比,TiSiN/Ag多层涂层表现出较低的摩擦系数;两种涂层在海水中磨损率远小于Ti-6Al-4V基底,其中,TiSiN/Ag多层涂层比TiSiN涂层在海水环境中表现出较低的磨损率;对TiSiN/Ag多层涂层进行24 h抗菌试验后,该涂层对大肠杆菌和枯草芽孢杆菌的抑菌率分别达到99.98%和100%.