AbstractČERNÝ MICHAL, MAZAL PAVEL, FILÍPEK JOSEF, DOSTÁL PETR: Fatigue strength tests of layered steel. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2013, LXI, No. 1, pp. 39-49 The work deals with original measurement of fatigue properties of formed layered steel materialdamask steel. This is a material that exhibits a fi ne micro-structure as well as a regular composition of many material layers with complementary properties. The article experimentally verifi es highcycle fatigue properties of layered steel and evaluates them from the point of view of fatigue tests of conventional steel materials and a parallel application of a non-destructive -acoustic emissiontesting. Finally, it discusses the infl uence of production on fatigue strength and the possibilities of using multi-layered steel materials in technological practice. A serious result of this pilot experiment is the fact documented no only by the fractographic observation, but mainly by the AE records that the fatigue service life of this material is high if it its not stressed by tension approximating the yield point R e . However, such stress is not common in practical use of tools made of damask steel and thus under common bending stress an exceptionally long service life of tools made of this type of material is demonstrable. The fact that damask steel behaves like a homogeneous material is mainly confi rmed by the records of the AE signal at lower values of stress a. When stressed by higher amplitudes of tension a damask responds in AE records similarly to a laminate material that is stressed by bending. damask steel, fatigue tests, crack propagation, non-destructive testing, acoustic emission
Damask steelDamask steel is a material that exhibits a fi ne micro-structure as well as a regular composition of many material layers with complementary properties. In general, two types of a steel "semifi nished product" are used that are joined using the forge welding method, i.e. hot volume welding, and heat treated from the point of view of mechanical properties of the fi ne structure a er forming. The material is completely compact without visible traces of delamination even in case of a signifi cant degree of deformation as a consequence of general stress, i.e. when subjected to a static force.The fi nal cut that is led through the formed packet in a "suitable direction" and the microstructural composition participate on the damask steel "pattern" a er being chemically induced. Etching follows a er grinding and polishing. Depth etching (with the use of an acid solution that dissolves individual steel components at a diff erent rate) is manifested by the development of a three-dimensional relief that is characterized by the formation procedure of the layered material composition and the infl uence of the applied input materials.The production is based on the selection of suitable steel. With an increasing content of alloying elements steel loses conditional weldability. Therefore, carbon steel is used for the conventiona...