Competition mechanisms of fatigue crack growth behavior in lath martensitic steel

Yang, Ming; Zhong, Yong; Liang, Yilong

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“…[6,8,14,24,26] In contrast, however, some studies revealed block boundaries to have the most pronounced barrier effect on short crack propagation. [6,7,26] In the investigation of Koschella et al [7] no impact of PAGBs on short crack propagation could be observed at all, i.e., the crack propagation rate did not slow down appreciably when a fatigue crack approached a PAGB. Rather the crack crossed this boundary unaffectedly, leading to the assumption that the misorientation between the dominating slip systems in the neighboring prior austenite grains is small.…”

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“…[4,8,9,13,24] The subsequent short crack propagation seems to be strongly influenced by the local microstructure, whereby a short crack propagation parallel to the martensitic laths is often observed. [8,24,25] PAGBs [6,8,14,24,26] and block boundaries [6,7,26] seem to act as obstacles for short crack propagation, leading to an oscillating short crack propagation rate. An often referred explanation for the barrier effect of microstructural interfaces is the misorientation between the two main slip…”

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“…Thereby, the higher the misorientation between the two slip systems is, the more pronounced is the barrier effect of the microstructural interface. [5][6][7]21,27] In this study, the fatigue damage evolution in a martensitic spring steel was investigated by means of in situ fatigue tests applying a confocal laser microscope (CLM). Moreover, complementary electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD) analyses were conducted, to link the local crystallographic orientations of the hierarchical martensitic microstructure with the characteristics of propagation behavior of microstructurally short cracks.…”

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“…Especially, the stages of crack initiation and short crack propagation can account for up to 90% of the fatigue life in the high cycle fatigue regime, leading to a particular interest in investigating these stages of fatigue damage evolution. [1] Furthermore, it is extremely important to understand the mechanisms of crack initiation and short crack propagation for lifetime predictions of structures which are not fail safe, as their failure can cause a catastrophic damage.Many studies have shown, that crack initiation often occurs at slip bands (see for example, the studies by Christ, McEvily, Efthymiadis et al, and Hong et al [1][2][3][4] ) and that short crack propagation is strongly influenced by the local microstructure, leading to an oscillating crack propagation rate (see for example, the studies by Christ, McEvily, Miller, and Yang et al [1,2,5,6] ). However, until now, just a few studies have investigated the fatigue damage evolution in a martensitic steel and the corresponding impact of the complex martensitic microstructure on the crack initiation and the short crack propagation.…”

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“…Many studies have shown, that crack initiation often occurs at slip bands (see for example, the studies by Christ, McEvily, Efthymiadis et al, and Hong et al [1][2][3][4] ) and that short crack propagation is strongly influenced by the local microstructure, leading to an oscillating crack propagation rate (see for example, the studies by Christ, McEvily, Miller, and Yang et al [1,2,5,6] ). However, until now, just a few studies have investigated the fatigue damage evolution in a martensitic steel and the corresponding impact of the complex martensitic microstructure on the crack initiation and the short crack propagation.…”

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Many technical components are subjected to uniaxial cyclic loading in the high cycle fatigue regime. The resulting fatigue damage evolution is commonly subdivided into four stages, i.e., crack initiation, short crack propagation, long crack propagation, and eventually failure. Especially, the stages of crack initiation and short crack propagation can account for up to 90% of the fatigue life in the high cycle fatigue regime, leading to a particular interest in investigating these stages of fatigue damage evolution. [1] Furthermore, it is extremely important to understand the mechanisms of crack initiation and short crack propagation for lifetime predictions of structures which are not fail safe, as their failure can cause a catastrophic damage.Many studies have shown, that crack initiation often occurs at slip bands (see for example, the studies by Christ, McEvily, Efthymiadis et al., and Hong et al. [1][2][3][4] ) and that short crack propagation is strongly influenced by the local microstructure, leading to an oscillating crack propagation rate (see for example, the studies by Christ, McEvily, Miller, and Yang et al. [1,2,5,6] ). However, until now, just a few studies have investigated the fatigue damage evolution in a martensitic steel and the corresponding impact of the complex martensitic microstructure on the crack initiation and the short crack propagation. The crack initiation in martensitic steels seems to occur often at slip bands, [7][8][9][10][11] which mainly arise at microstructural interfaces and are oriented parallel to martensitic laths. [11][12][13] It seems that those slip bands do not cross microstructural interfaces with a high-angle boundary like packet boundaries or prior austenite grain boundaries (PAGBs). [10,13,14] Hence, the crack initiation and early short crack propagation in martensitic steels seem to occur mainly intergranularly at PAGBs [11,12,14,15] or block boundaries, [11,16] although in some studies, transgranular crack initiation and early short crack propagation were also observed. [9,13] In many studies, the preferential alignment of carbides along microstructural interfaces is cited as a possible reason for intergranular crack initiation and early short crack propagation. [7,14,17,18] In addition, intergranular crack initiation can be explained by the impingement of slip bands on grain boundaries [14,19,20] or the anisotropic elastic and plastic properties of the grains. [11,12,15,[21][22][23] The number of slip bands formed and cracks initiated rises with increasing number of cycles and with increasing stress amplitude. [4,8,9,13,24] The subsequent short crack propagation seems to be strongly influenced by the local microstructure, whereby a short crack propagation parallel to the martensitic laths is often observed. [8,24,25] PAGBs [6,8,14,24,26] and block boundaries [6,7,26] seem to act as obstacles for short crack propagation, leading to an oscillating short crack propagation rate. An often referred explanation for the barrier effect of microstructural interfaces is the...

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