High Cycle Fatigue Properties of Duplex Stainless Steel in Air and 3.5% NaCl Solution

Abstract

The high cycle fatigue of super duplex stainless steel of SAF 2507 was investigated by rotating bending fatigue test in both air and 3.5% NaCl environment. The results showed that there is no much reduction of the fatigue life in corrosive environment, which is 90% of the air fatigue strength. In air fatigue, failure happens in ductile mode with austenite grains having finer and straighter fatigue striations than ferrite grains. Width and spacing of striations vary with the orientation and locations when the second cracking occurs. It is not reliable to identify the phase by morphology of striations. In 3.5% NaCl environment, the fracture exhibits a mixed mode of cleavage and quasi-cleavage in ferrites and ductile in austenite grains.