Fatigue properties and fracture analysis of a SiC fiber-reinforced titanium matrix composite

Autor: Y.Z. Chen, Guanghai Feng, Xian Luo, Yanqing Yang, Jianjun Li, Bin Huang
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Composites Part B: Engineering. 68:336-342
ISSN: 1359-8368
Popis: Tension–tension fatigue properties of SiC fiber reinforced Ti–6Al–4V matrix composite (SiC f /Ti–6Al–4V) at room temperature were investigated. Fatigue tests were conducted under a load-controlled mode with a stress ratio 0.1 and a frequency 10 Hz under a maximum applied stress ranging from 600 to 1200 MPa. The relationship between the applied stress and fatigue life was determined and fracture surfaces were examined to study the fatigue damage and fracture failure mechanisms using SEM. The results show that, the fatigue life of the SiC f /Ti–6Al–4V composite decreases substantially in proportion to the increase in maximum applied stress. Moreover, in the medium and high life range, the relationship between the maximum applied stress and cycles to failure in the semi-logarithmic system could be fitted as a linear equation: S max / μ = 1.381 − 0.152 × lgN f . Fractographic analysis revealed that fatigue fracture surfaces consist of a fatigued region and a fast fracture region. The fraction of the fatigued region with respect to the total fracture surface decreases with the increase of the applied maximum stresses.
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