Fatigue crack growth in a Ti–15–3 matrix/SCS–6 fibre metal matrix composite under tension–tension loading
作者:
CotterillP. J.,
BowenP.,
期刊:
Materials Science and Technology
(Taylor Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 12,
issue 6
页码: 523-530
ISSN:0267-0836
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1179/mst.1996.12.6.523
出版商: Taylor&Francis
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
AbstractThe fatigue crack growth characteristics of a Ti–15–3 matrix/SCS–6 fibre composite containing an unbridged defect under tension–tension loading were investigated as afunction of load range, load ratio, temperature, and specimen size. The results obtained and trends observed were compared with earlier data for the same composite tested using three point bending. There were no major mechanistic differences between crack growth under the two loading configurations, and the effects of load range, load ratio, and temperature were similar in each case. Variations between the results of tests using different loading configurations but identical starting conditions can be explained by differences in the change of nominal compliance with crack extension. The results demonstrate that fatigue cracks can behave in a range of different ways in this composite, from complete arrest at low stresses to rapid propagation through the specimen at high stresses. Both load range (which drives matrix crack propagation) and maximum load (which determines whether fibre failure occurs) are important in determining fatigue behaviour. Testing at an elevated temperature (350°C) significantly reducedfatigue life and promoted prematurefibrefailure. The absolute distance of the crack tip from the unbridged notch was more important in determining matrix crack growth rates than was the overall crack length relative to the specimen width (and hence the nominal value of applied stress intensity factor range).MST/3367
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