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Fatigue properties of a medium-strength γ-TiAl alloy with different surface conditions

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Effects of surface condition on fatigue properties of a medium-strength γ-TiAl alloy Ti–45Al–5Nb–1W (at%) were investigated. It is found that the maximum stresses of fatigue samples are lower than the yield stresses of the medium-strength γ-TiAl alloy. Meanwhile, the local plastic deformation is unconspicuous to occur at the crack tip. In this case, the fatigue strength is mainly decided by surface conditions of maximum-stressed surface, but compressive stress and deformation especially resulted from shot peening play an important role in the improvement of the condition fatigue strength. The affecting depth of shot peening is about 250 μm. As a result, the relatively weak microstructures and phases become the preferential initiation sites and propagation routes. They are observed to be equiaxed γ grains, B2 + ω grains, and α2-γ lamellar interface in soft orientations. The existence of V-notch can significantly reduce the fatigue properties of the samples.

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This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 50971106 and 50211141) and the National Higher-Education Institution General Research and Development Fund (No. 2682014CX005). The author is also grateful to the School of Metallurgy and Materials, The University of Birmingham, UK, for some experimental support.

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    Zhen-Jun Yang, Hong-Liang Sun, Ze-Wen Huang, Xiao-Song Jiang & Song Chen

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Yang, ZJ., Sun, HL., Huang, ZW. et al. Fatigue properties of a medium-strength γ-TiAl alloy with different surface conditions. Rare Met. 35, 93–99 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-015-0625-z

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