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Effects of sodium chloride and shot peening on corrosion fatigue of AISI 6150 steel

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Abstract

Reversed-bending fatigue tests of quenched and tempered AISI 6150 steel were conducted in dry air and in aqueous 3 pct NaCl. The 3 pct NaCl environment drastically reduced fatigue life but two different shot peening treatments were found to improve the corrosion fatigue life over that of unpeened samples. Multiple fatigue crack initiation occurred at very distinct locations in both the unpeened and the peened specimens fatigued in 3 pct NaCl. Fatigue crack propagation from each initiation site occurred first on flat facets normal to the stress axis and then by a more ductile mechanism after the initiation facets had linked. The average size of the corrosion fatigue initiation facets in the peened specimens was much smaller than that of the unpeened specimens; however, the number of initiation sites was greater in the peened specimens. It is believed that the beneficial effect of the shot peening results from significantly reduced early fatigue crack propagation rates in the compressive residual stress layer at the surface.

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  1. Globe-Union, Inc., 53209, Milwaukee, Wis.

    M. S. Baxa (Process Engineer)

  2. Materials Department, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 53201, Milwaukee, Wis.

    Y. A. Chang (Professor) & L. H. Burck (Assistant Professor)

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Formerly Research Assistant, Materials Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Baxa, M.S., Chang, Y.A. & Burck, L.H. Effects of sodium chloride and shot peening on corrosion fatigue of AISI 6150 steel. Metall Trans A 9, 1141–1146 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02652219

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