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Comparison of the fatigue life of F.F. shaft material according to various environmental temperatures

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A rotary bending fatigue test was carried out with two kinds of materials, S43C and S50C, using the front engine and front driveshaft (F.F. shaft) of the vehicle. The specimens were heat-treated using the high frequency induction method (about 1 mm depth and HRC56∼60) and the test environment temperatures were -30 °C (-22 °F), +25 °C (+77 °F), and +80 °C (+176 °F) in order to determine the influence of the heat treatment and the temperatures.

The fatigue life increased on the order of +80 °C, +25 °C, and -30 °C regardless of heat treatment. In comparison of the fatigue lives with the basis of the tested result at +25 °C, the fatigue lives of non-heated specimens decreased about 35%, but that of heat-treated specimens decreased by only about 5% at +80 °C, more than at +25 °C. And fatigue life of non-heated and heat-treated specimens were about 110% and 120% higher at -30 °C than that of +25 °C. The initiation of surface microcracks was observed at 0.2 fatigue life ratio in as-received S43C and S50C, but the average crack length in S50C was about 14% longer than that of S43C at the same fatigue life ratio.

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  1. Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, 1, Chumdan-dong, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, 506-824, Korea

    Dong-Gil Lee, Kyeung-Cheun Jang & Jung-Min Kuk

  2. Mokpo National University, Korea

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Lee, DG., Jang, KC., Kuk, JM. et al. Comparison of the fatigue life of F.F. shaft material according to various environmental temperatures. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 26, 896–908 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-003-2047-6

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