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Masing Behavior and Microstructural Change of Quenched and Tempered High-Strength Steel Under Low Cycle Fatigue

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Low cycle fatigue behavior of a quenched and tempered high-strength steel (Q960E) was studied in the strain amplitude ranging from ± 0.5% to ± 1.2% at room temperature. As a result of fatigue loading, the dislocation structural evolution and fracture mechanism were examined and studied by transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed that this Q960E steel showed cyclic softening at different strain amplitudes, and the softening tendency was more apparent at strain amplitude of ± (0.6–1.2)% than that at ± 0.5%. The reduction in dislocation density with increasing strain amplitude is responsible for the softening tendency of cyclic stress with the strain amplitude. The material illustrates near-Masing behavior at strain amplitude ranging from ± 0.6% to ± 1.2%. The near-Masing behavior of Q960E high-strength steel can be the result of stability of martensite lath at different strain amplitudes. Partial transformation from martensite laths to dislocation cells is responsible for the derivation from ideal Masing behavior. In the SEM examination of fracture surfaces, transgranular cracks initiate on the sample surface. Striations can be found during the crack propagation stage.

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The authors thank the financial supports of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51674079) and Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Nos. KJ2018A0062, KJ2017A128 and KJ2017A066).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Rolling and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China

    Feng-Mei Bai, Xiang-Hua Liu & Hai-Long Yi

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui Key Lab of Materials Science and Processing, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, China

    Hong-Wei Zhou, Meng Song & Ya-Xin Sun

  3. School of Metallurgical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, China

    Feng-Mei Bai & Zhen-Yi Huang

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Bai, FM., Zhou, HW., Liu, XH. et al. Masing Behavior and Microstructural Change of Quenched and Tempered High-Strength Steel Under Low Cycle Fatigue. Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 32, 1346–1354 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-019-00893-4

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