Abstract
Structure and phase transformations in Fe–0.6C–1Mn–2Si steel subjected to multicyclic fatigue tests under normal conditions and with intermediate electrostimulation are investigated by the methods of metallography of etched microsections and scanning and transmission electron diffraction microscopy of thin foils and carbon replicas. It is demonstrated that fatigue failure under normal loading is preceded by complete dissolution of initial cementite particles with carbon localized on structural defects (dislocations, subboundaries, and boundaries), micropores, and microcracks. Electrostimulation, promoting the relaxation of stress concentrators through dissolution of particles localized on the grain boundaries and the state change of the interphase boundaries between the matrix and second-phase particle, causes the mean and maximum subcritical crack length to increase together with the thickness of the sample layer involved in the strain of the material and the zone of fatigue crack growth. This is accompanied by a significant increase in the operating lifetime of the material.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
REFERENCES
A. D. Kennedy, Creep and Fatigue in Metals [in Russian], Metallurgiya, Moscow (1965).
V. S. Ivanova and V. F. Terent'ev, The Nature of Meatal Fatigue [in Russian], Metallurgiya, Moscow (1975).
S. Kotsan'da, Fatigue Cracking of Metals [in Russian], Metallurgiya, Moscow (1990).
V. F. Terent'ev, Fatigue of Metallic Materials [in Russian], Nauka, Moscow (2002).
V. I. Spitsyn and O. A. Troitskii, Electroplastic Strain of Metals [in Russian], Nauka, Moscow (1985).
V. E. Gromov, L. B. Zuev, É. V. Kozlov, and V. Ya. Tsellermaer, Electrostimulated Plasticity of Metals and Alloys [in Russian], Nedra, Moscow (1996).
O. V. Sosnin, V. E. Gromov, and É. V. Kozlov, eds., Electrostimulated Low-Cycle Fatigue [in Russian], Nedra Communications LTD, Moscow (2000).
A. F. Sprecher, S. L. Mannan, and H. Conrad, Acta Metall., 3, No. 7, 1145–1162 (1986).
L. B. Zuev, O. V. Sosnin, V. E. Gromov, and G. V. Trusova, Metallofiz. Noveish. Tekhnol., 19, No. 4
V. E. Gromov, E. V. Semakin, V. Ya. Tsellermaer, and O. V. Sosnin, Izv. Ross. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Fizich., No. 5, 1019–1023 (1997).
Yu. F. Ivanov, D. V. Lychagin, V. E. Gromov, et al., Fizich. Mezomekh., 3, No. 1, 103–108 (2000).
V. G. Sorokin, ed., Brands of Steels and Alloys [in Russian], Mashinostroenie, Moscow (1989).
K. S. Chernyavskii, Stereology in Metallography [in Russian], Metallurgiya, Moscow (1977).
L. M. Utevskii, Diffraction Electron Microscopy in Metallography [in Russian], Metallurgiya, Moscow (1973).
K. W. Andrews, D. J. Deson, and S. R. Keown, Interpretation of Electron Diffraction Patterns [Russian translation], Mir, Moscow (1971).
V. E. Gromov, É. V. Kozlov, V. I. Bazaikin, et al., Physics and Mechanics of Drawing and Drop Forging [in Russian], Nedra, Moscow (1997).
V. I. Gridnev, V. G. Gavrilyuk, and Yu. Ya. Meshkov, Strength and Plasticity of Cold-Deformed Steel [in Russian], Naukova Dumka, Kiev (1974).
L. I. Tushinskii, A. A. Bataev, and L. B. Tikhomirov, Perlite Strusture and Structural Steel Strength [in Russian], Nauka, Novosibirsk (1993).
V. K. Babich, Yu. P. Gul', and I. E. Dolzhenkov, Strain-Induced Steel Aging [in Russian], Metallurgiya, Moscow (1972).
W. B. Pearson, A Handbook of Lattice Spacings and Structures of Metals and Alloys. Vol. 2, Pergamon Press (1984).
N. A. Koneva, L. A. Teplyakova, V. V. Tsellermaer, et al., Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved., Fiz., No. 3, 87–99 (2002).
O. V. Klyavin, Yu. M. Chernov, and G. I. Shvets, Preprint No. 1323 [in Russian], A. F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Leningrad (1989).
O. V. Klyavin, Yu. M. Chernov, and G. I. Shvets, Preprint No. 1324 [in Russian], A. F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Leningrad (1989).
O. V. Klyavin, Yu. M. Chernov, and G. I. Shvets, Preprint No. 1325 [in Russian], A. F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Leningrad (1989).
V. M. Schastlivtsev, D. A. Mirzaev, and I. L. Yakovleva, Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved., Chern. Metall., No. 5, 50–59 (1996).
A. N. Maratkanova, Yu. V. Rats, D. V. Surnikov, et al., Fiz. Met. Metalloved., 89, No. 6, 76–81 (2000).
I. L. Yakovleva, L. E. Kar'kina, Yu. V. Khlebnikova, et al., in: Proc. School-Seminar on Phase and Structural Transformations in Steels, Magnitogorsk (2002), pp. 157–194.
Yu. N. Petrov, Defects and Nondiffusive Transformation in Steel [in Russian], Naukova Dumka, Kiev (1978).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Sosnin, O.V., Tsellermaer, V.V., Ivanov, Y.F. et al. Evolution of the Structure and Carbon Atom Transfer in the Zone of Fatigue Crack Growth in Ferrite-Pearlite Steel. Russian Physics Journal 46, 1047–1056 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:RUPJ.0000020819.72492.10
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:RUPJ.0000020819.72492.10