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Microstructural characterization of cyclic deformation behavior of metastable austenitic stainless steel AISI 347 with different surface morphology

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In the present work, specimens of the metastable austenitic stainless steel AISI 347 with different surface morphologies were investigated in stress-controlled fatigue tests in the high cycle fatigue (HCF) regime at ambient temperature. Specific surface morphologies were generated by cryogenic turning with CO2 snow cooling. As a result of the metastable austenite microstructure, phase changes from paramagnetic austenite to ferromagnetic martensite take place in the near-surface regime during cryogenic turning as well as in the whole specimen volume during monotonic and/or cyclic elastic–plastic deformation. The metastability of AISI 347 was characterized according to the MS-temperature determined from the chemical composition and by X-ray diffraction measurements with in situ cooling. Microhardness and strength of both phases were measured. Near-surface microstructure was analyzed by optical and scanning electron microscopy after focused ion beam preparation. Besides a partially martensitic surface layer, a thin nanocrystalline layer, both induced by cryogenic turning, was observed. In case of cyclic loading, the martensitic surface layer leads to a reduction of plastic strain amplitude as well as a retardation of crack initiation and consequently to an increase in fatigue life.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors thank the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the financial support within the CRC 926 “Microscale Morphology of Component Surfaces”. The fatigue specimens were turned at the Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Production Systems (FBK), TU Kaiserslautern, Germany. They thank Prof. J.C. Aurich and P. Mayer for their support. The focus ion beam (FIB) preparation and SEM investigation of nanocrystalline surface structures were performed at Nano Structuring Center (NSC) TU Kaiserslautern, Germany. They thank Dr. T. Löber for his support.

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    Marek Smaga, Robert Skorupski, Dietmar Eifler & Tilmann Beck

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Smaga, M., Skorupski, R., Eifler, D. et al. Microstructural characterization of cyclic deformation behavior of metastable austenitic stainless steel AISI 347 with different surface morphology. Journal of Materials Research 32, 4452–4460 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2017.318

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