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The application of low-amplitude, high-frequency fatigue vibrations during creep testing of two strain-aging refractory alloys (molybdenum-base TZC and tantalum-base T-lll) significantly reduced the creep strength of these materials. This strength reduction caused dramatic increases in both the first stage creep strain and the second stage creep rate. The magnitude of the creep rate acceleration varied directly with both frequency andA ratio (ratio of alternating to mean stress), and also varied with temperature, being greatest in the range where the strainaging phenomenon was most prominent. It was concluded that the creep rate acceleration resulted from a negative strain rate sensitivity which is associated with the strain-aging phenomenon in these materials. (A negative rate sensitivity causes flow stress to decrease with increasing strain rate, instead of increasing as in normal materials.) By combining two analytical expressions which are normally used to describe creep and strain aging behavior, an expression was developed which correctly described the influence of temperature, frequency, andA ratio on the TZC creep rate acceleration.
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Sheffler, K.D. Interactions between creep, fatigue, and strain-aging in two refractory metal alloys. Metall Trans 3, 167–177 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02680596
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