Skip to main content
Article
High Temperature Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Ti-6Al-4V
High Temperature Materials and Processes
  • N. K. Arakere
  • Tarun Goswami, Wright State University - Main Campus
  • J. Krohn
  • N. Ramachandran
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-27-2001
Abstract

Experimental evaluation of high temperature, Fatigue Crack Growth Rate (FCGR) data for Ti-6A1-4V, a titanium alloy, is presented. The FCGR data were measured at room temperature, 175, 230, 290 and 345°C using the Direct Current Potential Difference (DCPD) technique. Compact Tension (CT) specimens were used in the program and crack growth rates (da/dN) vs. Mode I stress intensity factor ranges (ΔΚ) were plotted as a function of temperature. A temperature rise from 175 to 345°C did not cause a substantial increase in crack growth rates within the Stage II region where a linear relationship describes the behavior. Fonnation of secondary cracks, observed at higher temperatures, may have slowed the crack propagation as observed in the fractography.

DOI
10.1515/HTMP.2002.21.4.229
Citation Information
N. K. Arakere, Tarun Goswami, J. Krohn and N. Ramachandran. "High Temperature Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Ti-6Al-4V" High Temperature Materials and Processes Vol. 21 Iss. 4 (2001) p. 229 - 236 ISSN: 0334-6455
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tarun-goswami/77/