Abstract

This study has been made to investigate into the relation between fatigue crack behavior and ferrite grain size. As experimental observation of the low-carbon steel specimen with the drilled micro-hole under rotating bending stress was made to accomplish this investigation. Obtained results are as follows; (1) The fatigue limit of micro-hole depends upon the magnitude of ferrite grain size, as indicated by the Hall-Petch formula. (2) The fatigue crack occurring around the micro-hole is of shear type, and the frequency of fatigue crack initiation depends upon the ferrite grain size. (3) The magnitude of ferrite grain size affects the behavior of fatigue crack propagation up to the crack size of 0.3mm. The effect, however, is negligible for the crack size larger than 0.3mm.

본 연구에서는 결함에서 발생전파하는 피로크랙거동과 결정입대소와의 관계를 검토하기 위하여, 페라이트 결정입을 열처리에 의하여 변화시킨 재료에, 우선 .PHI.0.3mm 의 미소원공을 가공한 시험편을 준비하고, 피로한도거동, 피로크랙발생거동, 피로크랙 전파거동, 응력레벨의 고저에 따른 피로크랙의 발생, 전파거동등과 페라이트 결정입의 대소와의 관계등을 금속현미경 관찰을 토대로 상세히 고찰하였다.

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