Fatigue properties of titanium alloy, stainless steel and aluminum alloy treated with Fine Particle Bombardment

Y. Kameyama, H. Akebono, J. Komotori, M. Shimizu

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Abstract

Fine Particle Bombardment (FPB) treatment is commercially applied in various industries because of its beneficial effect to improve fatigue properties of metallic materials. The increase of fatigue strength of metals achieved by this process is due to a generation of compressive residual stress on their surfaces. In this study we investigated the effects of the FPB treatment on the fatigue properties of Ti-4.5Al-3V-2Fe-2Mo titanium alloy, Al6061 aluminum alloy and type304 austenitic stainless steel by carrying out rotational bending fatigue tests. In the FPB treated titanium alloy, fatigue strength was higher than that of the untreated one. This was due to the beneficial effects of surface hardening. In the case of the aluminum alloy, little increase of surface hardness and compressive residual stress was induced by the FPB treatment, which resulted in no improvement of the fatigue strength. Despite the higher hardness and compressive residual stress, the increase in fatigue strength of stainless steel was lower than that of the titanium alloy. This was because the surface hardness of the stainless steel was increased by a cyclic loading alone, due to a high work hardening factor. These results imply that the effects of the FPB treatment on the improvement of fatigue properties depend on the work hardening factor of treated materials.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication11th International Conference on Fracture 2005, ICF11
Pages6081-6086
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2005 Dec 1
Event11th International Conference on Fracture 2005, ICF11 - Turin, Italy
Duration: 2005 Mar 202005 Mar 25

Publication series

Name11th International Conference on Fracture 2005, ICF11
Volume8

Other

Other11th International Conference on Fracture 2005, ICF11
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityTurin
Period05/3/2005/3/25

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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