Abstract
Microstructural defects and inhomogeneity of titanium alloys fabricated by additive manufacturing technology make their fatigue performance much more complicated, especially reflected in the dispersion of fatigue life. This work employs crystal plasticity finite element method (CPFEM) to predict high cycle fatigue (HCF) life of bi-lamellar Ti-6Al-4V alloy. We first propose a modified VT technique to build representative volume element (RVE) models highlighting lamellar microstructure and micro-defects. Subsequently, fatigue indicator parameter (FIP) is adopted to analyse fatigue deformation under cyclic loading. Finally, HCF life determined by critical fatigue indicator parameter is compared with experimental data collected from published literatures. The results demonstrate that our approach is able to reflect the dispersion of fatigue life and to predict HCF life of bi-lamellar Ti-6Al-4V in a satisfactory manner.
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