Effect of stress ratio on high-cycle fatigue properties of Ti-6Al-4V ELI alloy forging at low temperature

Abstract

The effect of the stress ratio R (the ratio of minimum stress to maximum stress) on the high-cycle fatigue properties of Ti-6Al-4V extra-low interstitial (ELI) alloy forging was investigated at 293 and 77 K. At 293 K, the fatigue strength at 107 cycles exhibited deviations below the modified Goodman line in the R=0.01 and 0.5 tests. Moreover, at 77 K, larger deviations of the fatigue strength at 107 cycles below the modified Goodman line were confirmed in the same stress ratio conditions. The high-cycle fatigue strength of the present alloy forging exhibit an anomalous mean stress dependency at both temperatures and this dependency becomes remarkable at low temperature.