Abstract
Abstract— Statistical fatigue tests have been conducted on a structural medium carbon steel, S45C, in room air and in 3%NaCl solution, using five cantilever‐type rotary bending fatigue testing machines which were specially manufactured for the purpose of the present study. Fatigue life distribution was examined at three and five stress levels in air and in 3%NaCl solution, respectively, and twenty specimens were allocated to each stress level. In room air, it was found that fatigue life distributions followed the three‐parameter Weibull distribution, which were closely related to fracture morphology. In 3%NaCl solution, they also followed the Weibull distribution, but the scatter in fatigue life was smaller in comparison to that in air. It is suggested that the decrease in the scatter of fatigue life may be attributed to a smaller fraction of crack initiation life in 3%NaCl solution. The growth of corrosion pits was investigated using a laser microscope. The distribution of corrosion pit depths followed the log‐normal distribution, and the corrosion pit depths increased with increasing time or the number of cycles. It was found that the growth of corrosion pits was accelerated by stress cycling and the depths increased with increasing stress level. Based on these results, a growth law of corrosion pits, including the effect of stress cycling, is proposed.
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