Abstract
Gigacycle fatigue tests were conducted on hydrogen-charged low-alloy steel. In this study, high- and low-strength specimens were prepared to investigate the effects of hydrogen on internal and surface fractures, respectively. The fatigue tests were conducted mainly by ultrasonic fatigue testing at 20 kHz and additionally by conventional servohydraulic fatigue testing at 50 Hz. All high-strength specimens revealed internal fractures. The fatigue strength of the hydrogen-charged specimens was much lower than that of the uncharged specimens. In the low-strength specimens, the uncharged specimens revealed surface fractures in the short-life regions in addition to internal fractures in the long-life regions. However, the hydrogen-charged specimens revealed internal fractures only that were combined with a much lower fatigue strength. The difference in fracture surfaces was small between the hydrogen-charged and the uncharged specimens, whereas the optically dark areas of the hydrogen-charged specimens seemed smaller than those of the uncharged specimens.
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