Abstract
This investigation has examined the influence of grain boundary α contiguity on the high-cycle fatigue behavior of aged TIMETAL LCB, with the fatigue performance being evaluated under tension-tension loading conditions atR=0.1 in laboratory air and 25 Hz. Fractographic analysis indicated that fatigue initiation, independent of processing history, involved subsurface crack formation. Serial section studies also indicated that crack initiation occurred at the interface between the triple-point α and the aged β matrix. Further back-scattered electron microscopy examination of the aged microstructures indicates that the observed differences in high-cycle fatigue behavior can be understood by considering the effect of processing history on the connectivity of grain boundary α, with decreased connectivity being associated with enhanced fatigue performance.
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