Abstract
The effect of the stress ratio on high cycle fatigue (HCF) strength has been investigated on α, (αβ) and β titanium alloys. While α and β titanium alloys show a normal mean stress sensitivity, (αβ) alloys can behave anomalously, i.e. their HCF strength at low tensile mean stresses can be much lower than expected from a linear interpolation between fully reversed HCF strength ( R = −1) and tensile strength. This anomalous mean stress dependence of the HCF strength is discussed in terms of fatigue crack nucleation mechanisms.
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