Abstract
In order to study the formation process of surface damage of ultrafine grain copper, rotating bending fatigue tests of smooth specimens have been carried out. After a total of 8 passes of ECA pressing with Bc route, grains with about 250 - 300nm diameter were formed. Specimens were fatigued at three constant stress amplitudes; σα = 240, 120 and 80MPa (corresponding fatigue lives were Nƒ ≈ 2 × 105, 4 × 106 and 5 × 107cycles, respectively). Significant differences in morphological feature in post-fatigued surfaces between high and low cyclic stress amplitudes were observed. To clarify the formation process of surface damage, morphological changes in surface damage caused by cyclic stresses were monitored successively by an optical microscope. Putting those OM observations and SEM observations of post-fatigued surfaces together, the formation processes of surface damage were discussed. In addition to those experiments, SEM observation of fracture surface and measurement of surface hardness during fatigue tests have been made.
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