Effect of artificial defects on the very high cycle fatigue behavior of 316L stainless steel

316Lステンレス鋼の超高サイクル疲労挙動に及ぼす人工欠陥の影響

Xiong, Z.*; 直江 崇   ; 二川 正敏  

Xiong, Z.*; Naoe, Takashi; Futakawa, Masatoshi

本研究では、316L容体化処理材(SA)及び冷間圧延材(CW)の超高サイクル疲労挙動に及ぼす表面欠陥の影響について調査することを目的として、ビッカース圧子を用いたインデンテーションにより人工欠陥を付加した試料に対して超音波法による疲労試験を実施した。その結果、SA材では本研究で実施した応力範囲では疲労強度に影響する欠陥深さの下限値は40mであり、経験式で評価した結果と一致した。一方、20%CW材では、圧痕深さ80m以下で欠陥の影響が見られず、経験式で評価した値を上回った。これは、圧痕付加による圧痕周囲のマルテンサイト変態や残留応力に起因すると考えられる。

The effect of surface defects on the very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) behavior were investigated on the solution annealed (SA) and cold-rolled (CW) 316L. Surface defects were artificially created using indentation. VHCF test was conducted using an ultrasonic fatigue method. The results showed that the fatigue crack initiation was independent of the indent with the applied range of depth in this research. Furthermore, the critical depth of the indent was evaluated based on an empirical formula. In the case of SA, the VHCF strength was not affected when the indent depth was less than 40 m, which is consistent with the value obtained from the empirical formula. In the case of 20% CW, VHCF strength was not affected when the indent depth was less than 80 m. The results were much larger than the results obtained from the empirical formula and might have been caused by the plastic deformation, residual stress and probable deformation induced martensite transition around the indent.