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Investigation of Austempering Effect on Fatigue Crack Growth of AISI 4140 Steel

Defect and Diffusion Forum, ISSN: 1662-9507, Vol: 431, Page: 115-120
2024
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The compact tension (CT) and tensile specimens of the AISI 4140 steel in cold rolling condition (untreated steel) were austempered by immersing it into the salt bath at 362℃ for 60 minutes. The tensile strength properties and the fatigue crack growth (FCG) resistance were performed to investigate the effect of the austempering process in AISI 4140 steel. A significant increase in the yield strength for austempered steel is about 8.7 % and the elastic strain energy increases by 55.7 %. Austempered steel's fatigue crack cycle is longer than that of untreated steel. Data of stress intensity factor range (ΔK, MPa.m) and FCG rate (da/dN, m/cycle) was constructed in double log plot x-y axes for determining the materials constants m and C according to Paris’s law equation using a linear regression method. From the curve of ΔK versus da/dN, the constant m value for austempered steel (m = 3.45) shows better resistance than untreated steel (m = 3.77). On the other hand, the constant C value of 1.409×10 for austempered steel is one order magnitude higher than that of untreated steel (C = 4.151×10). The resistance of austempered steel against fatigue crack growth can be attributed to the formation of a bainite structure.

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Slamet Sumardi; Mohammad Badaruddin; Reza Annisa Ainnayah; Rizqy Nurully Wijaya

Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.

Physics and Astronomy; Materials Science

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