Subtask 12D6: Fatigue behavior of unirradiated V-5Cr-5Ti
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
The objective of this research is to determine the low cycle fatigue behavior of V-5Cr-5Ti alloys for a range of temperatures and the extent of environmental effects at ambient temperatures. The results of in-vacuum low cycle fatigue tests are presented for unirradiated V-5Cr-5Ti tested at room temperature (25, 250, and 400{degrees}C). A comparison of the fatigue data generated in rough and high vacuums shows that a pronounced environmental degradation of the fatigue properties exists in the alloy at room temperature. Fatigue life was reduced by as much as 84%. Cyclic stress range data and SEM observations suggest that this reduction is due to a combination of increases in rates of crack initiation and subsequent growth. The relative contribution of each difference is dependent upon the strain range. In high vacuum, the fatigue results also show a trend of increasing cyclic life with increasing temperature between 25 and 400{degrees}C. From the limited data available, life at 25{degrees}C averages 1.7 times that at 25{degrees}C, and at 400{degrees}C, life averages 3.2 times that at room temperature. Like the environmental effects at 25{degrees}C, the effect of temperature seems to be a function of strain range at each temperature. The total strain range and cycles to failure were correlated using a power law relationship and compared to 20% cold-worked 316 stainless steel and several vanadium-base alloys. The results suggest that V-SCr-5Ti has better resistance to fatigue than 316-SS in the temperature range of 25 to 400{degrees}C. At 400{degrees}C, the data also show that V-5Cr-5Ti out performs Vanstar alloys 7 and 8 over the entire range of strains investigated. Furthermore, the fatigue properties of the V-5Cr-5Ti alloy compare favorably to V-15Cr-57i (at 25{degrees}C) and Vanstar 9 (at 400{degrees}C) at strains greater than 1%. At lower strains, the lower fatigue resistance of V-5Cr-5Ti is attributed to the higher strengths of the V-15Cr-5Ti and Vanstar 9 alloys.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 415182
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/FPP/TM--287; ITER/US--95/IV-MAT-10; ON: DE96000984
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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