Mechanochemical method of fatigue crack growth arrest in metals by its artificial closure

Keywords

fatigue, crack arrest, artificial crack closure, tannin.

Cite as

Hredil М. I., Kryzhanivskyi Ye. I., Demianchuk D. O., Shtoyko I. P., and Bartoshevskyi D. P. Mechanochemical method of fatigue crack growth arrest in metals by its artificial closure. Physicochemical Mechanics of Materials. 2024. 60(2), 070-075.

https://doi.org/10.15407/pcmm2024.02.070

Abstract

A method based on supplying a special liquid technological environment containing tannins into the crack cavity is investigated, which leads to the intensive formation of insoluble tannats in it. Filling the crack cavity, these compounds create an essential crack closure effect in steel up to its complete arrest in a wide range of stress intensity factors. Alloys with different corrosion resistance are studied: carbon steel 20, stainless steel 12Kh18N10Т and titanium VT1-0. The effectiveness of the method is assessed by fatigue crack growth curves. A crucial role of crack closure in its arrest is confirmed. The unequal effectiveness of the method for various metal materials is shown. This is explained by the competitive formation of oxide films which prevent the accumulation of tannate deposits in the crack.

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