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This research reports an investigation into the influence of mechanically induced martensitic transformation on the rate of fatigue crack growth in 304-type austenitic stainless steels. Two steels of different composition, 304L and 304LN, were used to test the influence of composition; two test temperatures, 298 and 77 K, were used to study the influence of test temperature; and various load ratios were used to determine the influence of the mean stress. It was found thadecreasing the mechanical stability of the austenite by changing composition or lowering temperature reduces the fatigue crack growth rate and increases the threshold stress intensity for crack growth. However, this beneficial effect diminishes as the load ratio increases, even though increasing the load ratio increases the extent of the martensite transformation. Several mechanisms that may influence this behavior are discussed, including the perturbation of the crack tip stress field, crack deflection, work hardening, and the relative brittleness of the transformed material. The perturbation of the stress field seems to be the most important; by modifying previous models, we develop a quantitative analysis of the crack growth rate that provides a reasonable fit to the experimental results.
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Mei, Z., Morris, J.W. Influence of deformation-induced martensite on fatigue crack propagation in 304-type steels. Metall Trans A 21, 3137–3152 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02647310
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