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The influence of temperature in the range of 24 to 260 °C and load ratio on the near-threshold fatigue crack growth rate behavior of a CrMoV steel was characterized. At all temperatures investigated, the threshold stress intensity range, ΔK th, for fatigue crack growth decreased with increasing load ratio. The near-threshold crack growth rates increased significantly at 149 °C when compared with the rates at room temperature. However, the crack growth rates at 260 °C were comparable to those at 149 °C. These observations are rationalized in terms of the concepts of roughness and oxide-induced crack closure. Extensive fracture surface characterization using SEM, oxide thickness measurements by Auger spectroscopy, and roughness measurements by light-section-microscopy were conducted to substantiate the explanations.
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Liaw, P.K., Saxena, A., Swaminathan, V.P. et al. Effects of load ratio and temperature on the near-threshold fatigue crack propagation behavior in a CrMoV steel. Metall Trans A 14, 1631–1640 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02654391
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