A Study of Fatigue (Cyclic Deformation) Behavior in FCC Metals Using Strain Rate Change Tests

• Published in: Key engineering materials 2008, Vol.378-379, p.371-384
• Main Authors: Gibeling, Jeffrey C., Kaschner, George C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1013-9826; 1662-9795; 1662-9795
• DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.378-379.371

Strain rate jump tests were performed during low cycle fatigue using plastic strain rate as the real time computed control variable. Test materials included OFE polycrystalline copper, AA7075-T6 aluminum, and 304 stainless steel. The evolution of dislocation interactions was observed by evaluating the activation area and true stress as a function of cumulative plastic strain. Activation area values for each of the three materials were evaluated from an initial state to saturation. All three materials exhibit a deviation from Cottrell-Stokes law during cyclic deformation. Tests performed on each of the three materials at saturation reveal a dependence of activation area on plastic strain amplitude for copper and aluminum but no such relationship for stainless steel. These results reflect a contrast between wavy slip for pure copper and 7075 aluminum versus planar slip for 304 stainless steel tested at room temperature. Dislocation motion in copper transitions from forest dislocation cutting [1-6] to increasing contributions of cross slip. Dislocation motion in 7075 aluminum and 304 stainless steel is controlled by obstacles that are characteristically more thermal than forest dislocations: obstacles in 7075-T6 aluminum are identified as solutes from re-dissolved particles; obstacles in 304 stainless steel are also solutes.