Study on Ultra high-Cycle Bending Vibration Fatigue Performance of TC17
Titanium Alloys under Corrosion and Laser Shock Processing
Abstract
In this paper, the ultra high-cycle bending vibration fatigue
performance of TC17 titanium alloys under corrosion environment and
laser shock was studied by using a new loading method. The results show
that the ultra high-cycle fatigue performance of TC17 titanium alloys
has no fatigue limit in the traditional sense and different surface
processing has different effects on the ultra high-cycle fatigue
properties of TC17 titanium alloys. The ultra high-cycle fatigue
performance of TC17 under corrosion environment did not decrease
significantly, but the ultra high-cycle fatigue performance of TC17
strengthened by laser shock treatment could be greatly improved. With
the SEM analysis, it was found that the specimen crack initiation showed
two modes: surface and sub-surface, which was independent of the
internal inclusions and defects. No sign of internal crack initiation
was found and the sub-surface crack propagation did not show
“fish-eye”.