The influence of fatigue stress on the creep behaviour of metals

✍ Scribed by G.J. Weng

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1983
• Weight: 813 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0001-6160
• DOI: 10.1016/0001-6160(83)90080-9

✦ Synopsis

A theoretical modei, which considers the nature of crystailographic siip in the grain and the heterogeneous stress distribution ariaed from grain orientations, is proposed for the ~I~uIat~on of cyclic creep behavior of metals. Here tbe hardening mechanisms which cause the creep rate of s%p systems to decrease are generalty classified into two broad groups: isotropic, and directional or kinematic; under cyclic deformation the influence of isotropic mechanisms was found to gradualiy give way to the kinematic mechanisms. An implication of this transition is a softer substructure under cyclic loading, and with the heterogeneous stress field it can also assist the backward dislocation motion, or strain recovery, upon unloading. Indeed, backward dislocation motion and the transition of hardening mechanisms were found to be the major driving forces for cyclic creep acceleration. If this transition takes place too slowly cyclic creep retardation may result. This micromechanical model was applied to study the cyclic creep behavior of a 99.999% pure aluminum. The results, including the effect of fractional unloading, were seen to be in accord with the experimental data.