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Effects of damage depth on fretting fatigue behavior of EA4T steel repaired by laser cladding
High-speed rail axles are susceptible to foreign object damage in service, and laser cladding repair technology can effectively extend their service life. This study investigates how damage depth affects fretting fatigue performance in laser-clad EA4T steel through metallographic analysis of the cladding layer, wear morphology characterization, and fatigue crack propagation observations. The results show that the primary phases in the cladding layer are γ-(Ni, Fe) and Cr, with a grain structure transitioning from dendritic to equiaxed and columnar crystals along the depth direction. As the damage depth increases (0.5 to 2 mm), the fatigue life of repaired specimens gradually decreases and enters the crack propagation stage earlier post-repair. The wear width and depth increase with the number of cycles, reaching maximum wear depths of 22, 42, and 40 μm with 2 × 105. Oxygen content in the worn zone rises significantly with cycling, exhibiting a gradient distribution: the loading end is higher than the fixed end, which is higher than the central region.
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Typical subjects discussed in International Journal of Fatigue address:
Novel fatigue testing and characterization methods (new kinds of fatigue tests, critical evaluation of existing methods, in situ measurement of fatigue degradation, non-contact field measurements)
Multiaxial fatigue and complex loading effects of materials and structures, exploring state-of-the-art concepts in degradation under cyclic loading
Fatigue in the very high cycle regime, including failure mode transitions from surface to subsurface, effects of surface treatment, processing, and loading conditions
Modeling (including degradation processes and related driving forces, multiscale/multi-resolution methods, computational hierarchical and concurrent methods for coupled component and material responses, novel methods for notch root analysis, fracture mechanics, damage mechanics, crack growth kinetics, life prediction and durability, and prediction of stochastic fatigue behavior reflecting microstructure and service conditions)
Models for early stages of fatigue crack formation and growth that explicitly consider microstructure and relevant materials science aspects
Understanding the influence or manufacturing and processing route on fatigue degradation, and embedding this understanding in more predictive schemes for mitigation and design against fatigue
Prognosis and damage state awareness (including sensors, monitoring, methodology, interactive control, accelerated methods, data interpretation)
Applications of technologies associated with fatigue and their implications for structural integrity and reliability. This includes issues related to design, operation and maintenance, i.e., life cycle engineering
Smart materials and structures that can sense and mitigate fatigue degradation
Fatigue of devices and structures at small scales, including effects of process route and surfaces/interfaces.