06Mechanism for the Formation of High Cycle Fatigue Cracks at fcc Annealing Twin Boundaries.pdf

Mechanism for the Formation of High Cycle Fatigue Cracks at fcc Annealing Twin Boundaries ZHIRUI WANG and HAROLD MARGOLIN When a stress axis is normal to an fcc annealing twin boundary the stress axis is the same in both components of the twin. However, when the stress axis is inclined to the twin boundary the stress axis is different, crystallographically, in each component. Since the stress axes are not symmetry axes, elastic shears take place normal to the stress axis in each component of the twin. These elastic shears are different in each component and their interaction leads to stress enhancement on slip planes parallel to the twin boundary. It is proposed that this stress augmentation produces slip adjacent to the twin boundary that leads to high cycle fatigue cracking. Finite element calculations have been carried out for three pairs of orientations. These calculations confirm the enhancement of stress on slip systems parallel to the twinning plane. I. I N T R O D U C T I O N exists it will, nevertheless, produce an exz strain. Similarly, the Crzzstress will produce each of the other strains. It is this E L A STIC interactions have recently been shown to play a behavior which is responsible for elastic interactions be- major role in the onset of slip in polycrystalline alpha tween grains. Elastic interactions are more fully discussed brass. 1.2If the applied stress alone