very high cycle fatigue behavior of ta11 titanium alloy

The conventional fatigue test method was used to obtain the very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) limits of 3×10⁷ and 1×10⁸ cycles for TA11 titanium alloy in different temperatures and stress ratios. Three parameter power function method was used to obtain the VHCF median S-N curves and equations. The results show that the VHCF strength of 3×10⁷ and 1×10⁸ cycles presented a continue reducing trend compared with the traditional 1 x 10⁷ fatigue limit. This trend is not obvious in negative stress ratio (R=-1), but significant in normal stress ratio (R=0.1 and 0.5), and the reduction amplitude of room temperature tests was greater than that of elevated temperature tests. The fracture morphologies showed that the VHCF cracks initiat at the specimen surface of TA11 alloy in room temperature tests, and the VHCF cracks initiation ways in elevated temperature tests relate to the stress ratio. The cracks initiate at the specimen surface when R=0.1 and 0.5 but in the internal when R=0.5; The surface state of TA11 alloy specimens is the main cause of its fatigue life dispersion.