FATIGUE AND DWELL-FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF A FORGED TI-6AL-4V ALLOY INVESTIGATED BY HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION

The present work is dedicated to a comparative analysis of strain accumulation and damage initiation in a forged Ti-6Al-4V alloy subjected to either fatigue or dwell-fatigue condition. To this end, high-resolution digital image correlation analyses were carried out on fatigue specimens interrupted at different number of cycles to clarify the grain-scale strain activity and correlate it with local micro-mechanical features and crack initiation sites.
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