Nastanak zamorne pukotine iz mikrostrukturno malih vickersovih otisaka

The resistivity of a coarse grain steel against fatigue crack initiation in presence of micro-defects is discussed. Samples of material with martensitic microstructure were prepared by adequate thermal treatment. Microstructurally small Vickers indentations were used as artificial micro-defect. The compressive residual stresses are due to the irreversibility of plastic deformation. The moment of indenting enables to prepare samples with and without effects of residual stresses. The stress level for crack initiation depends on the actual indentation size. The location of initiated cracks is affected by the presence and character of residual stresses.Proučavana je otpornost grubozrnatog dijela zone utjecaja topline na nastanak zamorne pukotine u prisustvu mikro greški. Uzorci materijala s martenzitnom grubozrnatom mikrostrukturom pripremljeni su odgovarajućom toplinskom obradom. Kao umjetne mikro greške upotrijebljene su mikrostrukturno mali Vickers otisci. Tlačna zaostala naprezanja pojave se zbog nepovratnosti plastične deformacije. Moment kad se napravi otisak omogućava pripremu uzoraka s i bez efekata zaostalih naprezanja. Kritičkna razina naprezanja za nastanak pukotine zavisi od stvarne veličine otiska. Na lokaciju nastanka pukotine utječe i prisutnost te vrsta zaostalih naprezanja