The effect of superimposed high-cycle fatigue on thermo-mechanical fatigue in cast iron

The eect of superimposing a high-cycle fatigue strain load on an out-ofphase thermo-mechanical fatigue test of a lamellar, compacted and spheroidal graphite iron, has been investigated. In particular, dierent total mechanical strain ranges, maximum temperatures and high-cycle fatigue strain ranges have been studied. From this, a new property has been identied, measured and compared, namely the thermo-mechanical and high-cycle fatigue threshold, dened as the high-cycle fatigue strain range at which the life is reduced to half. Using a model developed earlier, the lifetimes and the threshold have been successfully estimated for the lamellar and compacted graphite iron, however underestimated for the spheroidal graphite iron. Nevertheless, an expression of the threshold was deduced from the model, which possibly can estimate its value in other cast irons and its high-cycle fatigue frequency dependence.Funding agencies: Scania CV AB; Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems [FFI - 2012 - 03625]; Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research [SM12 - 0014]; Linkoping University [2009 - 00971]Vid tiden för disputation förelåg publikationen endast som manuskript