Mechanisms of fretting-fatigue of titanium alloys

Abstract The effect of continuous fretting in air at 20°C on fatigue performance has been studied for Ti-17 and T1-6Al-4V, high strength titanium alloys used for gas-turbine fan and compressor disks and blades, respectively. The effect of fretting was to reduce the fatigue stress limit from 700 MPa for plain fatigue to 200 MPa for fretting-fatigue. A number of models, supported by metallographic and fractographic evidence, are proposed which explain (i) how the cyclic loading of individual asperities results in crack initiation; (ii) the formation of multiple cracks; (iii) the existence of non-propagating cracks; and (iv) how fretting influences crack propagation once fatigue cracks have formed.

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