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Fatigue Study of a Zr-Ti-Ni-Cu-Be Bulk Metallic Glass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

G. Y. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
P. K. Liaw
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
A. Peker
Affiliation:
LiquidMetal Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA 92630, USA.
B. Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
M. L. Benson
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
W. Yuan
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
W. H. Peter
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
L. Huang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
M. Freels
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
R. A. Buchanan
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
C. T. Liu
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
C. R. Brooks
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
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Abstract

High-cycle fatigue (HCF) studies were performed on zirconium (Zr)-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs): Zr41.2Ti13.8Ni10Cu12.5Be22.5, in atomic percent. The HCF experiments were conducted using an electrohydraulic machine at a frequency of 10 Hz with a R ratio of 0.1 and under tension-tension loading, where R = σmin./σmax., where σmin. and σmax. are the applied minimum and maximum stresses, respectively. The test environment was air. A high-speed and high-sensitivity thermographic-infrared (IR) imaging system has been used for nondestructive evaluation of temperature evolution during fatigue testing of BMGs. Limited temperature evolution was observed during fatigue. However, no sparking phenomenon was observed at the final moment of fracture of this BMG. At high stress levels (σmax. > 864 MPa), the fatigue lives of Batch 59 are longer than those of Batch 94 due to the presence of oxides in Batch 94. Moreover, the fatigue-endurance limit of Batch 59 (703 MPa) is somewhat greater than that of Bath 94 (615 MPa) in air. The fatigue-endurance limit of Ti-6–4 is greater than this BMG, but Al 7075 has the lowest fatigue life. The vein pattern with a melted appearance were observed in the apparent melting region. The fracture morphology indicates that fatigue cracks initiate from some defects.

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