Development and evaluation of frequency sensitivity models in ultrasonic fatigue testing of ferritic-pearlitic steels

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Milne, Lewis and Gorash, Yevgen and Comlekci, Tugrul (2025) Development and evaluation of frequency sensitivity models in ultrasonic fatigue testing of ferritic-pearlitic steels. Applied Sciences, 16 (1). 105. ISSN 2076-3417 (https://doi.org/10.3390/app16010105)

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Abstract

The increased test frequency inherent in Ultrasonic Fatigue Testing (UFT) is commonly observed to result in an increased fatigue resistance for ferritic, low-carbon steels. In this investigation, the fatigue response of S275J2 ferritic structural steel is evaluated at both 20 kHz and 50 Hz. At the ultrasonic frequency, an increase in the fatigue limit of 136 MPa and an increase in the finite life region of 150 MPa was observed, alongside a reduction in the slope of the S-N curve. By combining the S275J2 results with additional data from the literature, generalised versions of previously proposed frequency sensitivity models are produced by evaluating the model coefficients as a function of different combinations of the material properties. Additionally, a new frequency sensitivity model was proposed by evaluating the empirical change in the S-N curve coefficients as a function of these material properties. For all of the models, it was found that the best correlation was against the ferrite content divided by the tensile strength. The generalised forms of these models were rearranged to produce correction factors, which allow the conventional frequency fatigue response to be estimated based on the UFT test. The most reliable correction method was found to be using the empirical change in the S-N curve exponent.

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Milne, Lewis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6551-1264, Gorash, Yevgen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2802-7814 and Comlekci, Tugrul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7892-7960;
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