Abstract
Cast steel is commonly used to produce structural and safety parts. Foundry processes allow producing parts from scrap steel directly to the required dimensions without any forming operation. Cast components may, however, exhibit macro- and micro-shrinkage porosities. The combined effect of macro- and micro-shrinkages on the fatigue behavior of cast steel has been characterized in the literature. Macro-shrinkages may nowadays be eliminated by adequate positioning of risers. However, micro-shrinkages will always be present in cast steel components. Present work addresses the influence of micro-shrinkage porosity on a G20Mn5 cast steel. G20Mn5 (normalized) ingots have been cast under industrial conditions, but ensuring the absence of macro-porosities. Solidification leads to two very different microstructures prior to the normalization treatment: columnar dendrites beneath the surface (Skin) and equiaxed microstructures close to the center (Core). First, metallographic observations of the whole ingot revealed the same grain size in both areas. Fatigue samples were extracted, by differentiating two sampling volumes corresponding to columnar (S) and equiaxed solidification (C), respectively. The distribution of micro-porosities was determined on all samples by Micro-CT-scans. Core samples exhibit micro-porosities with volumes 1.7 larger than Skin samples. Low cycle fatigue tests (3 levels of fixed plastic strain) were run on both sample series (C, S). Results follow a Manson–Coffin law. Core specimens exhibit lower fatigue life than Skin specimens. The differences in fatigue life have been related successfully to the differences in micro-porosities sizes.
Subject
General Materials Science
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