Fatigue Behavior of TiN and TiCN Coated a Rotor Turbine Steel

Abstract

In order to clarify the effect of ceramic coating films on the fatigue strength, and crack initiation of material, fatigue tests were carried out in room air, using the round plain specimens and compact tension specimens of 1Cr-1Mo-0.25V steel coated with TiN and TiCN are ion plating (AIP) process. It was observed that the scatter band of fatigue life at low fatigue strengths was wider than that at high fatigue strengths. The obvious improvement of fatigue life was confirmed in TiCN coated specimens for the region of low fatigue strengths, as compared with uncoated and TiN coated specimens. It was explained that the increase of fatigue life in the TiCN coated material was attributed to the retardation of crack initiation due to the restriction of surface plastic deformation in the substrate with hard coating layer. Also, the fatigue strength at 107 cycles of ceramic coated material was increased about 15 ~ 21% higher than that of base material. The fatigue crack of TiCN coated material was mainly initiated at the inclusions of Al compositions near the substrate under coating film.