Temperature Rise and Deformation Behaviors of Materials during Fatigue Tests at Cryogenic Temperatures

Abstract

Measurements and discussions were made on the temperature rise of specimen during fatigue tests at 4K. In SUS310S stainless steels and tension-tension (R=0.01) tests, temperature rise was negligible under the stress of the proof stress even at 10 Hz. In tension-compression (R=-1) tests, however, a hundred times of the temperature rise occurred compared with those at R=0.01. In SUS304L steel, which has low proof stress but the work hardening accompanied by the stress-induced martensitic transformation occurs in low temperatures, the temperature rise was rather small compared with SUS310S steels. The difference in the magnitude of the temperature rise especially between at R=0.01 and at R=-1 depended on the magnitude of the plastic deformation. The upper limit of the fatigue frequency (temperature rise<1K) was, which also varied with the applied stress and materials, 5Hz at R=0.01 and 0.1 Hz at R=-1.