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In this study, the effect of hydrogen on fatigue strength of high strength steels in the very high cycle fatigue regime was further discussed. It is found that the calculated results of fatigue strength by modified Murakami’s expression are in good accordance with the experimental results in ±15% error band. The relationship between fatigue life (N f) and the ratio of granular-bright facet (GBF) to inclusion size \( \left({\frac{{\sqrt {A_{\text{GBF}} } }}{{\sqrt {A_{\text{inc}} } }}}\right) \) for quenching and tempering (QT) specimens and pre-charged specimens by soaking (SK) and cathodic (CD) charging can be approximately expressed by \( {\frac{{\sqrt {A_{\text{GBF}} } }}{{\sqrt {A_{\text{inc}} } }}} = {\frac{{R_{\text{GBF}} }}{{R_{\text{inc}} }}} = 0. 2 5N_{\text{f}}^{ 0. 1 2 5} \); however, the value of \( {\frac{{\sqrt {A_{\text{GBF}} } }}{{\sqrt {A_{\text{inc}} } }}} \) for specimens pre-charged by high-pressure thermal hydrogen charging is obviously greater than that for QT specimens and pre-charged specimens by SK and CD charging at an identical N f. The stress intensity factor range at the periphery of the GBF, ΔK GBF, was calculated in this work. It is found that the value of ΔK GBF is not a constant but approximately proportional to \( (\sqrt {A_{\text{GBF}} } )^{ 1/ 3} \). Besides it is also found that ΔK GBF decreases with the increase of hydrogen content.
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This work was financially supported by key project of basic research of China (2004CB619100). The authors wish to thank Prof. L. J. Rong, Dr. J. Zhang, and Prof. G. Y. Li for their useful advice and experimental supports.
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Li, Y.D., Chen, S.M., Liu, Y.B. et al. The characteristics of granular-bright facet in hydrogen pre-charged and uncharged high strength steels in the very high cycle fatigue regime. J Mater Sci 45, 831–841 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-009-4007-5
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