Solid Film Lubricants on Fretting Fatigue Strength of Aluminum Alloy

 

Kawaguti Mizuki

 

Mechanical & Electrical Engineering on Advanced Engineering Course Numazu National College of Technology.3600 Ooka,Numadu-shi,3600 Shizuoka-ken . 410-8501 Japan

 

The plain fatigue and fretting fatigue tests of aluminum alloy (JIS A 7N01) ware carried out using a servo-hydraulic fatigue test machine with a capacity 98kN under a stress ratio R of 1 at frequencies ranging from 150Hz.Fretting was inducted by clamping a pair of bridge type pads both sides of the specimen, using a proving ring.The material used foe the specimen was an aluminum alloy, and the contact pad was steel alloy (SAPH 440). The cramping pressure was adjusted before and during the tests to give a constant value of 50MPa.The plain fatigue strength of the specimen with wet blast was higher than that without treatment. The fretting fatigue strength treated wet blast was higher than that without treatment.The plain fatigue limit (at 107 cycles) of the specimen without treatment was 160MPa, and that of the specimen with wet blast and alumite ware 200MPa and 80MPa.The fretting fatigue limit of the specimen without treatment, with wet blast and alumite ware almost 40MPa.However, the fretting fatigue strength of the specimen with defric coating was significantly high due to lower tangential force coefficient.In adittion, the plain fatigue and fretting fatigue tests of aluminum alloy (JIS A 7N01) ware carried out using a fatigue testing machine with SEM (Scanning Electon Microscope) with a capacity 98kN under a stress ratio R of ?1 at frequencies ranging from 0.1Hz to 20Hz. And fretting fatigue cracks of the specimen were observed in-situ using a fatigue testing machine with SEM (Scanning Electon Microscope).

 

Key Words:  Strength of Materials, Fatigue, Fretting Fatigue, Wear, Lubricant  Solid Film