Effects of a Pulsed Magnetic Treatment on the Fatigue of Low Carbon Steel

• Published in: Scripta materialia Vol. 38; no. 9; pp. 1355 - 1358
• Main Authors: Fahmy, Yusef, Hare, Tom, Tooke, Robert, Conrad, Hans
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Ltd 03.04.1998; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology; Electrical and magnetic properties (related to treatment conditions); Exact sciences and technology; Materials science; Metals. Metallurgy; Physics; Treatment of materials and its effects on microstructure and properties; Plastic fatigue; Fatigue testing; Low carbon steel; Fatigue strength; Magnetic treatment; Magnetic field effects; Mechanical properties; Steels; Experimental study; Property processing relationship

Magnetic pulses applied to low-carbon steel specimens following cyclic loading at stress amplitudes of 0.63 UTS and 0.74 UTS increased the subsequent fatigue life (and possibly the fatigue limit). It is proposed that the increased fatigue life is due to the influence of the external magnetic field o...