In this study, the effects of temperature and strain rate on low cycle fatigue life of Bi-Sn eutectic alloys have been studied. The fatigue life improves with the increasing of temperature and the decreasing of strain rate. This is a reverse phenomenon from characteristics found in general metals. As temperature increases and strain rate decreases, grin boundary sliding becomes the dominant deformation mechanism and the fatigue ductility coefficient increases, resulting in an improvement of fatigue life. To the extent of this study, dependence on temperature and strain rate can be expressed by Manson-Coffin’s law modified using Z-parameters.

Volume Subject Area:
Materials and Processes
Topics:
Eutectic alloys, Low cycle fatigue, Temperature, Tin, Fatigue life, Deformation, Ductility, Fatigue, Metals, Temperature effects
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