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Volume 64, Issue 4, February 2011, Pages 359-362
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Fatigue crack growth behavior of a Zr58.5Cu15.6Ni12.8Al10.3Nb2.8 bulk metallic glass-forming alloy

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Abstract

Fatigue crack growth behavior was studied for a Zr58.5Cu15.6Ni12.8Al10.3Nb2.8 bulk metallic glass in ambient air, demonstrating a fatigue threshold of ΔKTH = 1.4 MPa√m and a Paris law exponent of 1.7. A nearly stress intensity-independent crack growth regime occurred at 2.5 × 10−8 m cycle–1, suggesting an environmental influence of ambient air on the fatigue crack growth, as has been observed for Zr–Ti–Ni–Cu–Be bulk metallic glasses. However, this environmental fatigue effect was shifted to 25× higher growth rates due to the different chemistry.

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