Study on bending fretting fatigue damage in 17CrNiMo6 steel

Bending fretting fatigue behavior of 17CrNiMo6 alloy structural steel at room temperature was investigated under different bending and contact loads; and the S-N curve also was built up. The results showed that the S-N curve had a "C" shape. The bending fretting fatigue life was mainly dependent on the bending fatigue stress and fretting displacement. The limit of the specimens and the fretting fatigue life were dramatically decreased by fretting actions. The bending fretting fatigue damage changed under varied bending fatigue stress levels. When the wear first occurred, there is a lower bending fatigue stress; and with a higher bending fatigue load, microcracks were generated. However, some serious wear and surface delamination were observed under the highest fatigue load.