Fretting Fatigue Testing of Carburized Alloy Steel in Very High Cycle Regime Using an Ultrasonic Torsional Fatigue Testing Machine

Recently, high-strength alloy steels have been developed and used for various products. It is well known that fretting fatigue does not show fatigue limit. In other words, fretting fatigue failure may occur in very high cycle regime more than 107 cycles. However, it is difficult to investigate fretting fatigue property in very high cycle regime by using conventional fatigue testing machines because it is time-consuming. In this study, a fretting fatigue testing method for carburized alloy steels in very high cycle regime is explored by using an ultrasonic torsional fatigue testing machine. Carburized SCM420H was used for investigation. The experimental results showed that it is possible to conduct fretting fatigue testing of carburized alloy steels by using an ultrasonic torsional fatigue testing machine.