V. Schulze et al., CYCLIC DEFORMATION-BEHAVIOR OF QUENCHED AND TEMPERED AISI-4140 AT 2-STEP TENSILE-COMPRESSIVE-LOADING, Materials science & engineering. A, Structural materials: properties, microstructure and processing, 234, 1997, pp. 711-714
The cyclic deformation behaviour in stress-controlled two-step experim
ents with one or more changes between two blocks of certain lengths an
d amplitudes was investigated at the technically important steel AISI
4140 (German grade 42 CrMo 4). In all two-step experiments cyclic work
softening behaviour is found. The degree of worksoftening is discussed
in comparison to single-step experiments. In several cases effects of
static strain-ageing can be found. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science S.A.