Ultra-high frequency fatigue testing approach and verification of TA11 Ti-alloy based on electrodynamic shaker

Abstract

This paper proposes an ultra high frequency fatigue experimental approach based on electrodynamic shaker. The ultra high frequency fatigue specimen of TA11 titanium alloy sheet was designed after FEM calculation. The actual testing frequency of the designed specimen could be reached as high as 1756 Hz. The fatigue tests of both the ultra high frequency specimen and standard vibration fatigue specimen were carried out under the same stress level, and the consistency of test results was statistically verified. The results show that under the same stress condition,the testing results of the high frequency fatigue specimen proposed in this study are in good agreement with the experimental results of standard vibration fatigue specimen. Furthermore, the comparison of the present experimental results with the axial-loading fatigue and rotating bending fatigue results for the same material is conducted,and also a good consistency is obtained.

Keywords

• ultra high frequency fatigue
• electrodynamic shaker
• testing approach
• Ti-alloy