简介:Veryhighcyclefatigue(VHCF)propertiesofalowtemperaturetemperingbearingsteelGCr15withsmoothandhole-defectspecimensarestudiedbyemployingarotarybendingtestmachinewithfrequencyof52.5Hz.Bothsmoothandhole-defectspecimensbreakinVHCFregimewithsomedifferenceinfatiguecrackinitiation.Forsmoothspecimens,afinegranulararea(FGA)isobservednearthegrainboundaryinthefracturesurfaceofthespecimensbrokenafter10~7cycles.ButnoFGAisobservedinthehole-defectspecimensbrokeninVHCFregime,andtheVHCFcrackdoesnotinitiatefromthesmallholeatthesurfaceasitdoesatloworhighcyclefatigueregime.InternalstressisemployedtoexplaintheVHCFbehaviorofthesetwotypesofspecimens.Atlast,anadvanceddislocationmodelbasedonTanakaandMuramodelisproposedtoillustratetheinternalstressprocessandtopredictfatiguecrackinitiationlifewithFGAobservedinthefractureregion.