Effect of the chassis parts surface condition from high-strength titanium alloy VT-22 in the process of fatigue tests

A.O.Gorpenko¹*,

O.I.Semenets¹,

O.M.Doniy²,

E.Valuyskaya³

¹ ANTONOV COMPANY, Kyiv
² National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Kiev
³ I. M. Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of the NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv
timanz.ag@gmail.com

Usp. materialozn. 2021, 2:45-53
https://doi.org/10.15407/materials2021.02.045

Abstract

The research focuses on the influence of the surface condition on the resource of highstrength titanium alloy VT-22 landing gear details during fatigue tests. The tests were performed on special facilities that simulate the workload on a rod detail at the stage of extending and retraction of the landing gear. Fatigue tests were performed on four rods. Rods № 1-3 were destroyed at the lugs level, rod №4 withstood the entire cycle of loads, and was examined in an undamaged state. It was found that the cause of the failure of the rod №1 was axial play formation as a result of bracket lug deformation, which led to shock loads on the lug of the rod №1 during the tests. The destruction of the rod №2 could be caused by the shock axial loads due to changes in the characteristics and load values of the facility on the rod №2. The priority factor influencing the premature failure of the rod №3 was the high risks from surface machining in the most loaded part of the rod №3, namely at the R-junction of the cylindrical part to the lug. The presence of surface defects formed during the manufacturing stage, as well as the presence of deep scratches in the area with high load reduce the life of rod № 3 fivefold compared to the undamaged rod № 4, which had no visible surface defects. Surface damage detected in the non-chromized area of the rods can be eliminated by blasting with subsequent surface polishing, which will provide the required resource of the detail (rod № 4).

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HIGH-STRENGTH TITANIUM ALLOY VT-22, FATIGUE TESTS, ROD, STRUCTURE OF THE SURFACE LAYER, SURFACE DEFECTS

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