본 연구에서는 이러한 점에도 역점을 두어서 초기 피로균열의 발생.거동을 관 찰하기 쉬운 연강을 선택하여 편진인장반복하중을 작용시켜, 연강 평골재의 표면상에 발생.성장하는 미소표면균열의 거동을 전자현미경과 광학현미경을 병용하여 표면과 파 단면을 입체적으로 조사하여, 피로균열의 초기발생상태를 조사하고, 그 성장율을 조사 하여 파괴역학적으로 해석하여 그 특성을 조사한다.
In-plane tension fatigue tests (R = 0.05) were carried out to investigate the initiation and propagation behaviors of micro-surface-fatigue cracks on smooth surfaces of a mild steel. Also, the investigations of saturated cyclic strain which can be obtained by the fatigue tests have been made via the cyclic strain intensity factor, .DELTA. $K_{epsilon}$/, for the purpose of unifying two approaches of the study of fatigue; the one approach is based on the fracture mechanics concept and the other on lowcycle fatigue concept. Some of the results are as follows; The growth rate, d(2a)/dN, of small cracks cannot be represented by one straight line as a function of .DELTA.K for various of the nominal stress range, .DELTA..sigma., and is higher than that of a larger through crack. The rearrangement of the d(2a)/dN by .DELTA..epsilon..root..pi.s( = .DELTA. $K_{epsilon}$/) with the stress range .DELTA..epsilon. in .DELTA.K replaced by .DELTA..epsilon., strain range, gives one straight line of the .DELTA. $K_{epsilon}$-d(2a)/dN relation for various values of stress range .DELTA.$_{epsilon}$../.X>../.
