Research Article

Fatigue Life Assessment of 65Si7 Leaf Springs: A Comparative Study

Table 4

Experimental fatigue life of the specimen.

Material processingStandard specifiedAlternating stress level, (MPa)Stress rangeFatigue life of S-1 ()Fatigue life of S-2 ()Fatigue life of S-3 ()Fatigue life of S-4 ()Average
SD

Normal rolling, quenching at 880°C, hardening in oil at 80°C, tempering at 410°C for 90 mins, shot peening at 18 A intensity, BHN 380–432, and scragging at 0.9% of yield stress0.6 g–2 g269–89662784212819618222685656Average 83513
SD 1518