Analysis of Fracture Mechanism for Tungsten Alloy-Balance
Weight of Diesel Engine
KE Qinghang1,LIU Yuting1,PU Bowen1,WANG Yanrong1,2,LIU Xukang1,JIA
Lijun1
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(1.China North Engine Research Institute (Tianjin),Tianjin 300405,China;2.School of Mechanical Enginering,Beijing Institute of Technology,Beijing 100081,China)
To address the fracturing issue of tungsten alloy balance weight in diesel engine, the failure mechanism was analyzed through microstructural characterization, chemical composition testing, and mechanical property evaluation. The results indicated that the failure balance weight exhibited poor sintered density with matrix porosity and weak metallurgical bonding between tungsten particles and the binder phase, resulting in insufficient material strength. Fractographic analysis revealed predominant intergranular fracture characteristics, demonstrating that cracks initiated and propagated along tungsten-tungsten interfaces and tungsten-binder interfaces when operational loads exceeded the material strength limit, ultimately causing overload fracture of balance weight. The research proposed and validated preventive measures based on the identified failure mechanism, providing the valuable references for the design and failure analysis of diesel engine balance weights.
KE Qinghang, LIU Yuting, PU Bowen, WANG Yanrong, LIU Xukang, JIA Lijun.
Analysis of Fracture Mechanism for Tungsten Alloy-Balance
Weight of Diesel Engine[J]. Vehicle Engine. 2025, 0(6): 67-71 https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1001-2222.2025.06.010