PT Journal AU Rosenberg, G Juhar, L TI Fatigue resistance of dual phase steels in presence of microstructural inhomogeneities SO Manufacturing Technology Journal PY 2012 BP 217 EP 221 VL 12 IS 2 DI 10.21062/ujep/x.2012/a/1213-2489/MT/12/2/217 DE dual phase steel; microstructural banding; tensile properties; fatigue resistance AB In the work, there are noted experimental results aimed at determination of influence of initial microstructure of the steel S355, that was exposed to different temperatures of intercritical annealing, on its resistance against cyclic loading by number of cycles needed to fracture the samples, loaded by stress amplitude σa = 500 MPa. Intercritical annealing at temperature ranging 740-840°C was carried out on a bar with the same thickness as the steel sheet in received state (B=9mm). Fatigue tests were realized on 1,2mm thick specimen cut from subsurface and middle area of initial thickness of the plate, where a banding structure occurred, thickness ∼1,5 mm in the received state. It was discovered, that samples with microstructural banding have higher fatigue resistance independently on temperature of intercritical annealing. ER