简介：Fatiguepropertiesofage-hardenedAlalloy2017-T4underultrasonicloadingfrequency(20kHz)wereinvestigatedandcomparedwiththeresultsunderconventionalloadingofrotatingbending(50Hz).Thegrowthofacrackretardedatabout500μminsurfacelengthunderultrasonicloading,whileatabout20μmunderrotatingbending.Althoughstriationsbeingatypicalfracturemechanismwereobservedunderconventionalloading,mostoffracturesurfacewascoveredwithmanyfacetsunderultrasonicloading.Thesefacetswerealsoobservedunderrotatingbendinginnitrogengas.Thedifferenceingrowthmechanismdependingontheloadingfrequencyandtheretardationofacrackgrowthunderultrasonicloadingmaybecausedbytheenvironmentatthecracktipduetohighcrackgrowthrateunderultrasonicloading.