Fatigue fracture of smooth rectangular specimens was investigated by testing at constant amplitude and zero mean stress, at a frequency of 30 Hz. Two nickel alloyed powder metallurgy steels with different contents of pores and MnS were examined. Fatigue fracture started with crack nucleation at pore interfaces by the formation of small steps. Growth of these nuclei was accomplished by stepwise crack tip blunting, which led to the formation of macrocracks. A dominant fatigue crack origin built up at the region of the largest number of macrocracks. Fatigue crack growth stages I, II, and III were found in this region.
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