The Influence of Copper Addition on Crack Initiation and Propagation in an Al-Si-Mg Alloy During Cyclic Testing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toni Bogdanoff ◽  
Lucia Lattanzi ◽  
Mattia Merlin ◽  
Ehsan Ghassemali ◽  
Salem Seifeddine
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Mg Alloy ◽  
Cyclic Testing ◽  
Crack Initiation And Propagation ◽  
Copper Addition ◽  
Initiation And Propagation

scholarly journals THE influence of copper addition on crack initiation and propagation in an Al–Si–Mg alloy during cyclic testing

Materialia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 100787
Author(s):  
Toni Bogdanoff ◽  
Lucia Lattanzi ◽  
Mattia Merlin ◽  
Ehsan Ghassemali ◽  
Salem Seifeddine
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Mg Alloy ◽  
Cyclic Testing ◽  
Crack Initiation And Propagation ◽  
Copper Addition ◽  
Initiation And Propagation

Fatigue crack paths and properties in A356-T6 aluminum alloy microstructurally modified by friction stir processing under different conditions

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Tajiri ◽  
Y. Uematsu ◽  
T. Kakiuchi ◽  
Y. Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Friction Stir Processing ◽  
Casting Defects ◽  
Processing Conditions ◽  
Tool Rotational Speed ◽  
Crack Initiation And Propagation ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Initiation And Propagation

A356-T6 cast aluminum alloy is a light weight structural material, but fatigue crack initiates and propagates from a casting defect leading to final fracture. Thus it is important to eliminate casting defects. In this study, friction stir processing (FSP) was applied to A356-T6, in which rotating tool with probe and shoulder was plunged into the material and travels along the longitudinal direction to induce severe plastic deformation, resulting in the modification of microstructure. Two different processing conditions with low and high tool rotational speeds were tried and subsequently fully reversed fatigue tests were performed to investigate the effect of processing conditions on the crack initiation and propagation behavior. The fatigue strengths were successfully improved by both conditions due to the elimination of casting defects. But the lower tool rotational speed could further improve fatigue strength than the higher speed. EBSD analyses revealed that the higher tool rotational speed resulted in the severer texture having detrimental effects on fatigue crack initiation and propagation resistances.

Suppressing Cracking in Resistance Welding AA5754 by Mechanical Means

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyan Zhang ◽  
Jacek Senkara ◽  
Xin Wu
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Field ◽  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Spot Welding ◽  
Mechanical Analysis ◽  
Crack Initiation And Propagation ◽  
State Of Stress ◽  
Initiation And Propagation ◽  
Thermal Mechanical Analysis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Analytical Approaches

Abstract In this paper mechanical aspects of cracking during single- and multi-spot welding of AA5754 was investigated by both experimental and analytical approaches. The impact of mechanical loading on crack initiation and propagation was studied with the consideration of various process parameters including the loading imposed by electrodes, the formation of liquid nugget, and constraining factors during and after welding. Tensile properties of AA5754 and their dependence on the temperature were tested at room and up to solidus temperatures, in order to provide a reference of cracking stress. Thermal-mechanical analysis was conducted based on the temperature field around the nugget and the state of stress encountered during welding. This analysis revealed that tensile stress might build up in the vicinity of the nugget during cooling, thus explained the experimental observation. General guidelines for suppressing cracking were proposed, i.e. to provide sufficient constraint around the weld spot during and after welding.

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