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Fatigue Behavior of Aluminum Alloys under Multiaxial Loading

Journal Article
2014-01-0972
ISSN: 1946-3979, e-ISSN: 1946-3987
Published April 01, 2014 by SAE International in United States
Fatigue Behavior of Aluminum Alloys under Multiaxial Loading
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Citation: Wang, Q., He, G., and Wang, Y., "Fatigue Behavior of Aluminum Alloys under Multiaxial Loading," SAE Int. J. Mater. Manf. 7(2):465-472, 2014, https://doi.org/10.4271/2014-01-0972.
Language: English

Abstract:

Fatigue behavior of aluminum alloys under multiaxial loading was investigated with both cast aluminum A356-T6 and wrought alloy 6063-T6. The dominant multiaxial fatigue crack preferentially nucleates from flaws like porosity and oxide films located near the free surface of the material. In the absence of the flaws, the cracking/debonding of the second phase particles dominates the crack initiation and propagation. The number of cracked/debonded particles increases with the number of cycles, but the damage rate depends on loading paths. Among various loading paths studied, the circle loading path shows the shortest fatigue life due to the development of complex dislocation substructures and severe stress concentration near grain/cell boundaries and second phase particles.