scholarly journals Fast characterization of high-cycle fatigue properties of a cast copper–aluminum alloy by self-heating measurements under cyclic loadings

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 967-976 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Ezanno ◽  
C. Doudard ◽  
S. Calloch ◽  
T. Millot ◽  
J.-L. Heuzé
2014 ◽  
Vol 217-218 ◽  
pp. 227-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Abou Antoun ◽  
Myriam Brochu ◽  
Heinrich Möller

Two objectives were targeted: 1) compare the high cycle fatigue behavior of rheocast aluminum alloy 357 prepared by the swirl enthalpy equilibration device (SEED) and by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) process, and 2) study the effect of surface liquid segregation (SLS) on the fatigue behavior of the CSIR material. Rectangular hourglass specimens machined from rheocast plates were tested at four stress amplitudes in axial fatigue with a stress ratio of R = -1 and a frequency of 20 Hz. Results obtained for SLS free specimens show that the SEED and the CSIR processes produce rheocast materials with comparable high cycle fatigue properties, 115 MPa at 107 cycles. In order to study the influence of surface liquid segregation, slightly polished specimens with a remaining SLS of nearly 750 microns thick were also tested. According to the results, the SLS reduces the average fatigue strength by approximately 5% (110 MPa vs. 115 MPa at 107 cycles). For SLS free specimens, the fatigue crack initiated at shrinkage cavities, oxide films or in the alpha globules. On the other hand, for specimens with SLS, no crack initiation in the alpha globules was observed. The main crack initiation mechanism was identified to be a deformation incompatibility between regions characterized by higher silicon content compared to nominal eutectic regions. The originality of the work is provided by the rigorous comparative analysis of the fatigue performance of components produced in two different rheocasting facilities, but tested in a single laboratory. It is also the first fundamental research published on the mechanical effect of surface liquid segregation. It confirms that SLS should be removed in critical areas in order to optimize the fatigue resistance of rheocast components.


2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 22022
Author(s):  
Vincent Roué ◽  
Cédric Doudard ◽  
Sylvain Calloch ◽  
Frédéric Montel ◽  
Quentin Pujol D’Andrebo ◽  
...  

The determination of high cycle fatigue (HCF) properties of a material with standard method requires a lot of specimens, and could be really time consuming. The self-heating method has been developed in order to predict S–N–P curves (i.e., amplitude stress – number of cycles to failure – probability of failure) with only a few specimens. So the time-saving advantage of this method has been demonstrated on several materials, at room temperature. In order to reduce the cost and time of fatigue characterization at high temperature, the self-heating method is adapted to characterize HCF properties of a titanium alloy, the Ti-6Al-4V (TA6V), at different temperatures. So the self-heating procedure is adjusted to conduct tests with a furnace. Two dissipative phenomena can be observed on self-heating curves. Because of this, a two-scale probabilistic model with two dissipative mechanisms is used to describe them. The first one is observed for low amplitudes of cyclic loading, under the fatigue limit, and the second one for higher amplitudes where the mechanisms of fatigue damage are activated and are dissipating more energy. This model was developed on steel at room temperature. Even so, it is used to describe the self-heating curves of the TA6V at several temperatures.


2005 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 1255-1261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiyotaka MASAKI ◽  
Youhei KUMAGAI ◽  
Yasuo OCHI ◽  
Takashi MATSUMURA ◽  
Tatsuhiko HAMAGUCHI

2014 ◽  
Vol 598 ◽  
pp. 243-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Tomaszewski ◽  
Janusz Sempruch

In special situations the fatigue properties of the construction material can be determined using non-standard specimens, for example smaller than the normative ones (the so-called mini specimens). The research presented was made for the aluminum alloy based on the high-cycle fatigue testing methodology. The verification was made by breaking down the results with own tests which involved the use of standard specimens and stands as well as with the literature reports.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (0) ◽  
pp. J03104
Author(s):  
Yusuke KAWABATA ◽  
Yoshimasa TAKAHASHI ◽  
Masanori TAKUMA ◽  
Ken-ichi SAITOH ◽  
Tomohiro SATO

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