419 Fatigue Crack Propagation Behavior of AZ61 Magnesium Alloy under Controlled Humidity and Visualization of Hydrogen Diffusion Area

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012.61 (0) ◽  
pp. _419-1_-_419-2_
Author(s):  
Satoshi MIYAZAKI ◽  
Yoshihiko UEMATSU ◽  
Toshifumi KAKIUCHI ◽  
Masaki NAKAJIMA
2010 ◽  
Vol 654-656 ◽  
pp. 723-726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeki Morita ◽  
Nobuyoshi Ohno ◽  
Fujio Tamai ◽  
Yuji Kawakami

This paper deals with fatigue crack propagation behavior of rolled AZ31B magnesium alloy. Two types of specimens with the loading axis parallel to rolling direction were machined; fatigue crack propagation direction was parallel to transverse direction (L-T specimen), and short transverse direction (L-S specimen). Fatigue crack propagation tests were performed with center cracked plate tension specimen with stress ratio R=0.1 and frequency of 10Hz at room temperature. Crack propagation rate of L-T specimen was approximately 10 times higher than that of L-S specimen. SEM-EBSD observations revealed that the c-axis direction is unfavorable for the fatigue crack propagation in textured polycrystalline magnesium alloy.


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