Corrosion Morphology and Crack Growth Analysis of Aluminum Alloy Material
Received:March 01, 2011  Revised:August 15, 2011
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KeyWord:corrosion pits  corrosion morphology  fatigue life  fatigue crack  crack growth
        
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Corrosion Morphology and Crack Growth Analysis of Aluminum Alloy Material 650 Research Institute of Hongdu Group, Nanchang , China
ZHU Zuo-tao Qingdao Branch of Naval Aeronautical Engineering Academy, Qingdao , China
MU Zhi-tao Qingdao Branch of Naval Aeronautical Engineering Academy, Qingdao , China
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      Aluminum alloy was tested with accelerated corrosion method. The corrosion pits were seen as ellipse balls and examined with QUESTAR three-dimensional optics microscope. The results showed that the depth and width of corrosion pits increasing with corrosion time and in according with power function, but the acceleration decrease; Corrosion can reduce the fatigue life of the materials significantly and is the main cause of fatigue crack formation and growth; AFGROW software can simulate crack growth life well and the error is low; the crack growth life and critical crack length obtained by AFGROW simulation are conservative than experiment values.
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