Evaluation of Fatigue Initial Life for Aluminum Alloy with Pre-corrosion
Received:March 05, 2012  Revised:October 15, 2012
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KeyWord:aluminum alloy  SEM in-situ technology  pre-corrosion  fatigue small crack
           
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LI Xu-dong Qingdao Branch of Naval Aeronautical Academy,Qingdao ,China
MU Zhi-tao Qingdao Branch of Naval Aeronautical Academy,Qingdao ,China
LIU Zhi-guo Qingdao Branch of Naval Aeronautical Academy,Qingdao ,China
ZHU Wu-feng Qingdao Branch of Naval Aeronautical Academy,Qingdao ,China
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Abstract:
      Aluminum alloy is widely used in aviation industry, which makes it a key issue to evaluate the life aluminum components. Fatigue crack initiation and early stage propagation behavior of pre-corroded aluminum alloy under stress cycle was studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in-situ observation. Results indicated that corrosion pit has significant influence on fatigue crack initiation and early stage propagation. A formula to evaluate the small fatigue crack initiation life of aluminum alloy with different corrosion damage was proposed based on local strain method.
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