Coating residual stress effects on fatigue performance of 7050-T7451 aluminum alloy

The tendency of the aircraft industry is to enhance customer value by improving performance and reducing environmental impact. In view of availability, aluminum alloys have a historically tendency to faster insertion due to their lower manufacturing and operated production infrastructure. In landing gear components, wear and corrosion control of many components is accomplished by surface treatments of chrome electroplating on steel or anodizing of aluminum. One of the most interesting environmentally safer and cleaner alternatives for the replacement of hard chrome plating or anodizing is tungsten carbide thermal spray coating, applied by the high velocity oxy fuel (HVOF) process. However, it was observed that residual stresses originating from these coatings reduce the fatigue strength of a component.An effective process as shot peening treatment, considered to improve the fatigue strength, pushes the crack sources beneath the surface in most of medium and high cycle cases, due to the compressive residual stress field induced. The objective of this research is to evaluate a tungsten carbide cobalt (WC-Co) coating applied by the high velocity oxy fuel (HVOF) process, used to replace anodizing. Anodic films were grown on 7050-T7451 aluminum alloy by sulfuric acid anodizing, chromic acid anodizing and hard anodizing. The influence on axial fatigue strength of anodic films grown on the aluminum alloy surface is to degrade the stress-life performance of the base material. Three groups of specimens were prepared and tested in axial fatigue to obtain S-N curves: base material, base material coated by HVOF and base material shot peened and coated.Experimental results revealed increase in the fatigue strength of Al 7050-T7451 alloy associated with the WC 17% Co coating. On the other hand, a reduction in fatigue life occurred in the shot peened and coated condition. Scanning electron microscopy technique and optical microscopy were used to observe crack origin sites, thickness and coating/substrate adhesion.     

Influence of scandium on weldability of 7010 aluminium alloy

Abstract

The commercial 7000 series aluminium alloys are based on medium strength Al–Zn–Mg and high strength Al–Zn–Mg–Cu systems. The medium strength alloys are weldable, whereas the high strength alloys are non-weldable. This is because the amount of copper present in these alloys gives rise to hot cracking during solidification of welds. As a result, the high strength Al–Zn–Mg– Cu base alloys are not used for applications where joining of components by welding is an essential step. In the present study, using a combination of qualitative Houldcroft test and quantitative Varestraint test, it is shown that a small addition of scandium to the commercial 7010 alloy reduces the hot cracking susceptibility during solidification of welds produced by the gas tungsten arc welding process. The improvement in weldability is found to be the result of the considerable grain refinement in the weld structure following the scandium addition. The results of microhardness and tensile tests are further described within the context of the present work to demonstrate that the 7010+Sc welds also exhibit a combination of improved strength and ductility.     

Variations of properties across plate thickness for Al alloy 7010

1 INTRODUCTIONAl alloy (AA) 7010 in the T7651 temper con-ditionis extensively usedinthe manufacture of air-craft structural wing components , because of itshigh strength coupled with highresistance to stresscorrosion cracking and good fracture toughness ,particularlyin thick sections . The suppliers of thisraw material commonly use non-destructive testingof electrical conductivity and hardness to monitorthe quality consistency during manufacturing. Dueto their accuracy and fast response …     

7050-T7451铝合金厚板局域腐蚀的各向异性(英文)

采用持续浸蚀、慢应变速率拉伸、动态和阳极化测试以及光学和扫描电镜观察等对7050 T7451铝合金厚板局域腐蚀性能的各向异性进行研究。结果表明:7050 T7451铝合金厚板由于存在明显的微观组织各向异性而导致腐蚀性能的各向异性;合金不同截面腐蚀性能的差异是由基体内残余第二相分数的不同而引起的,残余第二相分数越大表面腐蚀越严重;不同方向样品的应力腐蚀敏感性顺序依次为S>L>T方向(慢应变速率拉伸测试结果),晶粒长宽比越小抗应力腐蚀性能越好。     

循环载荷幅值对7075-T7451铝合金疲劳裂纹扩展行为的影响

在不同幅值循环载荷条件下对7075-T7451铝合金紧凑拉伸(CT)试样进行拉伸疲劳试验,对其疲劳裂纹扩展速率和应力强度因子幅值ΔK进行了研究,并用扫描电子显微镜观测试样的断口形貌。结果表明：随着循环载荷幅值的增大,试样的疲劳寿命缩短,裂纹的扩展速率增大;试样宏观断口形貌的裂纹稳态扩展区域减小,而瞬时断裂区域增大。稳态扩展区主要以疲劳条带扩展机制为主,且疲劳条带间距随循环载荷幅值的增大而增大;瞬断区的断口形貌以韧窝断裂为主,韧窝尺寸随循环载荷幅值的增大而减小。     

Effect of anodic oxidation on fatigue performance of 7075-T6 alloy

Effect of anodic oxidation on fatigue performance of 7075-T6 alloy for pre-corroded and non-corroded specimens has been investigated by conducting a series of rotary bending fatigue tests at 95 Hz. The anodized specimens with different coating thickness (6, 12 and 23 μm) were exposed to 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution for 6, 48, 96 and 240 h. The results indicate that oxidation has a tendency to decrease the fatigue performance. Fatigue strength was reduced with increasing coating thickness; approximately 40% reduction for a 23 μm thick coating was obtained. It was observed that oxidation mitigated pitting corrosion. Superior corrosion resistance was obtained for the thickest coating layer. Fatigue tests with pre-corroded specimens showed that fatigue life of coated specimens was significantly affected by pre-corrosion, except for the specimen with the thickest coating layer. When the pre-corroded bare and coated specimens were compared, the coating improved the fatigue performance in high cycle fatigue (> 10⁵) only and it degraded the fatigue performance in low cycle regime.     

7050-T7451铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接头组织和性能与疲劳断裂

文中主要对7050-T7451铝合金搅拌摩擦焊焊接接头组织性能和疲劳断裂进行研究,对焊件进行金相组织、硬度、疲劳试验,并根据试验结果进行分析。试验结果表明,焊核区和热力影响区组织有明显的分界,整个接头表面和截面的不同区域的组织有明显的不同,焊核区经历高温热循环,并且受到强烈的搅拌作用,发生了显著的动态再结晶,组织均匀细小,没有明显的方向性。热力影响区组织在搅拌摩擦焊接过程中主要受到热循环作用的影响,同时一定程度上受到了机械外力的作用,产生了较小的塑性变形,但储能不够,最终未出现动态再结晶。热影响受到热循环的作用,组织比母材要粗大,但没有发生明显塑性变形,仍具有母材纤维组织的特点。硬度试验的结果表明,母材区和焊核区的硬度比较大,而热影响区的硬度偏低,热力影响区的硬度在它们之间。通过对疲劳试验分析,应力水平为200 MPa时,试样在前进侧热影响区发生断裂,断口的表面较为粗糙。应力水平为250 MPa时,试样在焊核区发生断裂,断口表面较为平整。应力水平为300 MPa时,试样在母材处发生断裂,断口表面十分平整。创新点： 通过搅拌摩擦焊工艺形成的7050-T7451铝合金焊接接头,成形良好,技术优势突出,适用于航天航空等多个重要领域。     

Cold hole expansion effect on the fatigue crack growth in welds of a 6061-T6 aluminum alloy

Compact test specimens were extracted from a 6061-T6 aluminum alloy welded plate with a thickness of 9 mm to analyze the cold hole expansion effect on fatigue crack growth tests conducted in mode I cyclic loading. At R = 0.1, a sharp crack in base metal, weld metal and heat affected zone was propagated from 17 to 24 mm. The fatigue crack growth at 24 mm (α = a/W = 0.3) was delayed by drilling a hole at the crack tip and applying a cold hole expansion of 4.1%. The residual stress fields due to cold hole expansion were determined with the finite element method. The fatigue crack growth testing was continued up to a crack length of 35 mm (α ∼ 0.43) at the same R, and crack opening displacements of the post-expansion crack were also determined with the finite element method. The results were expressed in terms of crack length versus number of cycles, as well as, fatigue crack growth rate as a function of applied and effective stress intensity factor range. The cold hole expansion contributed to delay the fatigue crack growth in base metal, and to a lesser extent in the weld metal and heat affected zone. A crack closure effect was determined by means of load versus crack opening displacement curves of the post-expansion crack, which was, completely or partially closed, in welded zones with compressive residual stress fields. The fracture surfaces of each welded zone were analyzed to elucidate the crack nucleation zone and its relation with the residual stress field. In all cases the crack was initiated at the surface of the specimen where the residual stresses were positive.     

Influence of casting defects on fatigue behaviour of A356 aluminium alloy

Abstract

The fatigue behaviour of A356 cast aluminium alloy under 10⁴ cycles was investigated by a servo-hydraulic machine at the temperature of 150°C. The specimens for the fully reversible tension compression tests were cut from cylinder head castings of automobile engines. The testing data were treated by S–N curve and the staircase method and the mean values of fatigue property coincided with each other by these two methods, though the data scattered with different casting defects. The fracture surfaces of fatigue specimens were examined by OM, SEM and EDS. It was found that in most of the specimens two or more fatigue crack initiations appeared at a fracture surface. Compared with casting defects such as oxide film, inclusion and blowhole, shrinkage porosity is more detrimental to the fatigue behaviour of aluminium alloy castings.     

激光冲击工艺对钛合金疲劳寿命的影响

研究激光加工工艺对Ti6A14V航空钛合金叶片表面粗糙度和残余应力的影响，并分析影响表面质量的激光加工工艺参数；探讨表面粗糙度和表面残余应力对叶片疲劳寿命的影响。结果表明，采用激光冲击航空叶片，叶片表面残余压应力大大增强，从而使得其抗疲劳破坏能力增强，而表面粗糙度减小；在激光脉冲功率允许的范围内，选择合适的冲击参数能有效降低叶片表面粗糙度，而表面残余压应力对疲劳寿命的影响起主导作用。     

Fatigue life of machined Ti6Al4V alloy under different cooling conditions

This paper presents an extensive experimental study on the influence of machining parameters and cooling conditions on the overall fatigue life of a titanium component. In particular, dry, minimum quantity lubrication, cryogenic and high-pressure air jet were compared as cooling/lubrication strategies for the finishing operation. The obtained dog-bone cylindrical fatigue specimens were tested under uniaxial pull–pull cyclic loading in the high cycle fatigue range. An analytical model is proposed to predict the high cycle fatigue strength for the material under investigation demonstrating its effectiveness to reduce the number of tests needed.     

Static shear strength and fatigue life of refill friction stir spot welded AA 6061-T6 sheets

This study was aimed at evaluating the static shear strength and fatigue properties of the newly developed refilled friction stir spot welded AA 6061-T6 joints. The keyhole, the process disadvantage of conventional friction stir spot welding, was refilled successfully, using an additional filler plate, with specially designed tools. Two different tool profiles, namely, convex and concave, were used for the refilling process. Sound and defect free joints were obtained by the refilling process. Joints refilled with convex tools showed better static shear strength than those with the concave ones. The variation of microhardness in different regions of the weld was analysed. Fatigue tests were conducted on the lap shear specimens at a stress ratio of R?=?0·1. The optical micrographs of the welds after fatigue failure in both the conventional and refilled processes were examined to study the fatigue crack propagation and failure modes.     

焊接残余应力对2024铝合金薄板疲劳寿命的影响

对搅拌磨擦焊、TIG焊和激光焊进行数值模拟,得到焊接残余应力场.将残余应力场施加到线弹性断裂力学模型之中,运用J积分方法计算残余应力强度因子,并计算裂纹扩展速率,通过与试验结果和虚拟裂纹闭合法计算结果进行对比,验证了文中所使用方法的正确性.研究发现,残余应力强度因子的分布与残余应力分布形式相似.残余应力的引入,对应力比有较大影响,但随着应力比的增大,残余应力对应力比的影响逐渐减弱.焊接残余应力的引入缩短了焊接构件的使用寿命,当裂纹长度较小时,TIG焊接构件使用寿命比搅拌摩擦焊接构件和激光焊接构件使用寿命短.     

An investigation of the reduction in tensile strength and fatigue life of pre-corroded 7075-T6 aluminum alloy

In aging aircraft, the synergetic interaction between corrosion and fatigue has been shown to reduce the life expectancy of aluminum alloys. The objective of this study was to quantify the effects of corrosion, in terms of mass loss per unit area, on the static strength and fatigue life of 7075-T6 aluminum alloy. This was an experimental study in which test specimens were corroded in a laboratory environment. The corrosion process was accelerated by use of a corrosion cell. Test specimens were cut from flat sheets of aluminum and covered with masking material to restrict corrosion to a confined area. After testing, the fatigue life, ultimate tensile strength (UTS), and hardness of the specimens were observed to drop significantly with small amounts of corrosion. After the initial decrease, the UTS was observed to decrease linearly with increasing corrosion levels. The fatigue life of the specimens decreased in an inverse exponential fashion as mass loss per unit area increased. The hardness values of the corroded surfaces were also observed to drop. The topology of the pits and the related subsurface damage produced areas of high stress concentration resulting in the immediate reduction of UTS and fatigue life of the specimens. Subsurface corrosion damage was responsible for the reduction in hardness.     

Fatigue behaviour of pre-strain 7B04-T7451 aluminum alloy

The effect of minimum and the maximum stresses on the fatigue behaviour of a 30 mm thick plate of a 7B04-T7451 （Al-Zn-Mg-Cu） subjected to a tensile pre-strain level of 2% was investigated, including the fatigue crack growth （FCG） rate, microstructure observation, fractographic examination and fatigue S-N curve, etc. The results show that ＇the characteristics of fatigue facture can be observed obviously under high cycle fatigue condition, and the higher the stress amplitude, the wider the space between fatigue striations, the faster the rate of fatigue crack developing and going into the intermittent fracture and the greater the ratio of the intermittent fracture area to the whole fracture area.     

激光冲击强化对7050-T7451铝合金残余应力和力学性能的影响

对7050-T7451铝合金试样进行激光冲击强化,研究不同激光功率密度和冲击次数对铝合金残余应力和性能的影响.试验结果表明:激光冲击强化可以有效提高试样表面显微硬度,且硬度随着冲击次数的增加而增大,最高达172 HV0.05,较未强化试样提高了17％,硬度影响层深度可达750μm.当激光功率密度为7.28 GW/cm2...     

The effects of multiple re-shot peening on fretting fatigue behavior of Al7075-T6

Fretting fatigue is a consequence of small oscillatory movement between two contacting parts. This type of damage may give rise to significant reduction in fatigue life of the components. The resistance of materials against fretting fatigue can be improved by surface treatment such as shot-peening. In this work, the effect of multiple re-shot peening on resistance of Al7075-T6 against fretting fatigue was investigated. After each re-shot peening, the specimen was subjected to 80% of the fatigue life corresponding to the cycles to failure of the specimen after re-shot peening. This process continued until the effect of any further re-shot peening became insignificant. The results showed almost a 100% enhancement in fatigue life for the first re-shot peening. The enhancement, however, reduced logarithmically for the next re-shot peenings such that for the 4th re-shot peening the increase of fatigue life fell below 2% which was negligible. On the whole, the fretting fatigue life increased by 600% after shot peening and 4 times re-shot peenings.     

The effect of machined topography and integrity on fatigue life

The paper reviews published data which address the effect of machining (conventional and non-conventional processes) and the resulting workpiece surface topography/integrity on fatigue performance, for a variety of workpiece materials. The effect of post-machining surface treatments, such as shot peening, are also detailed. The influence of amplitude height parameters (Ra, Rt), amplitude distribution (Rsk) and shape (Rku) parameters, as well as spatial (Std, Sal) and hybrid (Ssc) measures, are considered.There is some disagreement in the literature about the correlation between workpiece surface roughness and fatigue life. In most cases, it has been reported that lower roughness results in longer fatigue life, but that for roughness values in the range 2.5–5 μm Ra it is primarily dependent on workpiece residual stress and surface microstructure, rather than roughness. In the absence of residual stress, machined surface roughness in excess of 0.1 μm Ra has a strong influence on fatigue life. Temperatures above 400 °C reduce the effects of both residual stress and surface roughness on fatigue, due to stress relieving and the change in crack initiation from the surfaces to internal sites. The presence of inclusions an order of magnitude larger than the machined surface roughness generally overrides the effect of surface topography.     

Fatigue and corrosion fatigue behavior of an AA6063-T6 aluminum alloy coated with a WC-10Co-4Cr alloy deposited by HVOF thermal spraying

The present investigation has been conducted in order to study the fatigue and corrosion fatigue behavior of an AA6063-T6 aluminum alloy substrate coated with a WC-10Co-4Cr deposited by HVOF thermal spraying. It has been determined that the deposition of such a coating on the aluminum substrate gives rise to significant gains in fatigue life in comparison with the uncoated substrate, when testing is carried out both in air and in a 3 wt.% NaCl solution. It has been shown that during testing in air, the fatigue gain ranges between ~ 540 and 4300%, depending on the maximum alternating stress applied to the material. Larger fatigue gains are associated with low alternating stresses. Also, when fatigue testing is conducted in the NaCl solution, the gain in fatigue resistance varies between ~ 620 and 1460%. Fatigue cracks have been observed to initiate at the coating surface and then grow towards the substrate after propagating through the entire coating thickness. Crack growth along the coating has been observed to occur mainly along the regions formed by the agglomeration of W and W-Co-Cr-rich particles, flanking the tougher Co-Cr-rich areas. Although in the present work residual stresses were not measured, it is believed that the gain in fatigue life of the coating-substrate system is due to the presence of compressive residual stresses within the coating which hinder fatigue crack propagation. The deposition of the coating does not give rise to significant changes in the static mechanical properties and hardness of the aluminum alloy substrate. It has been observed that the WC-10Co-4Cr coating displays a significant indentation size effect and has a mean hardness of ~ 9.4 GPa.     

The effects of machined workpiece surface integrity on the fatigue life of γ-titanium aluminide

Tension–tension tests on turned, electro-chemical machined (ECM) and electro-discharge textured (EDT) specimens made from Ti–45Al–2Nb–2Mn+0.8 vol% TiB₂ alloy, showed the turned specimens to have a higher fatigue strength 475 MPa. It is likely that this was due to the presence of highly compressive surface residual stresses caused by the turning operation.