A fatigue-life prediction methodology for notched aluminum-magnesium alloy in gulf seawater environment |
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Authors: | Z Khan M Younas G Zuhair |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia |
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Abstract: | Local-strain and linear-elastic fracture-mechanics (LEFM) methodologies have been investigated for prediction of the corrosion-fatigue
life of notched components of specially developed Al-2.5Mg alloys exposed to Arabian Gulf seawater environment. Corrosion-fatigue
crack initiation life estimates were obtained using strain-life relationships; corrosion-fatigue crack propagation life estimates
were obtained using LEFM relationships. The total corrosion-fatigue life was considered to be the sum of the crack initiation
and crack propagation lives. Estimated corrosion-fatigue lives were compared with experimentally obtained corrosion-fatigue
life data using center-notched specimens of three types of Al-2.5Mg alloys (containing different amounts of chromium) exposed
to Arabian Gulf seawater environment. Two notch geometries, a circular notch (K
t= 2.42) and an elliptical notch (K
t= 4.2), were investigated. Good corrosion-fatigue life predictions can be obtained using local-strain and LEFM methodologies
by determining the relevant material constants via a few simple fatigue tests on smooth specimens and a few crack-growth-rate
tests in the environment at the frequency of interest. |
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Keywords: | aluminum-magnesium alloy crack initiation crack propagation fatigue life prediction seawater |
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