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Influence of inclusion content on fatigue crack

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Fatigue crack growth rates were measured at room temperature in dry air for three 7075-T6 aluminum alloys with different inclusion content. Volume fractions of inclusions were determined for each alloy by the point count method with two different automated systems. Plots of the fatigue crack growth rate (da/dN) vs the stress-intensity-factor range (ΔK) show a well defined change of slope at the transition between plane strain and plane stress fracture. This transition is associated with a marked increase in the amount of fracture by void growth around inclusions. The volume fraction and mean spacing of voids within the cyclic plastic zone have been determined as a function of ΔK by quantitative fractography. Fracture by voids is important when the mean spacing of such voids is approximately equal to the width of the cyclic plastic zone in the plane of the crack. It is concluded that the inclusion content increases the fatigue-crack growth rates only within the plane stress range, that is for values of the stress-intensity-factor range ΔK \s> 20 kpsi√in.

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  1. Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

    S. M. El-Soudani (Research Staff Member) & R. M. Pelloux (Associate Professor)

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El-Soudani, S.M., Pelloux, R.M. Influence of inclusion content on fatigue crack. Metall Trans 4, 519–531 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02648705

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