Fatigue Behavior and Life Prediction for Aluminum Castings in the Absence of Casting Flaws 2011-01-0193
Cast aluminum alloys are increasingly used in cyclically loaded automotive structural applications for light weight and fuel economy. The fatigue resistance of aluminum castings strongly depends upon the presence of casting flaws and characteristics of microstructural constituents. The existence of casting flaws significantly reduces fatigue crack initiation life. In the absence of casting flaws, however, crack initiation occurs at the fatigue-sensitive microstructural constituents. Cracking and debonding of large silicon (Si) and Fe-rich intermetallic particles and crystallographic shearing from persistent slip bands in the aluminum matrix play an important role in crack initiation. This paper presents fatigue life models for aluminum castings free of casting flaws, which complement the fatigue life models for aluminum castings containing casting flaws published in [1].
Citation: Wang, Q. and Jones, P., "Fatigue Behavior and Life Prediction for Aluminum Castings in the Absence of Casting Flaws," SAE Int. J. Mater. Manuf. 4(1):289-297, 2011, https://doi.org/10.4271/2011-01-0193. Download Citation
Author(s):
Qigui Wang, Peggy Jones
Affiliated:
General Motors Company
Pages: 9
Event:
SAE 2011 World Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
1946-3979
e-ISSN:
1946-3987
Also in:
SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing-V120-5, SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing-V120-5EJ
Related Topics:
Fatigue
Casting alloys
Fuel economy
Casting
Aluminum
Particulate matter (PM)
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