Effect of Solid Solution Treatment on Fatigue Behavior of Cast Magnesium Alloy

Abstract:

The effects of solid solution treatment on high cycle fatigue behavior of cast magnesium alloy AZ91D were investigated using an up-and-down load method. High cycle fatigue tests were carried out up to 107cycles at a stress ratio R=0.1 and frequency of 90Hz on specimens using a high frequency fatigue machine. The results showed that the fatigue strength of cast AZ91D magnesium alloy increase from 54.5Mpa to 71.5Mpa after solid solution treatment (T4) at 415°C, keeping temperature 16hours. The micro-fatigue fracture surface of alloy included fatigue initiation area, fatigue crack propagation area and fatigue fracture area. Fatigue crack of the alloys initiate principally at inclusions and shrinks under subsurface. The fatigue fracture of test specimens show the rupture characteristics of quasi-cleavage(as-cast alloy) and toughness(T4 alloy), respectively.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 281)
• Pages: 436-440
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.281.436
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: You Yang, Hua Wu, Zhao Feng Xuan
• Keywords: Cast AZ91D Magnesium Alloy, Fatigue Fracture Surface, High Cycle Fatigue (HCF), Solid Solution Treatment

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