A Detailed Evaluation of the Effects of Bulk Residual Stress on Fatigue in Aluminum

Abstract:

The fully effective utilization of large aluminum forgings in aerospace structures has been hampered in the past by inadequate understanding of, and sometimes inaccurate representation of, bulk residual stresses and their impact on both design mechanical properties and structural performance. In recent years, significant advances in both computational and experimental methods have led to vastly improved characterization of residual stresses. As a result, new design approaches which require the extraction of residual stress effects from material property data and the formal inclusion of residual stresses in the design analysis, have been enabled. In particular, the impact of residual stresses on durability and damage tolerance can now be assessed, and more importantly, accounted for at the beginning of the design cycle.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 891-892)
• Pages: 1205-1211
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.891-892.1205
• Online since: March 2014
• Authors: Dale L. Ball*, Mark A. James, Robert J. Bucci, John D. Watton, Adrian T. DeWald, Michael R. Hill, Carl F. Popelar, R. Craig McClung
• Keywords: Aluminum Forging, Fatigue Crack Growth (FCG), Fatigue Crack Initiation, Residual Stress

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