Quantitative assessment of the microstructural factors controlling the fatigue crack initiation mechanisms in AZ31 Mg alloy
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The deformation and fatigue crack nucleation mechanisms were studied by means of slip trace analysis and secondary electron microscopy in a textured AZ31B-O Mg alloy subjected to fully-reversed cyclic deformation at two different cyclic strain semi-amplitudes. Samples were deformed in two orientations leading to symmetric and non-symmetric cyclic stress-strain curves due to the activation of different deformation mechanisms. They were ascertained in longitudinal sections of the specimens, which included a large number of grains (from 1500 to 4500 for each specimen), to obtain statistically significant results. If the dominant deformation mechanisms were basal slip and tensile twinning/detwinning, the most damaging fatigue cracks were nucleated along twins in large grains, together with cracks parallel to basal slip bands associated with the localization of deformation in clusters of small grains suitably oriented for basal slip. If the main deformation mechanisms were tensile twinning/detwinning and pyramidal slip, the longest fatigue cracks were nucleated along pyramidal slip bands in large grains. Grain boundary cracks around small grains were found in all cases, but they were not critical from the viewpoint of fatigue failure. This information is relevant to assess the effect of the microstructural features on the fatigue life of Mg alloys and as input to simulate the fatigue behavior of Mg alloys using fatigue indicator parameters.
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OpenAlex topics: Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications · Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties · Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis
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