Influence of crack geometry on fatigue crack growth behavior in 5083- H113 aluminium alloy

5083-H113 A1 합금의 피로균열진전거동에 미치는 균열형태의 영향

The fatigue crack growth and crack closure behavior of long through-thickness cracks and small half-penny shaped surface cracks were investigated in 5083-H113 Aluminum alloy under constant amplitude testing by the unloading elastic compliance method. It was found that, in the Region II, the crack growth behavior of both through-thickness and surface cracks exhibited the tri-linear form with two transitions and no concern with stress ratio R. In the Region I $I_{ab}$ and I $I_{b}$, through-thickness cracks grew faster than surface cracks in length direction, but at .DELTA. K .leq.4 MPa.root.m for R=0.1 the growth rates of surface cracks in depth direction, grew faster than those of through-thickness cracks. When the crack closure was considered, the growth rates of through-thickness cracks lay between the growth rates of depth direction and the growth rates of length direction in surface cracks. It is suspected that this was caused by the difference of crack closure at depth and length direction of surface cracks.s.

본 연구에서는 용접성이 좋고 강도도 적당하며 부식에 대한 저항성이 좋아 해 양구조물 및 용접구조용재로서 널리 사용되고 있는 5083-H113 Al 합금을 준비하고 이 재료의 균열형태에 따른 피로균열진전거동을 밝히기 위하여 관통균열과 포면균열의 진 전거동에 미치는 응력비의 영향을 균열닫힘과 함께 검토하였다.