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High strength, wrought 7xxx (Al-Zn-Mg) and Al-Li based alloys show a propensity for fatigue macroscopic crack deflections aligned along grain boundaries. The present work reports a study on a 3rd generation Al-Li based alloy in the form of a thick AA2297 (Al-Cu-Li alloy) plate, where it was found that although the lithium-containing material may indeed be more susceptible to mixed mode grain boundary failure (and by implication crack deflection in conventional tests), the AA2297 alloy fatigue behaviour is mechanistically and functionally equivalent to 7xxx alloy behaviour. It is shown that crack paths are controlled by a combination of crack loading mixity (K-II/K-I ratio) and maximum strain energy release rates (expressed as K-eq.max). Increasing K-II/K-I ratio is seen to favour sustained grain boundary failure. Crack growth rate behaviour is discussed in terms of extrinsic and intrinsic components of crack growth resistance. It is shown that the present approach can be successfully applied to predict crack deflection/crack paths for a range of sample geometries and orientations on a range of high strength orthotropic aluminium alloys, including 3rd generation Al-Li based alloys and well-established 7xxx alloys).
- 出版日期2016-3-5
