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Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Aerospace Aluminum Alloy LD2 Under Corrosion

MU Zhitao1, CHEN Dinghai1,2, ZHU Zuotao2, DING Wenyong1, TIAN Shudong2   

  1. 1. Qingdao Campus, Naval Aeronautical and Astronautical University, Qingdao 266041, China;
    2. No. 91049 Unit, The Chinese People's Liberation Army, Qingdao 266102, China
  • Received:2012-03-30 Revised:2012-10-18 Online:2013-03-25 Published:2013-03-29
  • Supported by:

    Ministry Level Project

Abstract:

Corrosion damage increases fatigue crack growth rates of aircraft structures, and shortens the fatigue life of an aircraft. Accelerated corrosion tests simulating the service environment of aircraft and then the fatigue tests on aerospace aluminum alloy LD2 test samples are executed under different corrosion times. The fatigue rupture morphologies of the test samples with different corrosion times are obtained. The crack growth data (a,N) under different corrosion times are measured by judgment of the rupture morphologies. By fitting the data (a,N), it is found that the relationship between crack length and cycle number is exponential, and the crack growth rate is directly proportional to the crack length, while the slope of the crack growth rate vs the crack length depends on the factors of corrosion damage and fatigue load level. Furthermore, by fatigue tests under different corrosion times and different stress levels, it is also found that the relationship between the slope and the corrosion time is linear under the same stress level and the slope values under different stress levels are nearly the same, while the intercept of the lines of crack growth rate also varies linearly with the stress level.

Key words: aluminum alloy, corrosion damage, fatigue rupture morphology, crack length, fatigue crack

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