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Mechanical properties and microstructural changes of ultrafine-grained AA6063T6 during high-cycle fatigue

  • Matthias Hockauf , Lothar W. Meyer , Thorsten Halle , Corinna Kuprin , Michael Hietschold , Steffen Schulze and Lutz Krüger
Published/Copyright: May 31, 2013
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 97 Issue 10

Abstract

Fatigue behaviour and mechanical properties of peak-aged AA6063T6 with ultra-fine grain size, produced by equal channel angular extrusion, were evaluated with special emphasis on the microstructure before and after cyclic loading. The strength significantly increased with grain size reduction and is described by an exponential power-law constitutive relationship. A remarkable enhancement of fatigue life compared to commercial AA6063T6 with coarse grains was found in the high-cycle regime after the first two extrusions. Further extrusions eliminated this improvement. It is shown that the optimum fatigue performance correlates very well with the minimum tensile ductility. Electron backscatter diffraction revealed that the material behaviour can basically be attributed to the grain boundary characteristics. Low grain boundary misorientation angles yield the best fatigue performance in the ultrafine-grained microstructure.

Keywords: Aluminium alloy; Ultrafine-grained microstructure; High-cycle fatigue; Strength and ductility; Grain boundary misorientation

Dedicated to Professor Eckard Macherauch on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of his birth

* Correspondence address, Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Hockauf, Chemnitz University of Technology, Erfenschlager Str. 73, D-09125 Chemnitz, Germany, Tel.: +4937153135432, Fax: +49371531800237, E-mail:

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Received: 2006-4-19
Accepted: 2006-7-12
Published Online: 2013-05-31
Published in Print: 2006-10-01

© 2006, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.3139/146.101383
Keywords for this article
Aluminium alloy; Ultrafine-grained microstructure; High-cycle fatigue; Strength and ductility; Grain boundary misorientation

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