The effect of hot isostatic pressing on crack initiation, fatigue, and mechanical properties of two cast aluminum alloys
- Buckness Univ., Lewisburg, PA (United States)
- Certainteed Corp., Valley Forge, PA (United States)
- Polysurveying, Daphne, AL (United States)
- SECOR International Inc., Robbinsville, NJ (United States)
This article presents the results of an experimental materials testing program on the effect of hot isostatic pressing (HIP) on the crack initiation, fatigue, and mechanical properties of two cast aluminum alloys: AMS 4220 and 4225. These alloys are often used in castings for high temperature applications. Standard tensile and instrumented Charpy impact tests were performed at room and elevated temperatures. The resulting data quantify improvements in ultimate tensile strength, ductility, and Charpy impact toughness from the HIP process while indicating little change in yield strength for both alloys. In addition standard fracture mechanics fatigue tests along with a set of unique fatigue crack initiation tests were performed on the alloys. Hot isostatic pressing was shown to produce a significant increase in cycles to crack initiation for AMS 4225, while no change was evident in traditional da/dN fatigue crack growth. The data permits comparisons of the two alloys both with and without the HIP process.
- OSTI ID:
- 364019
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 8, Issue 3; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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