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Title: Creep crack growth behavior of aluminum alloy 2519. Part 1: Experimental analysis

Abstract

The discipline of time-dependent fracture mechanics has traditionally focused on the creep crack growth behavior of high-temperature materials that display creep-ductile behavior, such as stainless steels and chromium-molybdenum steels. Elevated temperature aluminum alloys, however, have been developed that exhibit creep-brittle behavior; in this case, the creep crack growth rate correlates with the stress intensity factor, K. The fracture characteristics of aluminum alloy 2519-T87 were studied at 135 C, and the creep and creep crack growth behavior were characterized utilizing experimental and numerical methods. The strain to failure for creep deformation specimens was limited to only 1.2 to 2.0%. Creep crack growth tests revealed a unique correlation between the creep crack growth rate and K, a result consistent with creep-brittle behavior. No experimental correlation was found between the creep crack growth rate and the C{sub t} parameter. Microscopy of fracture surfaces revealed distinct regions of intergranular and transgranular fracture, and the transition between the fracture regions was found to occur at a critical K-level. Experimental results also appeared to show that initiation of crack growth (incubation) is controlled by the accumulation of a critical amount of damage ahead of the crack tip and that a correlation exists between the incubation timemore » and K. Total time to failure is viewed as a summation of the incubation period and the crack growth period, and the design importance of incubation time is discussed.« less

Authors:
; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta, GA (United States)
  2. Louisiana Tech Univ., Ruston, LA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
624244
Report Number(s):
CONF-950618-
ISBN 0-8031-2413-9; TRN: IM9820%%212
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 27. ASTM symposium on fatigue and fracture mechanics, Williamsburg, VA (United States), 26-29 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Elevated temperature effects on fatigue and fracture; Piascik, R.S. [ed.] [NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA (United States)]; Gangloff, R.P. [ed.] [Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States)]; Saxena, A. [ed.] [Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta, GA (United States)]; PB: 234 p.; ASTM special technical publication, 1297
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ALUMINIUM BASE ALLOYS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; BRITTLENESS

Citation Formats

Hamilton, B C, Saxena, A, McDowell, D L, and Hall, D E. Creep crack growth behavior of aluminum alloy 2519. Part 1: Experimental analysis. United States: N. p., 1997. Web.
Hamilton, B C, Saxena, A, McDowell, D L, & Hall, D E. Creep crack growth behavior of aluminum alloy 2519. Part 1: Experimental analysis. United States.
Hamilton, B C, Saxena, A, McDowell, D L, and Hall, D E. 1997. "Creep crack growth behavior of aluminum alloy 2519. Part 1: Experimental analysis". United States.
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author = {Hamilton, B C and Saxena, A and McDowell, D L and Hall, D E},
abstractNote = {The discipline of time-dependent fracture mechanics has traditionally focused on the creep crack growth behavior of high-temperature materials that display creep-ductile behavior, such as stainless steels and chromium-molybdenum steels. Elevated temperature aluminum alloys, however, have been developed that exhibit creep-brittle behavior; in this case, the creep crack growth rate correlates with the stress intensity factor, K. The fracture characteristics of aluminum alloy 2519-T87 were studied at 135 C, and the creep and creep crack growth behavior were characterized utilizing experimental and numerical methods. The strain to failure for creep deformation specimens was limited to only 1.2 to 2.0%. Creep crack growth tests revealed a unique correlation between the creep crack growth rate and K, a result consistent with creep-brittle behavior. No experimental correlation was found between the creep crack growth rate and the C{sub t} parameter. Microscopy of fracture surfaces revealed distinct regions of intergranular and transgranular fracture, and the transition between the fracture regions was found to occur at a critical K-level. Experimental results also appeared to show that initiation of crack growth (incubation) is controlled by the accumulation of a critical amount of damage ahead of the crack tip and that a correlation exists between the incubation time and K. Total time to failure is viewed as a summation of the incubation period and the crack growth period, and the design importance of incubation time is discussed.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1997},
month = {Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1997}
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