Effect of surface texture on the initiation and propagation of small fatigue cracks in a forged 6082 aluminium alloy Export

@article{gungor93, abstract = {The influence of surface texture on initiation and propagation of small fatigue cracks has been studied in a forged Al---Mg---Si alloy. It has been found that the surface character had little effect on the growth rate although there was about 20\% reduction in fatigue life for the as-forged surfaces. Examination of crack initiation mechanisms revealed that the impairment in fatigue life was a result of the presence of coarse particles in the as-forged surfaces rather than surface roughness. These coarse particles, which were inadvertently introduced during the forging process, were 20-80 [mu]m in diameter and considerably shorten the crack initiation period.}, author = {G\"{u}ng\"{o}r, S. and Edwards, L.}, citeulike-article-id = {449674}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TXD-48FMK2P-7S/2/1cc240de52bd9e872e7583b98596f739}, doi = {10.1016/0921-5093(93)90493-X}, journal = {Materials Science and Engineering A}, keywords = {6082, bibtex-import, fractography, roughness, surface}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {17--24}, pdf = {gungor93.pdf}, posted-at = {2005-12-25 12:44:50}, priority = {2}, title = {Effect of surface texture on the initiation and propagation of small fatigue cracks in a forged 6082 aluminium alloy}, url = {10.1016/0921-5093(93)90493-X}, volume = {160}, year = {1993} }

TY - JOUR ID - gungor93 L3 - citeulike-article-id:449674 N2 - The influence of surface texture on initiation and propagation of small fatigue cracks has been studied in a forged Al---Mg---Si alloy. It has been found that the surface character had little effect on the growth rate although there was about 20% reduction in fatigue life for the as-forged surfaces. Examination of crack initiation mechanisms revealed that the impairment in fatigue life was a result of the presence of coarse particles in the as-forged surfaces rather than surface roughness. These coarse particles, which were inadvertently introduced during the forging process, were 20-80 [mu]m in diameter and considerably shorten the crack initiation period. IS - 1 JF - Materials Science and Engineering A EP - 24 TI - Effect of surface texture on the initiation and propagation of small fatigue cracks in a forged 6082 aluminium alloy VL - 160 SP - 17 KW - 6082 KW - bibtex-import KW - fractography KW - roughness KW - surface AU - G\"{u}ng\"{o}r, S AU - Edwards, L PY - 1993/January// UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TXD-48FMK2P-7S/2/1cc240de52bd9e872e7583b98596f739 ER -