Fatigue Study of the Pre-Corroded 6082-T6 Aluminum Alloy in Saline Atmosphere

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Fatigue Study of the Pre-Corroded 6082-T6 Aluminum Alloy in Saline AtmosphereDate
2020-09Citation
Muñoz, A.F.; Buenhombre, J.L.M.; García-Diez, A.I.; Fabal, C.C.; Díaz, J.J.G. Fatigue Study of the Pre-Corroded 6082-T6 Aluminum Alloy in Saline Atmosphere. Metals 2020, 10, 1260. https://doi.org/10.3390/met10091260
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[Abstract] This work studies the influence of the saline atmospheric corrosion on the fatigue strength of 6061-T6 aluminum alloy. For this purpose, this alloy was subjected to tests in a salt spray corrosion chamber at different exposure times (1, 2, and 3 months) according to ASTM B117 standard. The morphological study of the pits was carried out by confocal microscopy. Subsequently, fatigue tests were performed at variable stresses whose maximum stress (Smax) was between 30% and 95% of the yield strength (S0) in order to keep them within the zone of elastic behavior of the material. Data were analyzed using the Basquin equation and the maximum likelihood function method. The results show a similar decrease in the conventional fatigue limit (2 × 106 cycles) after one month (98 MPa) and two months (91 MPa) of corrosion. After three months of corrosion, the material showed a very important reduction in the fatigue limit (68 MPa) with respect to the uncorroded material (131 MPa). The data of Se/S0 (fatigue limit/yield strength) versus the ratio Pm/Dm (pit average depth/pit diameter at zero depth) can be fitted to a logarithmic curve.
Keywords
Aluminio
Aleaciones
Corrosión
Metales
Fatiga
Aleaciones
Corrosión
Metales
Fatiga
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2075-4701