Investigating the effects of hard anodizing parameters on surface hardness of hard anodized aerospace AL7075-T6 alloy using fuzzy logic approach for fretting fatigue application

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Abstract

Aerospace applications and energy saving strategies in general raised the interest and study in the field of lightweight materials, especially on aluminum alloys. Aluminum alloy itself does not have suitable wear resistance. Therefore, improvements of surface properties are required in practical applications, especially surface hardness when aluminum is in contact with other parts. In this work, first Al7075-T6 was coated using hard anodizing technique in different parameters condition and the surfaces hardness of hard anodizing-coated specimens were measured using microhardness machine. Second, fretting fatigue life of AL7075-T6 was investigated for both uncoated and hard anodized specimens at the highest surface hardness obtained. Third, a fuzzy logic model was established to investigate the effect of hard anodizing parameters, voltage, temperature, solution concentration, and time on the anodized AL7075-T6. Four fuzzy membership functions are allocated to be connected with each input of the model. The results achieved via fuzzy logic model were verified and compared with the experimental result. The result demonstrated settlement between the fuzzy model and experimental results with 95.032 % accuracy. The hardness of hard anodizing-coated specimens was increased up to 360 HV, while the hardness of uncoated specimens was 170 HV. The result shows that hard anodizing improved the fretting fatigue life of AL7075-T6 alloy 44 % in low-cycle fatigue.

Keywords

AL7075-T6 alloy Hard anodizing coating Surface hardness Fuzzy logic model 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • E. Zalnezhad
    • 1
    • 2
  • Ahmed A. D. Sarhan
    • 1
    • 3
  • M. Hamdi
    • 1
  1. 1.Center of Advanced Manufacturing and Material Processing, Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of EngineeringUniversity of MalayaKuala LumpurMalaysia
  2. 2.Faculty of engineeringIslamic Azad UniversityChalous BranchIran
  3. 3.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of EngineeringAssiut UniversityAssiutEgypt

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