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This paper discusses the relationship between striation spacing, i.e., the microscopic crack propagation rate, as measured in postmortem fractographic inspection of fatigue fractured surfaces, and the macroscopic crack propagation rate, i.e., da/dN, as monitored during fatigue crack growth tests. Compact tensile specimens C(T) in prevalent plane-strain conditions were extracted in LT orientation from the center of a 2-in. thick rolled plate of a SAE-AMS 7475-T7351 Al alloy. Testpieces were fatigue tested according to ASTM-E647 standard, at room temperature in a servo-hydraulic closed-loop MTS testing machine operating with the unloading elastic compliance technique. da/dN-ΔK data points were collected in the Paris’ law validity region, with crack growth rates typically ranging from 0.18 to 2.02 µm/cycle. Topographical survey was conducted on the test specimen fracture surfaces in a scanning electronic microscope in order to determine striation spacing created during the fatigue test. Macro- and micro-crack growth rates were compared and good correlation have been obtained for the data within the range of ΔK assessed in the study. Results of crack growth rates have been quantitatively evaluated in terms of fatigue life estimation.
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Ruckert, C.O.F.T., Tarpani, J.R., Filho, W.W.B. et al. On the relation between micro- and macroscopic fatigue crack growth rates in aluminum alloy AMS 7475-T7351. Int J Fract 142, 233–240 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-006-9029-2
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