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The effect of solidification time and heat treatment on the fatigue properties of a cast 319 aluminum alloy

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Solidification time and heat treatment are known to have a large effect on the microstructure of cast aluminum alloys. This study was conducted to quantify how the fatigue properties of a 319-type aluminum alloy are affected by solidification time and heat treatment. Both porosity-containing (non-hot isostatically pressed (HIP)) and porosity-free (HIP) samples in the T6 (“peak aged”) or T7 (“overaged”) heattreated conditions were tested. As the solidification time increased, the average initiating pore diameter increased and stress-controlled fatigue life decreased. Heat treatment was observed to have a large effect on fatigue properties of the HIP samples. However, in the non-HIP fatigue samples, heat treatment did not significantly change the fatigue life or fatigue strength of the cast 319-type alloy. The absence of an influence of heat treatment on fatigue response is attributed to the predominance of the microporosity in fatigue crack initiation in cast aluminum.

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Boileau, J.M., Allison, J.E. The effect of solidification time and heat treatment on the fatigue properties of a cast 319 aluminum alloy. Metall Mater Trans A 34, 1807–1820 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-003-0147-4

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