The high cycle fatigue performance of 7050-T7451 aluminum was investigated for untreated as-machined, laser peened, and shot peened conditions. Constant amplitude, smooth (Kt=1) fatigue tests were conducted in four-point bending at a stress ratio of R=0.1. Results show that laser peening induces a layer of compressive residual stress more than three times deeper than for shot peening. Both treatments significantly increase fatigue performance.
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Correlation of one-dimensional fatigue crack growth at cold-expanded holes using linear fracture mechanics and superposition
This work assesses the ability of linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) with superposition to correlate the growth of one-dimensional fatigue cracks at cold-expanded open holes under constant amplitude loading. Care is taken in the work to accurately: control the test setup to ensure one-dimensional crack growth, determine residual stress in the coupons, measure crack growth, determine the fatigue crack growth rate (FCGR), compute stress intensity factors, and correlate fatigue crack growth rate with stress intensity factor range ΔK and stress ratio R.
The Impact of Forging Residual Stress on Fatigue in Aluminum
Large aluminum forgings are seeing increased application in aerospace structures, particularly as an enabler for structural unitization. These applications, however, demand an improved understanding of the forging process induced bulk residual stresses and their impact on both design mechanical properties and structural performance. In recent years, significant advances in both computational and experimental methods have led to vastly improved characterization of residual stresses.