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Influence of the casting microstructure upon the tensile behaviour in A319 al-si alloy investigated by X-ray tomography and Digital Volume Correlation

  • Long Wang
  • , Nathalie Limodin
  • , Ahmed El Bartali
  • , Julien Rethore
  • , Jean François Witz
  • , Rian Seghir
  • , Eric Charkaluk
  • , Jean Yves Buffiere

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Abstract

Aluminum alloy automotive parts produced by the Lost Foam Casting (LFC) process have coarser microstructure and porosity defects than parts produced with conventional casting processes at faster cooling rates. This coarse microstructure has a major influence on the fatigue properties and crack initiation. In order to study its influence upon the mechanical behaviour, an experimental protocol has been set up using X-ray tomography and 3D Digital Volume Correlation (DVC). The present work focuses on the use of this protocol to study the influence of the casting microstructure upon the tensile behaviour. The 3D cracks were observed to initiate at large pores and microshrinkage cavities and then to propagate along the hard inclusions towards the free surface when cracks originate from a subsurface pore. The validated experimental protocol is presently applied to in-situ fatigue tests realized with synchrotron tomography and a newly developed DVC platform in order to analyze the damage micromechanisms of this alloy subjected to low cycle fatigue test.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication3DMS 2014 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on 3D Materials Science
EditorsDominique Bernard, Jean-Yves Buffiere, Tresa Pollock, Tresa Pollock, Henning Friis Poulsen, Anthony Rollett, Anthony Rollett, Anthony Rollett, Anthony Rollett, Michael Uchic
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons Inc.
Pages73-78
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781118945452
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014
Event2nd International Congress on 3D Materials Science, 3DMS 2014 - Annecy, France
Duration: 29 Jun 20142 Jul 2014

Publication series

Name3DMS 2014 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on 3D Materials Science

Conference

Conference2nd International Congress on 3D Materials Science, 3DMS 2014
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityAnnecy
Period29/06/142/07/14

Keywords

  • Aluminum-silicon alloys
  • Digital Volume Correlation
  • X-ray tomography

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