Abstract
We investigated the difference in fatigue behaviour between the aluminium alloys A5083-O and A5083-H321, which are used as structural components in ships and high speed craft. We obtained S-N curves for the base materials and the welded joints made of A5083-O. The relationships between the fatigue crack propagation rates and the stress intensity factor ranges ΔK, ΔK eff and DKRPG (Toyosada et al. in Int J Fatigue 26(9):983-992, 2004) were determined. Additionally, the evolution of fatigue crack growth for the base materials and the welded joints made of A5083-O was measured. We also carried out numerical simulations of fatigue crack growth for both base metals and their welded joints made of A5083-O. The difference in fatigue crack growth behaviour for each alloy and the validity of the numerical simulations of fatigue crack growth based on the RPG stress criterion (Toyosada et al. 2004) in the base materials and their welded joints was investigated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 343-353 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Marine Science and Technology |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2011 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Oceanography
- Ocean Engineering
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering