Abstract

In order to investigate the effects of testing frequency on the fatigue crack growth rate of 6061-T6 aluminum alloy in hydrogen gas environment, fatigue crack growth tests were carried out on specimens with small artificial holes in 0.18 MPa hydrogen gas or in 0.18 MPa nitrogen gas. It takes long time to test at low testing frequency, so in this study an accelerated test method was proposed and fatigue tests were carried out using this method. The fatigue crack growth rate in hydrogen gas environment accelerates compared with in nitrogen gas environment. The crack growth rate at lower testing frequency tends to higher.

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