On the effect of plasma electrolytic oxidation on the fatigue strength of V96Ts1 (Al-Zn-Mg-Cu) aluminum alloy

Abstract

One of the tasks of modern material science is to obtain new functional high-strength resistant coatings on structural materials like aluminum alloys. This paper shows the effect of plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) on the fatigue strength of V96Ts1 (Al-Zn-Mg-Cu) aluminum alloy. Fatigue tests were carried out with uniaxial loading in accordance with the harmonic law with a constant stress of 205 MPa. The modification of the PEO-coated surface layer led to a 5-fold decrease in the cyclic durability of the V96Ts1 alloy. The dependencies of the temperature of dissipative heating and the accumulated strain on the amplitude of the effective load were obtained for the inelastic cyclic strain of V96Ts alloy samples, with and without a PEO-coated surface layer. These dependencies describing material degradation correlate with the data of the fatigue tests. A fractographic analysis of the destroyed samples was also performed.