Research on fatigue performance of “sandwich metal-structured ” composite materials in ultra-low temperature environments

Abstract

The aim is to investigate the influence of aluminum content in the FeCoCrNiAlx series high-entropy alloys, different aluminum alloy damping layers, and the thickness of damping layers on the fatigue performance of sandwich structure composite material plates after room temperature and low-temperature aging treatment. By using abaqus/fe-safe simulation, as well as liquid nitrogen low-temperature aging treatment and fatigue tensile testing, the differences in fatigue performance between composite materials treated with low-temperature aging and those untreated at room temperature were observed. The increase in aluminum content significantly improves the lifespan of the composite materials, and after low-temperature aging treatment, the change in strength is even more pronounced. Keeping the thickness and material of the upper and lower layers constant, the tensile life of the material, both untreated and treated at low temperatures, shows a significant increasing trend as the thickness of the middle damping layer increases. Other conditions being equal, the iMPact of different damping layer aluminum alloys on fatigue performance is also very evident. In terms of tensile cycles, the ranking is as follows: 7075 > 2A12 > 6061. After low-temperature treatment, the fatigue tension cycles of the 2A12, 6061, and 7075 damping layers under a force of 100 N are respectively 8.66, 7.43, and 2.01 times those of the untreated composite materials.