Abstract

The fatigue crack propagation behavior of 2050AlLi alloy at different stages during non-isothermal aging (NIA) was tested. It was found that when the aging temperature was reduced to 150 °C, the alloy exhibited higher fatigue crack growth resistance and lower fatigue crack growth rate and the fatigue crack growth path was mainly transgranular propagation in different stages of NIA. In addition, in the first stage of fatigue crack growth, the size and quantity of precipitates in the grain are the main factors affecting the crack growth. Because the tiny T1 phase can be sheared by dislocation without damage accumulation, it can effectively prevent crack propagation. In the second stage of fatigue crack growth, the strength difference between grain boundary and intragranular will directly affect the fatigue crack growth resistance of the alloy. The smaller the strength difference is, the more uniform the deformation of crack tip in the process of crack growth, and it is not easy to produce stress concentration and damage accumulation at the grain boundary. In this case, the alloy exhibits the better the fatigue crack growth resistance and the slower the crack growth rate.

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