Abstract
The thermal fatigue resistance of AlSi alloys and discontinuously reinforced Al-matrix composites containing graphite, silicon carbide, and fly ash particulates, and short alumina (Saffil) fibers was characterized by measuring the total length of microcracks on gravity-cast and squeeze-cast test specimens as a function of number of thermal cycles (1000–5000 cycles, 270 K amplitude). In each thermal cycle, the test specimens were heated and stabilized in air at 375 °C, water quenched, and air stabilized. In all specimens, the total crack length on a specified region increased with increasing number of thermal cycles. Whereas among monolithic alloys, squeeze-cast Al-12SiCuNiMg alloy exhibited better resistance to thermal cracking than Al-25Si and Al-20SiNi alloys, among the composites, squeeze-cast Al-alumina and Al-fly ash composites exhibited the best thermal fatigue resistance. The theoretical estimates of the thermal fatigue resistance of these composites are consistent with the experimental observations.
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