Abstract
An ultrasonic fatigue testing system was used to carry out very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) tests on 2024 aluminum alloy in three different sizes of specimens. The influence of specimen size and optimization on the experimental results was discussed and the VHCF properties of 2024 aluminum alloy were obtained at the same time. The results show that: The S-N curves of all specimens show a continuous decreasing tendency and the curve of the dog-bone-shaped specimen (the half-length of the testing volume L0 > 0) is lower than that of the hourglass-shaped specimen (L0 = 0) at low-cycle and high-cycle fatigue stages, which is opposite at the VHCF stage; The optimized specimen solves the problem of fracture position deviation and effectively improves the accuracy of experimental data; 2024 aluminum alloy will still fracture when the fatigue life exceed 107, and there exist no fatigue limit; All cracks initiate at surface and the fracture morphologies show characteristics of the crack initiation and propagation.
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