EFFECT OF PORES ON TENSILE FRACTURE OF DIE-CAST AlSiMgMn ALLOYS WITH 3D X-RAY μ-CT AND FE SIMULATION

19 Jun 2019, 11:50
20m
Auersperg 2 (IMLAUER HOTEL PITTER SALZBURG)

Auersperg 2

IMLAUER HOTEL PITTER SALZBURG

Oral Presentation Thermomechanics & properties

Speaker

Haidong Zhao (National Engineering Research Center of Near-net Shape Forming for Metallic Materials, South China University of Technology)

Description

In this study, the pores in die-cast AlSiMgMn alloys were inspected and reconstructed with high resolution three-dimensional (3D) X-ray micro computed tomograpgy (μ-CT) technique. Finite element (FE) meshes were built with consideration of the pore actural morphorloges from the CT inspection. Based on dutile damage model, the FE simulation of tensile fracture of the alloys was carried out. The simulation results were compared and verified with the tensile of in-situ scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The two results are agreement in the main crack path and pores on the fracture. With the pore-scale simulation, the effects of pore characteristics on the stress distributions and crack initiation and growth during the tensile were analyzed. It was found that the pores of lower sphericity and larger project area in tensile axis direction are prone to form microcracks and promote main crack deflection. The results also show that aggregation of brittle alpha-Fe intermetallics of the alloys also has important influence on the main crack propagation.
Speaker Country China

Author

Haidong Zhao (National Engineering Research Center of Near-net Shape Forming for Metallic Materials, South China University of Technology)

Co-authors

Mr Fei Liu (National Engineering Research Center of Near-net Shape Forming for Metallic Materials, South China University of Technology) Dr Fengzhen Sun (Division of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London) Mr Runsheng Yang (National Engineering Research Center of Near-net Shape Forming for Metallic Materials, South China University of Technology)

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