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Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University 34巻 1-2号
2000-03-27 発行

Effect of Specimen Thickness on Aging and Fatigue Strength of Al-Zn Alloys

榊原 精 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Tanimoto, Tadashi Department of Mechanical Engineering, Okayama University of Science
Matsushima, Takahisa Graduate School of Okayama University of Science (Present: Daiwabo Co., Ltd.)
Hosokawa, Norio Department of Mechanical Engineering, Okayama University of Science
Kanadani, Teruto Department of Mechanical Engineering, Okayama University of Science
Publication Date
2000-03-27
Abstract
Repeated tensile fatigue strength of the low temperature age-hardened Al-Zn alloys is investigated varying the specimen thickness. Fatigue strength of the age-hardened specimens decreases with the specimen thickness when the specimen is thinner than a certain thickness, whereas fatigue strength of non age-hardened specimens, i.e., pure aluminum and dilute Al-Zn alloy, does not depend the specimen thickness. The dependence of fatigue strength on the thickness of age-hardened specimen is considered to be caused by the decrease of the strength of specimen as a whole, as a result of increase in volume ratio of the soft surface layer formed after age-hardening with decreasing specimen thickness.
ISSN
0475-0071
NCID
AA10699856
NAID