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Fatigue behavior of hot-extruded Mg–10Gd–3Y magnesium alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Wen-Cai Liu ,
Jie Dong ,
Ping Zhang ,
Li Jin ,
Tao Peng ,
Chun-Quan Zhai  and
Wen-Jiang Ding
Jie Dong*
Affiliation:
National Engineering Research Center of Light Alloy Net Forming, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Ping Zhang
Affiliation:
Physical Metallurgy and Materials Technology, Technical University of Brandenburg at Cottbus, Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 17, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
Tao Peng
Affiliation:
National Engineering Research Center of Light Alloy Net Forming, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Wen-Jiang Ding
Affiliation:
National Engineering Research Center of Light Alloy Net Forming, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; and Key State Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composite, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: jiedong@sjtu.edu.cn
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Abstract

In this study, the influence of T5 heat treatment on tensile and fatigue behavior of hot-extruded Mg–10Gd–3Y (wt%) magnesium alloy has been investigated. High cycle fatigue tests were carried out at a stress rate (R) of −1 and a frequency of 100 Hz using hour-glass-shaped round specimens with a gauge diameter of 5.8 mm. The results show that fatigue strength (at 107 cycles) of Mg–10Gd–3Y magnesium alloy increases from 150 to 165 MPa after T5 heat treatment, i.e., the improvement of 10% in fatigue strength has been achieved. However, the crack growth resistance is lowered by T5 heat treatment. Results of microstructure observation and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive x-ray (SEM-EDX) analysis suggest that the fatigue strength in the Mg–10Gd–3Y magnesium alloy is determined by the threshold stress of basal slip, which is induced by solid solution hardening and precipitation hardening.

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AlloyFatigueMg
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , April 2010 , pp. 773 - 783
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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