EFFECTS OF EUTECTIC SI PARTICLES ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF CAST A356 ALUMINUM ALLOYS
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- Title
- EFFECTS OF EUTECTIC SI PARTICLES ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF CAST A356 ALUMINUM ALLOYS
- Authors
- Lee, KH; Kwon, YN; Lee, SH
- Date Issued
- 2007-01
- Publisher
- KOREAN INST METALS MATERIALS
- Abstract
- The present study aims at investigating the effects of eutectic Si particles on mechanical properties and fracture toughness of three A356 aluminum alloys. These A356 alloys were fabricated by casting processes such as rheo-casting, squeeze-casting, and casting-forging, and their mechanical properties and fracture toughness were analyzed in relation with microfracture mechanism study. All the cast A356 alloys contained eutectic Si particles mainly segregated along solidification cells, and the distribution of Si particles was modified by squeeze-casting and casting-forging processes. Microfracture observation results showed that eutectic Si particles segregated along cells were cracked first, but that aluminum matrix played a role in blocking crack propagation. Tensile properties and fracture toughness of the squeeze cast and cast-forged alloys having homogeneous distribution of eutectic Si particles were superior to those of the rheo-cast alloy. In particular, the cast-forged alloy had excellent hardness, strength, ductility, and fracture toughness because of the matrix strengthening and homogeneous distribution of eutectic Si particles due to forging process.
- Keywords
- A356 Al alloy; eutectic Si particle; fracture toughness; microfracture process; shear band; COMPOSITES; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRENGTH; BEHAVIOR; STEEL
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/28681
- ISSN
- 1738-8228
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN INSTITUTE OF METALS AND MATERIALS, vol. 45, no. 1, page. 18 - 29, 2007-01
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