Surface characterization and influence of anodizing process on fatigue life of Al 7050 alloy

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3328-3335

  Shahzad, Majid ^a   Chaussumier, Michel ^a   Chieragatti, Rémy ^a   Mabru, Catherine ^a   Rezai Aria, Farhad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b ECOLE DES MINES D ALBI CARMAUX   (France)

Author keywords

C. Surface treatments; E. Fatigue; G. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

7050 ALLOY; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; ANODIC COATINGS; ANODIZING PROCESS; AXIAL FATIGUE TESTS; C. SURFACE TREATMENTS; DE-GREASING; E. FATIGUE; FATIGUE CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE CRACKS; FATIGUE LIFE; FATIGUE TESTS; FRACTURE SURFACES; FRACTURED SURFACES; G. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INITIATION MECHANISM; MULTI-SITE; PICKLING SOLUTIONS; POST-EXPOSURE; PRE-TREATMENTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; STRESS LEVELS; STRESS RATIO; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE OBSERVATION;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ANODIC OXIDATION; COATINGS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; PICKLING; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; SURFACE TESTING; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE TREATMENT;

FATIGUE TESTING;

EID: 79953162741     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.02.027     Document Type: Article

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