The effect of microstructural heterogeneities on the High Cycle Fatigue scatter of cast aluminium alloys: from an elementary volume to the structure

Cast Al-Si alloys have been widely used in automobile applications thanks to their low density and excellent thermal conductivity. A lot of components made of these alloys are subjected to cyclic loads which can lead to fatigue failure. Furthermore, the well know size effect in fatigue, whereby the...

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Main Authors: El Khoukhi Driss, Morel Franck, Saintier Nicolas, Bellett Daniel, Osmond Pierre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2018-01-01
Series:MATEC Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201816514006