Fatigue properties and micromechanisms of fracture of an AlSiMg0,6 cast alloy used in diesel engine cylinder head / Propriedades de fadiga e micromecanismos de fratura da liga de aluminio-silicio AlSi7Mg0,6 utilizada em cabeçote de motor diesel

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2009

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The increase usage of casting aluminum-silicon alloys in the automotive industry is due to reduce weight, fuel consumption, and emissions level. This includes the aluminum-silicon cast alloy EN AlSiMg0.6 (ASTM A357.0) which is used to make Diesel engine cylinder head. It is important to know the impact on the integrity and reliability of this component in the presence of intrinsical defects of conventional casting parts produced on permanent mold process. Such defects, as porosity and oxide film, when locate on the surface or subsurface of casting parts, could be a fatigue crack initiators. In this paper is analyzed the impact on the fatigue strength and micromechanisms of fracture, by using 7x14x60mm specimens machined from cylinder head drew from production assembly line, and submitted to three point bending tests. Fracture surface of the specimens were observed by SEM to characterize the micromechanisms and the initiation fracture local. The average fatigue strength, based on 1 million of cycles, is about 140MPa. It was observed on the fracture surface of fatigue test specimens, a clear contrast between the micromechanisms of fatigue zone (striations) and the final fracture zone (dimples) and fatigue crack initiation occurs at the porosities near the surface

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aluminio - fadiga aluminum

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