Heat Treatments Effects on the Fatigue Behaviors of Aluminum Nano-Composite Alloys
Nanotechnology
Nano composite
aluminum alloy
high-cycle fatigue
SiC
The fatigue is one of the major reasons for fracture of materials. Aluminum 7204 AA alloy with various heat treatments and (2.0) wt % of SiC nanoparticles were prepared by stir-casting method under rotating bending loading with ratio of stress (R= -1). The composite was strengthened by SiC particles size of) 10 (nanometre. The fatigue strength and life were obtained experimentally by the family of S-N curves for different heat treatments. The endurance limits (107cycles) for 7204 AA/ 2.0wt% SiC nano-composite fatigue strength as related to untreated nanocomposite was enhanced by 72 and 78.5% for T4 and T6, respectively.The improvement of fatigue properties is due to better spreading of SiC nanoparticles and increased porosity.
