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- Title
Quantitative analysis of three‐dimensional fatigue crack path selection in Mg alloy WE43 using high‐energy X‐ray diffraction microscopy.
- Authors
Greeley, Duncan A.; Adams, Jacob F.; Kenesei, Peter; Spear, Ashley D.; Allison, John E.
- Abstract
Fatigue short‐cracks in Mg alloys display complex growth behavior due to high plastic anisotropy and crack path dependence on local microstructural features. In this study, the three‐dimensional crystallography of short‐crack paths in Mg alloy WE43 was characterized by mapping near‐field high‐energy X‐ray diffraction microscopy (HEDM) reconstructed grain maps to high‐resolution X‐ray CT reconstructions of the fracture surfaces in the crack initiation and short‐crack growth regions of six ultrasonic fatigue specimens. Crack–grain–boundary intersections were analyzed at 81 locations across the six crack paths. The basal intragranular, non‐basal intragranular, or intergranular character of short‐crack growth following each boundary intersection was correlated to crystallographic and geometric parameters of the trailing and leading grains, three‐dimensional grain boundary plane, and advancing crack front. The results indicate that crack paths are dependent on the combined crystallographic and geometric character of the local microstructure, and crack path prediction can be improved by use of dimensionality reduction on subsets of high‐linear‐correlation microstructural parameters. Highlights: Three‐dimensional short‐crack growth was characterized with near‐field HEDM and X‐ray CT.Intragranular crack growth character correlates to favorable alignment for slip activity.Intergranular crack growth displays low association to local crystallography.Short‐crack path predictions can be improved through PCA of microstructural parameters.
- Subjects
X-ray microscopy; X-ray diffraction; FRACTURE mechanics; HIGH cycle fatigue; QUANTITATIVE research; CRYSTAL grain boundaries
- Publication
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 2024, Vol 47, Issue 4, p1150
- ISSN
8756-758X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ffe.14217