Crack resistance, fracture toughness and instability in damage tolerant Al-Li alloys

A comparison is made of the crack resistance (R-curve), fracture toughness and instability behaviour of candidate damage tolerant aluminiumlithium alloys, 2091 and 8090, and the widely used conventional 2024-T3 alloy. The 2091 alloy was in three heat treatment conditions, T8X, TX and TY, all artificially aged. The 8090 alloy was in the T81...

Corrosion fatigue crack arrest in aluminium alloys

The economic life of airframes is largely determined by widespread initiation and growth of fatigue cracks at low stress intensities. Any factor reducing the low stress intensity fatigue damage rate could, if controllable, increase the structural durability. One such factor is corrosion fatigue crack arrest. Corrosion product build-up within a...