Microstructural and fractographic analysis of fatigue crack propagation in 2024-T351 and 2324-T39

Differences in the fatigue crack propagation rates of 2024-T351 and 2324-T39 are explicable from differences in microstructures. The slope changes (transitions) in the crack propagation curves are probably associated with the plastic zone sizes being equal to certain microstructural dimensions. As a consequence of different chemical compostion...