Corrosion fatigue behaviour of aluminium alloy 6061-T651 welded using fully automatic gas metal arc welding and ER5183 filler alloy

dc.contributor.authorMutombo, Kalenda
dc.contributor.authorDu Toit, Madeleine
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-25T12:40:41Z
dc.date.available2012-04-25T12:40:41Z
dc.date.issued2011-12
dc.description.abstractThe fatigue life of aluminium 6061-T651 at various applied stress amplitudes in the unwelded and welded condition was found to be significantly reduced on immersion in a 3.5% NaCl simulated sea water solution, compared to that measured in ambient air. The ratio of fatigue life in NaCl test solution to that in air increased as the stress amplitude decreased. The observed reduction in the fatigue life in the NaCl test solution was most likely due to the presence of pits which nucleated on second phase particles or precipitates. Welded joints performed using pulsed gas metal arc welding and ER5183 filler wire failed at the interface between the weld metal and the heat-affected zone as a result of a high pitting rate in this region.en_US
dc.description.librarianai2012en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Light Metals Development Network, AFSA (Aluminium Federation of South Africa), the University of Pretoria and the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research).en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.elsevier.com/locate/ijfatigueen_US
dc.identifier.citationKalenda Mutombo & Madeleine du Toit, Corrosion fatigue behaviour of aluminium alloy 6061-T651 welded using fully automatic gas metal arc welding and ER5183 filler alloy, International Journal of Fatigue, vol. 33, no. 12, pp. 1539-1547 (2011), doi: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2011.06.012.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0142-1123 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1879-3452 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2011.06.012
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/18633
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rights© 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International Journal of Fatigue. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Journal of Fatigue, vol. 33, issue 12, December 2011, doi: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2011.06.012.en_US
dc.subject6061-T651 aluminium alloyen_US
dc.subjectPulsed gas metal arc weldingen_US
dc.subjectER5183 filler wireen_US
dc.subjectPitting corrosionen_US
dc.subjectCorrosion fatigue propertiesen_US
dc.subject.lcshAluminum alloys -- Fatigueen
dc.subject.lcshAluminum alloys -- Weldingen
dc.subject.lcshAluminum alloys -- Corrosionen
dc.subject.lcshGas metal arc weldingen
dc.subject.lcshFiller metalen
dc.titleCorrosion fatigue behaviour of aluminium alloy 6061-T651 welded using fully automatic gas metal arc welding and ER5183 filler alloyen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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