Fatigue behaviors of aluminum 5754-O spot friction welds made by a concave tool in lap-shear specimens are investigated based on experimental observations and a fatigue life estimation model. Optical micrographs of the welds before and after failure under quasi-static and cyclic loading conditions are examined. The micrographs indicate that the failure modes of the 5754 spot friction welds under quasi-static and cyclic loading conditions are quite different. The dominant kinked fatigue cracks for the final failures of the welds under cyclic loading conditions are identified. Based on the experimental observations of the paths of the dominant kinked fatigue cracks, a fatigue life estimation model based on the stress intensity factor solutions for finite kinked cracks is adopted to estimate the fatigue lives of the welds. The fatigue life estimations based on the fatigue life estimation model with parameters obtained from the experiments and a three-dimensional finite element analysis agree well with the experimental results.
Fatigue Behaviors of Aluminum 5754-O Spot Friction Welds in Lap-Shear Specimens
Sae Technical Papers
SAE World Congress & Exhibition ; 2008
2008-04-14
Conference paper
English
Fatigue behaviors of aluminum 5754-O spot friction welds in lap-shear specimens
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