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A356 Fatique Behaviour PDF
A356 Fatique Behaviour PDF
Fig. 2. Plot of largest pore size present in A356 alloy for a given
hydrogen level and temperature gradient. Two conditions are
Fig. 4. Schematic drawing of original end-chilled mold built of
shown. A grain-refined alloy will exhibit smaller pores than will one
stainless steel-lined fiberboard and mounted on a water-cooled
that has not been so treated.
copper chill box. The casting face of the chill box is only 3 mm thick
with water sprayed along the surface. Drainage is arranged such
that box remains water filled, once turned on.
Table 1.
Parameters and Ranges Studied
(9a) (9b)
Fig. 9. Histogram of cycles to failure (a) compared to its natural log transform; (b) is a much better approximation to a normal distribution.
Fig. 11. Model predictions for fatigue life at two stress amplitudes,
as a function of maximum pore size. Error bars are 95% confidence
intervals.
Table 2. Fig. 12. Model prediction for fatigue life, as a function of stress
Multiple Regression Model Including All Parameters amplitude, for four combinations of DAS and maximum pore size.
Error bars are 95% confidence intervals.
Table 3.
Multiple Regression Model Including Only Significant Parameters