Observations on comparable aluminium alloy crack growth curves: Additively manufactured Scalmalloy as an alternative to AA5754 and AA6061-T6 alloys?

0560135 - ÚFP 2023 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Jones, R. - Čížek, Jan - Kovařík, O. - Ang, A. - Champagne, V.
Observations on comparable aluminium alloy crack growth curves: Additively manufactured Scalmalloy as an alternative to AA5754 and AA6061-T6 alloys?
Additive Manufacturing Letters. Roč. 2, April (2022), č. článku 100026. ISSN 2772-3690
Institutional support: RVO:61389021
Keywords : Scalmalloy * aluminium * crack
OECD category: Materials engineering
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772369022000019?via%3Dihub

Scalmalloy has been proposed for use as additively manufactured (AM) replacement aluminium alloy parts for civil and military aircraft, and for AM aluminium parts for use in satellites and space structures. This study builds on the results of a prior investigation to reveal that Scalmalloy has a crack growth curve similar to those associated with aluminium alloys AA5754 and AA6061-T6, which are widely used in the automotive industry and in maritime vessels. The R = 0.1 da/dN versus ΔK curve for small naturally occurring cracks in LPBF Scalmalloy is also predicted and the additive manufacturing community is challenged to undertake testing to validate or disprove this prediction.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0333153