Effect of Aging Treatment on Fracture Characteristics of High Strength Al-Alloy

고력 알루미늄 합금의 파괴특성에 관한 시효처리의 영향

Nowdays, the high strength aluminum alloys are broadly used for structural purpose, but the practical strengthening method by aging treatment are not much available. So that, in this study, in order to investigate the effect of aging treatment for strengthening on the fracture characteristics of the domestic high strength Al alloy (A2024BE), the variations of the aging temperature and time were taken after solution treatment. By microstructural examination, and by SEM fractographs of the fractures, the effects of aging temperature and time were investigated, considering on the fracture behaviour. The results obtained are as follows: 1) It was confirmed by microstructural investigation that the aging temperature of $190^{\circ}C$ and the aging time of 12hours were optimal to get more sound microstructure with distribution of uniform precipitation. 2) By step aging treatment, the proper aging time for obtaining the similar microstructure without any microstructural defects could be shortened in half the normal aging time. 3)By examining the SEM fractographs of the fracture surface, it was found that, regardless of the aging treatment time and temperature, all were intergranular ductile fractures, but the aging treatment at $190^{\circ}C$ for 12 hours resulted in dimple-type-transgranular and intergranular-ductile-frature.

고역알루미늄합금의 파괴특성에 미치는 시효열처리의 영향에 대하여 검토한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 현미경 조직의 관찰결과 $190^{\circ}C,$ 12hr로 시효열처리한 것이 시효강화된 양호한 조직과 미세한 석출분포를 나타내고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 2. 계단식시효열처리에 의하여 정상시효열처리보다 시효시간을 반정도로 단축시킬 수 있었고, 이들 조직도 유사하였다. 3. 인장파단면의 SEM 전자현미경 사진관찰결과는 $190^{\circ}C,$ 12hr으로 시효열처리한 것은 딤플형 입계 및 입내연성파괴를 나타내나, 이를 제외한 대부분은 시효열처리 시간과 온도에는 관계없이 입계연성파괴인 것이 관찰되었다.