Fatigue Behavior Parametric Analysis of Dry Machined UNS A97075 Aluminum Alloy

Abstract

Fatigue behavior takes special relevance in structural parts for aircraft due to safety reasons. Despite its environmental advantages, dry machining of these parts may negatively affect their surface integrity, which may lead to a reduction in fatigue life. Nevertheless, there is a lack of research focused on the analysis of the cutting parameters influence on fatigue behavior in dry machining of aeronautical aluminum alloys, in spite of its importance. Therefore, in this work, an analysis of the cutting speed and feed influence on fatigue behavior of dry turned UNS A97075-T6 alloy is presented. The stress-fatigue life curves have been obtained and corrected according to the applied cutting parameters values. Additionally, the surface roughness and two macro-geometrical deviations (cylindricity and concentricity) have been controlled. The experimental results have revealed that fatigue life is reduced when high values of cutting speed and feed are combined. Finally, a parametric potential equation for fatigue life, as a function of the load and the cutting parameters, has been developed. The relation has been obtained for the theoretical fracture section and, as the main novelty, corrected for the real one.