Fracture and Structural Integrity e-ISSN 1971-8993 Open access
Miscellanea Vol. 11, No. 42 (2017)

Investigation of mechanical properties of AlSi3Cr alloy

Author and affiliation details
  • Marialaura Tocci Corresponding author Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123, Brescia, Italy ORCID iD0000-0002-7515-0615 m.tocci@unibs.it
  • Annalisa Pola Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123, Brescia, Italy ORCID iD0000-0002-0722-6518
  • Lorenzo Montesano Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123, Brescia, Italy ORCID iD0000-0001-5465-6265
  • G. Marina La Vecchia Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123, Brescia, Italy ORCID iD0000-0001-5919-0396
  • Mattia Merlin Department of Engineering (DE), University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, 44122, Ferrara, Italy ORCID iD0000-0003-4685-1073
  • Gian Luca Garagnani Department of Engineering (DE), University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, 44122, Ferrara, Italy ORCID iD0000-0002-5403-0868
DOI
10.3221/IGF-ESIS.42.35
Pages
Pages 337-351
Published
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Published inVol. 11, No. 42 (2017)Go to the issue

Abstract

In the present paper, microstructural and mechanical properties of an innovative AlSi3Mg alloy were studied. Particularly, the effect of the addition of Cr and Mn on tensile strength and impact toughness was evaluated. In fact, the presence of these elements leads to the formation of an intermetallic phase with a globular or polyhedral morphology. It was therefore investigated the role played by Cr-Mn containing particles in the failure mechanism and the influence of the heat treatment parameters. Moreover, tensile and impact tests were performed on A356 samples in T6 condition, whose results were compared with the performance of the innovative alloy. Considering the static properties, the innovative alloy showed remarkable values of tensile strength, while ductility was improved only after heat treatment optimization. Poor impact toughness values were measured and the microstructural analysis confirmed the presence of coarse intermetallics, acting as crack initiation and propagation particles, on the fracture surfaces.

Keywords

How to cite

APA

Tocci, M., Pola, A., Montesano, L., La Vecchia, G. M., Merlin, M., & Garagnani, G. L. (2017). Investigation of mechanical properties of AlSi3Cr alloy. Fracture and Structural Integrity, 11(42), Pages 337–351. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.42.35

IEEE

M. Tocci, A. Pola, L. Montesano, G. M. La Vecchia, M. Merlin, and G. L. Garagnani, “Investigation of mechanical properties of AlSi3Cr alloy,” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 11, no. 42, pp. Pages 337–351, 2017, doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.42.35.

MLA

Tocci, Marialaura, et al. “Investigation of mechanical properties of AlSi3Cr alloy.” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 11, no. 42, 2017, pp. Pages 337–351. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.42.35.

Chicago

Tocci, Marialaura, Annalisa Pola, Lorenzo Montesano, G. Marina La Vecchia, Mattia Merlin, and Gian Luca Garagnani. 2017. “Investigation of mechanical properties of AlSi3Cr alloy.” Fracture and Structural Integrity 11 (42): Pages 337–351. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.42.35.

Harvard

Tocci, M., Pola, A., Montesano, L., La Vecchia, G.M., Merlin, M. and Garagnani, G.L. (2017) ‘Investigation of mechanical properties of AlSi3Cr alloy’, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 11(42), pp. Pages 337–351. doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.42.35.

Vancouver

Tocci M, Pola A, Montesano L, La Vecchia GM, Merlin M, Garagnani GL. Investigation of mechanical properties of AlSi3Cr alloy. Fracture and Structural Integrity. 2017;11(42):Pages 337-351. doi:10.3221/IGF-ESIS.42.35

BibTeX

@article{tocci2017, author = {Tocci, Marialaura and Pola, Annalisa and Montesano, Lorenzo and La Vecchia, G. Marina and Merlin, Mattia and Garagnani, Gian Luca}, title = {Investigation of mechanical properties of AlSi3Cr alloy}, journal = {Fracture and Structural Integrity}, year = {2017}, volume = {11}, number = {42}, pages = {Pages 337--351}, doi = {10.3221/IGF-ESIS.42.35}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.42.35}, issn = {1971-8993} }

RIS

TY - JOUR AU - Tocci, Marialaura AU - Pola, Annalisa AU - Montesano, Lorenzo AU - La Vecchia, G. Marina AU - Merlin, Mattia AU - Garagnani, Gian Luca TI - Investigation of mechanical properties of AlSi3Cr alloy JO - Fracture and Structural Integrity T2 - Fracture and Structural Integrity PY - 2017 DA - 2017/09/29 VL - 11 IS - 42 SP - Pages 337 EP - 351 DO - 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.42.35 UR - https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.42.35 SN - 1971-8993 ER -

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

May be shared and adapted, provided appropriate credit is given. Copyright © 2017 Fracture and Structural Integrity.

Copyright 
Authors are allowed to retain both the copyright and the publishing rights of their articles without restrictions.  

Open Access Statement

Fracture and Structural Integrity (F&SI) is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the DOAI definition of open access.

F&SI operates under the Creative Commons Licence Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0). This allows to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, to remix, transform and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, but giving appropriate credit, providing a link to the license, and indicating if changes were made.

Similar articles

Most read articles by the same author(s)