Fatigue test was carried out on AZ31B magnesium alloy. Under 2×10 6 cycle times, the fatigue strengths of base metal （BM）, butt joint （BJ）, transverse cross joint （TJ）, lateral connection joint （LJ） are 66.72, 39.00, 24.38 and 24.40 MPa, respectively. The crack propagation behavior of the alloy was analyzed by optical microscopy. The AZ31B magnesium alloy base metal has a smooth crack propagation macroscopic path. However, the microscopic path is twisted and some cracks have two forks, and the crack propagation is transgranular. The crack initiates in the weld toe and the crack propagates along the HAZ for the BJ and TJ; for the LJ crack initiates in the fillet weld leg. The fatigue fracture mechanisms were analyzed by SEM. The fatigue fracture surface consists of quasi-cleavage patterns or cleavage step and a brittle fracture occurs. Numerous secondary cracks are observed; some fatigue striations exist in butt joint and its size is about 5 μm.
在厚度为8.0 mm 的AZ31B 镁合金板材上分别进行钨极氩弧焊 TIG 自熔焊和斜 Y 型坡口添丝焊焊接裂纹试验,研究焊接裂纹的产生原因和扩展特征,分析镁合金材料的裂纹敏感性。试验结果表明,在自拘束条件下,自熔焊焊缝区焊后立即产生焊接热裂纹,斜 Y 型坡口添丝焊焊缝区在焊接电流为170 A 和180 A 的情况下出现焊接热裂纹。自熔焊焊接热裂纹是沿晶扩展,添丝焊焊接热裂纹是沿晶与穿晶的混合扩展,裂纹在扩展过程中都存在分叉裂纹。未出现裂纹的焊接试件放置48 h 后仍然没有观察到任何形式的延迟裂纹。
