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"Aluminum alloys, such as A6061-T6, are widely used in engineering components. However, detailed knowledge is needed to understand the way they respond to a fracture due to mechanical loading. Fractures occur in the structural component from crack propagation, and it is important to understand the mixed mode fracture behavior of crack growth. In this research, mixed mode fracture testing was conducted on the aluminum alloy A6061-T6 by employing a compact tension shear specimen. Crack growth behavior was investigated by applying a quasi-static loading at a constant cross-head speed using a Servopulser universal testing machine. The crack growths were observed by a Keyence digital microscope, and the critical stress intensity factors of the material were examined. Results showed that the shear type of crack initiation preceded the opening-type fracture. The dimple-type fracture on the fracture surface occurred under mode I and mixed mode with a loading angle of about 60o and 75o, respectively. The transition of crack initiation behavior from the opening-type fracture to the shear-type fracture occurred at a loading angle from 15o to 30o. The experimental data followed the maximum hoop stress criterion under mode I and mixed mode at a loading angle 60o and 75o, respectively, for the compact tension shear specimen. Crack propagation behavior with three small holes occurring in a zigzag pattern ahead of the crack tip showed that crack initiation and propagation occurred only in the opening-type fracture. The experimental data followed the maximum hoop stress criterion under mode I and mixed mode with a lower mode II component at a loading angle of 75o. When the small holes occured inline, there were two types of fractures occurring: an opening fracture at crack initiation and then crack propagation caused by shear fracture."

"Aluminum alloy is one of the materials found in many applications, especially for electrical conductor materials. AlZrCe alloy reinforced by Al2O3 nanoparticles with Mg addition is proposed as one of the alternative materials to replace Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced (ACSR) as an aluminum conductor. Aluminum alloy Al-0.12%Zr-0.15%Ce as a master alloy was added with various weights of magnesium (Mg) from 2 to 5 wt% and was reinforced with 1.2% volume fraction of Al2O3 nanoparticles with particle sizes less than 80 nm. The molten metal matrix was blended with the reinforcement by a stirrer with a rotational speed of 500 rpm at a temperature of 750oC in an argon gas environment and casted by gravity casting. The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of magnesium on microstructural changes, electrical conductivity, and mechanical properties, such as tensile strength and hardness of the composites. The microstructure observation results showed that the greater the Mg content in composites up to 5%, the smaller the grain size of the composite matrix, wherein the grain size of the composite without Mg is 28 ?m, while the grain size of the composite with Mg of 2%, 3% and 5% are 27 ?m, 17 ?m and 9 ?m respectively. Similarly, tensile strength and hardness increased with increasing levels of Mg to 5% where the addition of 5% Mg, the tensile strength increased from 106 to 204 MPa and hardness increased from 30 to 68 BHN. In contrast, the electrical conductivity sharply decreased, due to the addition of Mg in the composite with a gradient of reduction, to 2.74% IACS (International Annealed Copper Standard) for every increasing 1% Mg. In which the electrical conductivity of the composite without Mg is 55.1% IACS and after adding 5 wt% Mg, it decreased to 41.3% IACS."

"The 7075 aluminum alloy (a typical Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloy) is one of the most important engineering alloys. It is mainly used in the automotive industry, in transport and aeronautics, due to its excellent strength/weight ratio. The purpose of the present research is to model the behavior of 7075 aluminum alloy and to build an experimental database to identify the model parameters. Firstly, the paper presents an experimental device of simple tensile tests and the studied material on 7075 aluminum alloy. Thus, uniaxial tensile tests are carried out in three loading directions relative to the rolling direction. From experimental hardening curves and Lankford coefficients, the mechanical properties are extracted, particularly the various fractures owing to pronounced anisotropy relating to the material. Secondly, plastic anisotropy is then modeled using the identification strategy which depends on yield criteria, hardening and evolution laws. By smoothing experimental hardening curves in the tensile tests, a selection is made in order to choose the most appropriate hardening law for the identification of the studied material. Finally, a comparison with experimental data shows that the behavior model can successfully describe the anisotropy of the Lankford coefficient."