Studies were made on the influence of "mass effect" on physical and mechanical properties of Al-12Si-Cu alloy (JIS ADC12) die castings affected by the change in wall thickness from 2 to 10mm.
The following results were obtained.
(1) Specific gravity, coefficient of thermal expansion, modulus of elasticity, hardness, ultimate tensile strength, 0.2% yield strength, elongation, bending strength flexibility, compressive strength, compressive yield strength, compressive strain, shearing strength, impact strength and fatigue strength depended upon the wall thickness. As the results of analysis of variance, their values were significant on the significant level of 99 or 95%.
(2) According to the regression analysis, the relation between the wall thickness (t) and the strength (σ) was expressed by the following general equation.
σ=a•t
-nWhere a and n mean constants depending upon material properties and strength.
The equation showed that the "mass effect" was more remarkable with the increase in the value of n.
The values of the strengths would be expressed by the following equations:
Ultimate tensile strength σ
t=31.8t
-0.130.2% yield strength σ
0.2=20.5t
-0.15Bending strength σ
b=69.4t
-0.13Compressive strength σ
c=47.6t
-0.014Shearing strength σ
s=22.1t
-0.02Fatigue strength σ
f=15.3t
-0.11However, the value of impact strength did not conform to the general equation, but was expressed by a curve having a minimum at 4mm of the wall thickness.
(3) The ration between other strength and the ultimate tensile strength were calculated to be as follows:
σ
b=2.2σ
t σ
c _??_ 1.8σ
t σ
e _??_ 0.8σ
t σ
5 _??_ 0.5σ
tThe above results approximately corresponded with those previously reported on non-ferrous and other metals.
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