The effect of heat treatment on fatigue testing of aluminum cans

Abstract

Nowadays, Aluminum alloys have been applied to various aspects of daily life due to it has several advantages such as lightweight, corrosion resistant, heat resistant, is an excellent electrical conductor. In this work, the effect of heat treatment on aluminum alloys cans is melted directly and indirectly by fatigue testing will be carried out to determine the mechanical properties of its. The results obtained that these materials have a different cycle and stress values, and the composition test shows that it is a non-homogeneous material. The analysis result has been demonstrated that with direct and indirect casting methods, and subjected to heat treatment and non-heat treatment, these materials have different fatigue resistance and be obtained that the specimens not subjected to heat treatment had better fatigue resistance than specimens subjected to heat treatment.