본 연구에서는 표면균열의 전파거동에 관한 연구의 일환으로 경량화재료 로서 항공기 구조용으로 널리 사용되고 있는 7075-T651 알루미늄합금을 준비하고 제하탄성 compliance법을 이용하여 표면 및 깊이 방향의 균열진전거동의 특성을 밝히고져 한다.
Fatigue surface crack growth was studied in 7075-T651 aluminum alloy plates subjected largely to bending loads. The surface crack length and its depth were measurement by the unloading elastic compliance method. The surface crack growth rate dc/dN, on the surface and da/dN, in the depth direction were obtained by the secant method. The stress intensity factor range .DELTA.K was computed by means of Newman and Raju equation. The aspect ratio a/c was presented in form of a/c=0.815-0.853(a/T). The effect of the stress ratio on the stable surface crack growth rates under increasing .DELTA.T is larger in lower .DELTA.K, while the relation between dc/dN, da/dN and the effective stress intensity factor range .DELTA.K$_{eff}$ is weakly dependent on the stress ratio.o.
