TY - JOUR A1 - Serrano Munoz, Itziar A1 - Dancette, S. A1 - Verdu, C. A1 - Buffiere, J.-Y. T1 - Influence of Pore Size and Crystallography on the Small Crack HCF Behavior of an A357-T6 Cast Aluminum Alloy N2 - The high-cycle fatigue, small crack propagation behavior of an A357-T6 cast aluminum alloy is investigated. Laboratory X-ray micro-computed tomography (μCT) is used to assist in the manufacturing of two flat fatigue specimens containing subsurface shrinkage pores of different sizes (Pore 1 √A=522μm against Pore 2 √A=280μm). Surface crack monitoring is performed by means of optical microscopy and the cracked specimens are analyzed via scanning electron microscopy and electron backscatter diffraction techniques. The subsurface pores tend to induce intergranular crack nucleation, principally when the grain boundaries are oriented perpendicular to the loading direction. Pore 1 induces a fatigue life reduction of 500.000 cycles when compared to Pore 2. The crystallography is able to influence small crack propagation by slightly decelerating the crack growth rates as well as by altering the crack path topography. Tailoring of the crystallography for improved fatigue resistance requires an investigation of the optimal largest defect to grain size ratio. KW - A357-T6 cast aluminum alloy KW - EBSD analysis KW - Laboratory XµCT KW - Pore size KW - Crack initiation period KW - Crystal plasticity finite element modeling (CPFEM) PY - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-019-05590-6 SN - 1543-1940 SN - 1073-5623 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-50206 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -