TY - CONF A1 - Madia, Mauro T1 - Fatigue Strength of Aerospace Parts Repaired by Cold Spray N2 - Aerospace components are safety critical parts, which are often replaced when found defective after the fabrication process or after periodic inspection in-service. Cold spray repair is a promising and cost-saving alternative to replacing worn parts. Depositing materials in decent quality fill machined damage volumes can enhance the performance of refurbished parts and extend their working life. Furthermore, repair represents a resource-efficient and green process in a world targeting at decarbonization of many industrial sectors. Component repair consists of a defined sequence of operations. First, damage is removed by machining, then new material is applied by cold spray on the machined substrate. Usually, the original functional shape of the component is restored by machining. Post-spraying heat treatments can be applied where required. Despite the advantages, cold spray repair still suffers from major limitations which prevent its application in safety relevant parts. The main challenges are posed by the poor adhesion strength, the porosity inherent in the manufacturing process, the reduced ductility and the presence of residual stresses. This work presents recent results obtained in the frame of the cluster project CORE devoted to the development of automatized repair of aerospace parts by cold spray. The investigations consider high-strength aluminum alloys typically used in structural applications in the aerospace industry. As the fatigue properties are crucial to the safe application of repaired components, and given the presence of process-induced defects, a damage tolerant framework is peculiarly suitable for the structural integrity assessment of repaired commponents and give an indication of the permissible defects to optimize the parameters of the cold spray process. Several high cycle fatigue and fatigue crack propagation tests have been performed to compare the fatigue performance of base and repaired materials. The mechanical tests are corroborated by fractographic and microstructural investigations. T2 - ICAM2024 CY - Atlanta, GA, USA DA - 28.10.2024 KW - Cold Spray KW - Aerospace KW - Repair KW - Structural Integrity KW - Fatigue Strength PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61539 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -