The long-term ageing process of alloy 2618A was introduced and discussed The dark-field transmission electronmicroscopical resilts werde shown and evaluated regarding the precipitate radii. The influence of the precipitate radii regarding ageing was used for a preliminary ageing assessment.
The concept of digital material representation is introduced and the aluminium alloy 2618A is discussed as an example of this concept regarding the simulation of material ageing based on nanoscaled precipitates.