文摘
The microstructure evolution near a fatigue crack tip of an underaged Al–Cu–Mg alloy indicated that cyclic deformation around the crack tip was a kind of severe localized plastic deformation. It was first revealed that the dissolution of Cu–Mg co-clusters was directly related to the repeated cutting by moving dislocations as intense localized cyclic straining at the fatigue crack tip was applied. A transition from the dislocation tangles to subgrains, which was associated with room-temperature dynamic recrystallization, was also confirmed.