Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of a Cold-Drawn Commercially Pure Aluminum Wire

Fatigue properties and cracking behavior of cold-drawn commercially pure aluminum wires (CPAWs) widely used as the overhead transmission conductors were investigated. It was found that the fracture surface of the CPAWs shows an obvious four-stage fracture characteristic, i.e., crack initiation, plan...

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Main Authors: Jia-Peng Hou, Qiang Wang, Hua-Jie Yang, Xi-Mao Wu, Chun-He Li, Zhe-Feng Zhang, Xiao-Wu Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-09-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/9/9/764