Fatigue limit test of fusion-mouth material of extruded aluminum alloy profile

In order to determine fatigue limit of fusion-mouth material of extruded aluminum alloy, the L-shaped notched specimens and their fixture were designed under the circumstance that those materials might not be designed as the normal standard fatigue specimens due to their special positions and sizes. Firstly, stresses on different locations of the tested L-shaped notched specimens were solved using finite element method. Then, the maximum stresses were approximated by means of the numerical regression method. Thus, the relationship between test load and fatigue stress might be explained by an equation. In order to determine the fatigue limit of the located-in-fused-mouth materials of a kind of extruded aluminium alloy profiles, an up-and-down program was also tested for the designed L-shaped notched specimen by designed fixture, and the fracture samples were also analysed.