A method for improving the
damage tolerance performance of an Al-Cu-Mg
alloy is to carry out a
solid solution + water
quenching treatment on an Al-Cu-Mg
alloy plate, and then perform a cold rolling pre-deformation treatment with a deformation amount of 6-15%, and then Perform aging treatment. The process of the invention is simple and reasonable, through cold rolling with small deformation amount after
solid solution
quenching, a certain compressive stress layer is generated on the surface of the plate, and the formation and expansion of cracks under the action of
fatigue stress are effectively inhibited. With the
natural aging treatment, the
surface layer has a large density of dislocations due to the pre-deformation of cold rolling, which makes the
alloy precipitate large-sized Cu-Mg atomic clusters during the
natural aging process, and increases the Cu / Mg
mass ratio of the clusters, so that The
surface layer of the plate produces a large order strengthening effect and modulus strengthening effect;
artificial aging treatment can cause the plate to precipitate a fine and dispersed second phase, and at the same time, the higher density dislocations on the surface can form a finer and dispersed second phase on the surface of the plate. Two phases, thereby hindering the formation and propagation of fatigue cracks in the surface area, and improving the
fatigue resistance damage tolerance performance of the plate. This surface-hard-core-tough structure can effectively improve the
damage tolerance performance of the plate, and is suitable for industrial applications.