Fig. 11.3 (a) Dense (99.9%) microstructure of Al-6061 cold-sprayed coating on a magnesium substrate. (b) Comparison of wrought vs. cold-sprayed Al-6061 mechanical strength. (c) Bond adhesion test for cold-sprayed aluminum. (d) Lug shear test on different magnesium substrates. (e) Galvanic More

Fig. 11.3 (a) Dense (99.9%) microstructure of Al-6061 cold-sprayed coating on a magnesium substrate. (b) Comparison of wrought vs. cold-sprayed Al-6061 mechanical strength. (c) Bond adhesion test for cold-sprayed aluminum. (d) Lug shear test on different magnesium substrates. (e) Galvanic More

Fig. 11.10 (a) Crack in electron-beam-welded aluminum alloy Al-6061 (right: weld metal; left: parent metal). (b) Crack-free electron beam weld in Al-6082 alloy made with cold-sprayed buttering layer using Al-4041 alloy. Source: Ref 11.15 . Courtesy of TWI Ltd. More

Fig. 6 Low-temperature properties of 6061-T6 aluminum alloy More

Fig. 6 Corrosion (a) of aluminum alloy 6061-T6 aircraft fuel line (arrow). (b) Close-up of corrosion on fuel line. Note pitting and corrosion products. (c) Intergranular corrosion of the fuel line at area A from (a) More

Fig. 4 Aluminum alloy 6061-T6 combustion chamber damaged by cavitation erosion. The chamber rotated in water at moderate speed. (a) Overall view of the chamber. (b) and (c) Micrographs of cross sections of the chamber wall showing typical cavitation damage. 100 and 500×, respectively More

Fig. 3 Cross section of a graphite/aluminum composite in 6061 alloy matrix. The fibers were precoated with titanium and boron. Fiber bundles were impregnated by liquid-metal infiltration with 6061. The composite was consolidated by diffusion bonding with 6061 foil. More

Fig. 5.25 Scanning electron micrograph of continuous precipitation in 6061 aluminum alloy, where the smaller precipitates are Mg2Si, and the larger particles are AlFeSi intermetallics at the grain boundary. Note the precipitate-free zone near the AlFeSi intermetallics. Source: Ref 5.10 More

Fig. 14.11 Off-axis tensile strength (50% composites). °, B-Al-6061; •, B-SiC-Ti(6Al-4V); □, Be-Ti(6Al-4V). Source: London et al. 1979 More

Fig. 10 Hardness profiles of the HAZ for 6061-T4 and T6 starting materials in the as-welded (AW) and postweld (PWA) conditions. Source: Ref 15 More

Fig. 31 Tube cross section from 6061 extruded at two different billet temperatures. (a) Normal billet temperature. (b) High billet temperature More

Figure 12.30 Lap shear stress at 300 and 4 K for 6061 aluminum bonded onto uniaxial S-901 glass laminates during laminate cure. The matrix resin provided the adhesive. Specimen numbers define various surface treatments. Range shown is the standard deviation ( Hillig, 1975a , 1975b ). More

Figure 12.31 Short-beam shear stress at 300 and 4 K for 6061 aluminum bonded onto uniaxial S-901 glass laminates during laminate cure. The matrix resin provided the adhesive. Specimen numbers define various surface treatments. Range shown is the standard deviation ( Hillig, 1975a , 1975b ). More

Fig. 8.10 Forged 6061-T6 Alcoa Dura-Bright aluminum truck wheels More

Fig. 10.12 Example FLD for 6061-T6 at room temperature. Source: Ref 10.2 More

Figure 8.17: SEM photograph of surface of annealed aluminum alloy 6061 strip rolled with bright stock lubricant (0.53 Ns/m 2 at 38°C) at 47% reduction and at a speed of 0.37 m/s. More

Fig. 9 Silicon carbide/aluminum MMC panels after exposure to filtered seawater. (a) Silicon-carbide (whisker) 6061 aluminum after a 4 month exposure. (b) Silicon carbide (particulate) 6061 aluminum after a 24 month exposure. (c) Silicon carbide (continuous fiber) 6061 aluminum after a 33 month More

Fig. 8 Cross sections of discontinuous silicon carbide/aluminum MMC panels. (a) Silicon carbide (particulate) 6061 aluminum MMC after a 230 day, tidalimmersion exposure. (b) Silicon carbide (whisker) 6061 aluminum MMC after a 60 day filtered seawater exposure More

Fig. 6 Average weight losses for seven aluminum alloys exposed at each of five test sites. Alloys combined were 1199-H14, 2024-T3, 5154-H34, 5357-H34, 6061-T6, Alclad 3003-H14, and Alclad 6061-T6. Source: Ref 8 More