SLIDE 24 Defor
tion Twi winning i g in Mag agnesium:
Initiat ation an and Evo volution
Crack initiated from twin-grain boundary intersection. Zigzag crack propagation at twin-twin interactions crack propagation along twin boundaries
Micro-crack formation along twin boundaries
SEM observation of twin boundary cracking in fatigue test of Mg.
Twinning accumulation in fatigue test
(D.K. Xu, E.H. Han, Scripta. Mat. 2013)
𝟐𝟐𝟔 cycles 𝟐𝟐𝟕 cycles
(Q. Yu et al, Mat. Sci. Eng. A, 2011)
Micro-crack formation was observed in fatigue samples in both twin-grain boundary intersection and inside grains along twin boundaries.