Analyzing Resistance of Al-10Si-5Mg Alloy from Stress Corrosion Cracking for Ocean Current Turbine Applications

Stress Corrosion Cracking in Marine Applications, especially Ocean Current Turbines must be overcome. Al-10Si-5Mg Alloy which is based on the nature of flexibility and strength, is expected to survive from the SCC. The purpose of this paper is to examine the indications of SCC from immersed specimens in the 3.5% NaCl Solution + Aquades solution, then give varying deflections on the 3 Point Bending Testing. The other tests are harness testing, tensile testing, and macro visualization. The method is experimental for Al-10Si material in addition to a 5% Mg at casting. There are 9 specimens, namely 3 specimens from each of the 3 load values, namely 252 MPa (deflection (y)=2mm), 378 MPa (y=3mm), and 504 MPa (y=4mm). The results provide evidence that when the specimens were submerged with varying stresses, the absence of broken material was obtained even though there were indications of cracking and corrosion. Then the specimen that gets a high stress, becomes more susceptible to fracture due to the predominant cracking effect when compared to low standing specimens (σ_{y=4 mm} < σ_{y=3 mm} < σ_{y=2 mm}). So by the resistance to SCC, the Al-10Si-5Mg alloy can be recommended as an Ocean Current Turbine Blade material. (paper)