Analysis of the rate dependence of critical stresses in aluminum alloys of the Al–Mg system under impact loads

Aluminum alloys of the Al–Mg system are widely used in automotive and aviation industries due to their combination of strength, good ductility and corrosion resistance. Increasing the percentage of magnesium leads to higher strength of the material with a slight reduction of ductility. Behavior of critical stresses in materials were studied under variable strain rate loading conditions. The possibility to predict critical dynamic stresses of materials based on a structural-time approach is discussed.