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316Applied Fracture Mechanics3.2.5. MicrostructureTypical microstructures of the blade material in the longitudinal and transverse sections of acracked airfoil are shown in Fig. 5. The microstructure consists of elongated grains andsecond phase particles in the longitudinal direction. Various types of second phase particlescan be identified in the SEM micrograph, shown in Fig. 6. The large and elongated particleon the micrograph was subjected to EDS analysis. The composition of the particle containediron, copper and aluminum which is consistent with the β-phase (Al7Cu2Fe) particlescommon to aluminum alloys (Merati, 2005).Figure 5. Microstructures of longitudinal (a) and transverse (b) sections of a cracked bladeFigure 6. SEM micrograph showing large second phase particles3.3. FractographyThe <strong>fracture</strong> location of the broken blades can be identified from Fig. 2. It can be seen thatthe <strong>fracture</strong> had occurred close to the transition radius between the blade airfoil and theblade root. All the <strong>fracture</strong> surfaces exhibited very similar macroscopic features. A

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