Abstract
Damage to interfaces between light-metal alloys and solid structures or liquid environments is a critical topic, given the widespread use of these materials in lightweight construction, automotive, and aeronautical applications. Therefore, the development of models to describe the relevant physicochemical phenomena via computationally aided simulations is of great scientific and industrial interest. In this thesis, the applicability of Finite Element Method on three different damage scenarios of aluminum (AA1050), titanium (cpTi), and magnesium (cpMg) structures with their respective protecting oxide layers is evaluated to gain mechanistic insights and predictive capabilities. The utilized method includes the implicit implementation of the oxide layers via manipulation of boundary conditions, which allows simulating macroscale geometries but include microscale effects.
